ATT Expanding Wi-Fi Services In Preperation For New Year's Eve -Time Square 2011

This should help improve AT and T's service in mid-town NYC, but much work is still needed for a saturated network that can barely support 3G service. Note that mobile services (Verizon, Sprint and AT and T) are already experiencing issues do to the 2 million new "smart devices" (phones, Ipads, kindles, Nooks,etc...) sold over the past 4 weeks. Read more at this CNN link.




Steve Amarante
EVP Business Development

Sky-Packets (a Division of Corporate Biznis, Inc)
200 Broadhollow Rd. Suite 207
Melville, NY 11747
Phone: 1.888.850.0245 ext 3
E-mail: steve@sky-packets.com
www.sky-packets.com

Wirless Device Helps Us Keep Our Resolution To Drop The Pounds In 2011--Fitbit.com

The New Year is just around the corner. Those looking for a way to help keep there resolution to lose the pounds in 2011 might want to check out fitbit.com The Fitbit (tracker) accurately tracks your calories burned, steps taken, distance traveled and sleep quality. It contains a 3D motion sensor like the one found in the Nintendo Wii which tracks your motion in three dimensions and converts this into useful information about your daily activities.

You can wear the Fitbit on your waist, in your pocket or on undergarments. At night, you can wear the Fitbit clipped to the included wristband in order to track your sleep. Anytime you walk by the included wireless base station, data from your Fitbit is silently uploaded in the background to Fitbit.com

Check them out! www.fitbit.com

Steve Amarante
EVP Business Development

Sky-Packets (a Division of Corporate Biznis, Inc)
200 Broadhollow Rd. Suite 207
Melville, NY 11747
Phone: 1.888.850.0245 ext 3
E-mail: steve@sky-packets.com
www.sky-packets.com

Sonos s5 Wireless Mesh Music System--Great Gift For The Holiday Season.

Looking for a great, unique, wireless mesh gift to give to that special someone this holiday season? Take a look at the Sonos S5 Wireless Mesh Music system. The Sonos will play all your digital music, pandora, Sirus/XM and even over-seas radio stations.

Steve Amarante
EVP Business Development

Sky-Packets (a Division of Corporate Biznis, Inc)
200 Broadhollow Rd. Suite 207
Melville, NY 11747
Phone: 1.888.850.0245 ext 3
E-mail: steve@sky-packets.com
www.sky-packets.com

Wirelessly Charge Your Car?

...It would seem that it's in our not so distant future we will be able to charge our car wireless indeed! Here's a link from Gas 2.o that talks about the technology that has been recently patent.

Steve Amarante
EVP Business Development

Sky-Packets (a Division of Corporate Biznis, Inc)
200 Broadhollow Rd. Suite 207
Melville, NY 11747
Phone: 1.888.850.0245 ext 3
E-mail: steve@sky-packets.com
www.sky-packets.com

Sky-Packets, Village, County Collaborate to Offer Free Wi-Fi Access

Sky-Packets is proud to have worked with the Village of Babylon and Suffolk County --read about our latest install at the following link.

Steve Amarante
EVP Business Development

Sky-Packets (a Division of Corporate Biznis, Inc)
200 Broadhollow Rd. Suite 207
Melville, NY 11747
Phone: 1.888.850.0245 ext 3
E-mail: steve@sky-packets.com
www.sky-packets.com

Meraki Announces New 802.11n APs – Higher performance, slimmer design, lower price

A a Meraki Gold partner, it's always a pleasure to announce to our mutual clients, and potential new clients, the release of new products. Here's is a link from Meraki's Blog with the details.


Steve Amarante
EVP Business Development

Sky-Packets (a Division of Corporate Biznis, Inc)
200 Broadhollow Rd. Suite 207
Melville, NY 11747
Phone: 1.888.850.0245 ext 3
E-mail: steve@sky-packets.com
www.sky-packets.com

Could Your Next Smart Phone Purchase Be Your Car?

First came MP3 interoperability and then Bluetooth Sync. Our cars are become giant moving smart phones. It's only natural that Wi-Fi connectivity would be next. Here comes Ford (yes that Ford) with Wi-Fi built into its Myford Touch system--effectively creating a Wi-Fi hotspot inside your car. Check out the CNN link!

Steve Amarante
EVP Business Development

Sky-Packets (a Division of Corporate Biznis, Inc)
200 Broadhollow Rd. Suite 207
Melville, NY 11747
Phone: 1.888.850.0245 ext 3
E-mail: steve@sky-packets.com
www.sky-packets.com

Eye-Fi (Wi-Fi) Memory Card. The Easy Way To Upload Pics.

If you ever forget to upload your photos or want to find a quick and easy way to upload your pics up on Facebook, check out Eye-Fi. Eye-Fi is a memory card with Wi-Fi capabilities built in. I've been using the Eye-Fi 1st generation product for the past two years and no complaints so far!





