Do you want to put up an antenna but your landlord is giving you trouble? Then you should tell them to check out the "Over-the-Air Reception Devices Rule." This rule has been around since 1996 and "bans restrictions that impair the installation, maintenance or use of antennas used to receive video programming." It has further been modified to state that renters have to place the antennas on areas they control, such as porches, rooftops, and balconies. The rule also covers wireless broadband receivers, like those used by netBlazr customers. netBlazr's equipment is small, non intrusive and hasn't resulted in any landlord
BlockCross Holdings has recently joined the growing netBlazr broadband co-op network. Founded in 2005, BlockCross Holdings is a Boston-based financial technology boutique that specializes in systems to support advanced electronic trading. BlockCross Holdings has a portfolio of advanced trading solutions, which includes block trading dark pools, intelligent dashboards for algorithmic trading, and sophisticated real-time feedback on trading strategies and venues. BlockCross Holdings has industry leading insights into the challenges facing today’s traders and its development team moves quickly and reliably. The firm partners with creative, fast moving sell- and buy-side firms to deliver systems that improve trading performance. After joining
Delphi Properties is the newest member to join the netBlazr broadband cooperative. Located on Boylston Street, Delphi Properties is a hands-on property company, which offers a wide range of services to their clients. Delphi Properties offers property management, leasing and maintenance services for all their properties. Delphi Properties' management philosophy is to focus on the customer. The company's current portfolio includes properties in Boston, Cambridge and Brighton. Delphi Properties' responsiveness helps build solid relationships with their residents, which in turn increases occupancy and real estate values. After connecting Delphi Properties to the growing co-op, netBlazr is now one of their
Many businesses view Internet bandwidth as a commodity with little perceived differentiation from one provider to the next. At the same time, they are increasingly feeling pressure to maintain network performance while adjusting to new devices on the network such as Smart Phones and Tablets, which drive usage. Another issue are the bandwidth intensive applications in the workspace - cloud-based, video, collaboration, YouTube and streaming services like Pandora. The conflict between recreational traffic and business traffic is unlikely to go away. A recent study showed that 55% of online traffic in the office setting is recreational!Companies are devoting more time and
netBlazr is pleased to welcome LocalHint as its newest member to the broadband cooperative in Boston's Back Bay. LocalHint is a recent Boston based start up company that considers themselves to be a virtual, searchable, sandwich board of local deals. LocalHint gives people the opportunity to rediscover their neighborhood and save money, while supporting local businesses. After joining the co-op, netBlazr will provide them with a dependable and fast broadband service.
netBlazr is pleased to announce that Dan Powdermaker has joined the firm as Executive Vice President. Dan will oversee the commercial rollout of the company’s award-winning application of wireless technology, which provides the business community affordable and reliable broadband Internet access.Dan has a long history with traditional and emerging voice, data and Internet service providers. He was an early employee at MFS Communications, one of the nation’s first competitive access providers and parent of UUNet, an early Tier One Internet backbone now part of Verizon. At AT&T he led teams as they sought to meet the communication needs of Fortune
Castle Square Tenants Organization has recently joined the growing netBlazr broadband cooperative network. Castle Square is located on Tremont Street in Boston, MA and has been around since 1987. CSTO is known for providing affordable housing for low and moderate income residents. Castle Square is also focused on brokering relationships between the residents and management, which helps make for a peaceful living environment. After joining the co-op, netBlazr is proud to offer CSTO a fast and reliable shared broadband service.
netBlazr is pleased to welcome Prosper-IT as one of its newest members in the broadband cooperative. Located in Boston's Back Bay, Prosper-IT has monitored, managed, and maintained numerous business networks for over ten years. The engineers at Prosper-IT are interested in consistently raising their standards of performance through a proactive channel of communication with those they service. After joining the co-op, netBlazr is now one of their valued broadband service providers for their office network.
The Benjamin Franklin Institute of Technology has recently joined the netBlazr broadband co-operative. BFIT is a technical college, which was founded over a century ago and is located on Berkeley Street, in Boston's South End neighborhood. BFIT offers their students technical education and analytic skills, that will prepare them to build a viable career. netBlazr is pleased to provide BFIT with a dedicated circuit, that provides increased broadband speed and reliability.
As printed in the February issue of Next Gen Mobility Magazine.We hear a lot about mobile operators’ 4G strategies – technology choices, spectrum licenses, capital requirements and deployment schedules. Typically unmentioned is their approach to Wi-Fi offload; yet the way an operator integrates with Wi-Fi will have a dramatic effect on costs, on user experience, and ultimately on its success in the market.Wi-Fi is a big deal. Wi-Fi systems carry much more data than is carried by all the mobile operators in the world. Cisco’s (News - Alert) VNI report puts total 2010 Wi-Fi traffic as 36 times