Steve Amarante
EVP Business Development

Sky-Packets (a Division of Corporate Biznis, Inc)
200 Broadhollow Rd. Suite 207
Melville, NY 11747
Phone: 1.888.850.0245 ext 3
E-mail: steve@sky-packets.com
www.sky-packets.com

The Withings Wi-Fi connected scale on the Web

One of my personal favorite Wi-Fi application and "toy" is the Withings Wi-Fi scale. It may be a bit of an overkill but it truly simplifies and automates the weight management process.

Steve Amarante
EVP Business Development

Sky-Packets (a Division of Corporate Biznis, Inc)
200 Broadhollow Rd. Suite 207
Melville, NY 11747
Phone: 1.888.850.0245 ext 3
E-mail: steve@sky-packets.com
www.sky-packets.com

Apple Patents Anti-Sexting Device--is a corporate/Muni Version Next?

As Wi-Fi, 4G and other more advanced networks continue to grow, these types of application will be more common. This application goes beyond just guarding what your child does while texting--in today's corporate world, mobile devices and SMS have become the defacto standard for communicating. Look for more application like these that are able to limit what you can say, text, chat or share via corporate Mobile devices.

Read more on the application from the CNN link.

Steve Amarante
EVP Business Development

Sky-Packets (a Division of Corporate Biznis, Inc)
200 Broadhollow Rd. Suite 207
Melville, NY 11747
Phone: 1.888.850.0245 ext 3
E-mail: steve@sky-packets.com
www.sky-packets.com

Square, From The Makers of Twitter May Help BID's

Here's a great wireless application, from the creators of Twitter, called Square. This app *may* help street vendors and or street fair participants, within business districts and municipalities process sales a lot easier.







Steve Amarante
EVP Business Development

Sky-Packets (a Division of Corporate Biznis, Inc)
200 Broadhollow Rd. Suite 207
Melville, NY 11747
Phone: 1.888.850.0245 ext 3
E-mail: steve@sky-packets.com
www.sky-packets.com

Wi-Fi Confirmation Before You Book Your Next Flight

Wi-Fi and the need to be constantly connected goes beyond the terrestrial. Today's business travel demands to be connected, even in the friendly skies. In comes HasWi-Fi. You can know check, before booking a ticket, if your plane has Wi-Fi service.

www.haswifi.com

Steve Amarante
EVP Business Development

Sky-Packets (a Division of Corporate Biznis, Inc)
200 Broadhollow Rd. Suite 207
Melville, NY 11747
Phone: 1.888.850.0245 ext 3
E-mail: steve@sky-packets.com
www.sky-packets.com

"Better Living Through WiFi"

Movie Nights at the Elevated Acre In Downtown NYC

A crowd gathered beneath us, about 14 stories below, wondering what we were doing. However, after we mounted the Wi-Fi radio, they happily realized what was taking place: Wi-Fi was coming to the Elevated Acre at 55 Water Street.

My name is Henry Quintin, President of Sky-Packets, the Wi-Fi provider that has been working with the Downtown Alliance to provide free Wi-Fi hot spots in Lower Manhattan.

As we wrapped up our 10th hotspot, I wanted to describe what it takes to provide this cool amenity.

First, we needed to select an area to provide Wi-Fi.

In this case, we chose the Elevated Acre, which was a pretty easy decision because it’s a great place to get away from the noise and every day hustle and bustle New Yorkers deal with everyday. It’s a quiet retreat – even if only for a lunch or a quick view of the East River and the landing helicopters.

What also made it an appealing choice was the fact that the Downtown Alliance – as part of the River To River Festival – hosts movie nights during the summer (In fact, there’s another one this Thursday, Auntie Mame.) I’ve seen the crowds on those nights, and so it only made sense to get Wi-Fi up and running before this summer’s first showing last week.

Second, we needed to come up with a way to shoot a Wi-Fi signal to the Acre and cover as much area as possible, so that no matter where you find a little haven you can have a strong enough signal to Tweet, post a status update on Facebook, or just surf the web.

We already had an existing internet connection because of the Wi-Fi we already provided at the adjacent Vietnam Veteran’s Memorial Plaza, but worried that by adding this new coverage area that we would decrease the effectiveness of both hotspots.

Fortunately, the Downtown Alliance stepped in to help so we could triple the bandwidth – making sure both sides of the Elevated Acre are appropriately covered.

Third was the installation. The existing lines at the adjacent hotspot weren’t enough, so we needed to find the right view of the Elevated Acre from the building at 55 Water Street. This proved challenging.

That was how we ended up standing 14 stories up on a narrow ledge testing signals.

It worked. We were able to mount the Wi-Fi radio and aim in downward to cover a wide portion of the Elevated Acre. And, just to be sure we covered every nook and cranny, we mounted another unit at ground level.

Thankfully, despite the high-wire act, no one was injured in the creation of this Wi-Fi hotspot.

With all of the above accomplished, we walked around with our handhelds, checking to make sure that a “good” to “excellent” signal was available at all spots on the Elevated Acre.

But there’s one more task. That’s for you to go out and try it out during your lunch break or a visit downtown. How are you going to use the Wi-Fi at the Elevated Acre?

However you end up using it, Happy Surfing!!

Henry Quintin
www.sky-packets.com