Wireless Networking Stories for 2015

New York Begins Public Gigabit Wi-Fi Rollout 107
Israeli Firm Creates a Device That Can Hack Any Nearby Phone 143
French Legislation Would Block Tor and Restrict Free Wi-Fi 115
Cellphones Really Are Not As Good As They Were 10 Years Ago At Making Calls 215
Mother Blames Wi-Fi Allergy For Daughter's Suicide 503
Comcast Xfinity Wi-Fi Discloses Customer Names and Addresses 49
FCC Clarifies: It's Legal To Hack Your Router 85
An Algorithm To Facilitate Uber-Style Dynamic Phone Tariffs 75
No Such Thing As 'Unlimited' Data 622
LA's Smart LED Street Lights Boost Wireless Connectivity 75
FCC Fines Another Large Firm For Blocking WiFi 138
Sprint Signs First Direct Roaming Agreement With Cuba 17
How a Group of Rural Washington Neighbors Created Their Own Internet Service 94
Apple Faces Class Action Lawsuit Over iOS Wi-Fi Assist 212
Tattling Kettles Help Researchers Crack WiFi Networks In London 162
LTE 4G Networks Put Androids At Risk of Overbilling and Phone Number Spoofing 113
Sprint Will Start Throttling Customers Who Exceed 23GB Monthly 153
FCC's WiFi Rule-Making: Making It Fair For Both Open Source and Proprietary 173
802.11ac WiFi Router Round-Up Tests Broadcom XStream Platform Performance 77
Jamming Wi-Fi With a $15 Dongle 136
World's First 5G Field Trial Delivers Speeds of 3.6Gbps Using Sub-6GHz 55
Worries Mount Over Upcoming LTE-U Deployments Hurting Wi-Fi 173
iOS 9 'Wi-Fi Assist' Could Lead To Huge Wireless Bills 182
Europe Agrees To Agree With Everyone Except US What 5G Should Be 164
US Rank Drops To 55th In 4G LTE Speeds 70
D-Link Accidentally Publishes Private Code Signing Keys 67
Google Partnering With Indian Railways To Provide Wi-Fi Hotspots 26
25 Years Ago, a Meeting Spawned Wi-Fi 75
Seeing 2.4 GHz Radio Waves 43
Proposed MAC Sniffing Dongle Intended To Help Recover Stolen Electronics 120
Despite Reports of Hacking, Baby Monitors Remain Woefully Insecure 109
Ask Slashdot: Can Any Wireless Tech Challenge Fiber To the Home? 190
OnHub Router -- Google's Smart Home Trojan Horse? 123
T-Mobile Starts Going After Heavy Users of Tethered Data 346
Ask Slashdot: Suggestions For Taking a Business Out Into the Forest? 146
Ask Slashdot: Best Data Provider When Traveling In the US? 142
French Woman Gets €800/month For Electromagnetic-Field 'Disability' 456
Why In-Flight Wi-Fi Is Still Slow and Expensive 194
Massachusetts Boarding School Sued Over Wi-Fi Sickness 588
Virgin Media To Base a Public Wi-Fi Net On Paying Customers' Routers 113
Why Google Wants To Sell You a Wi-Fi Router 198
Sprint Drops Two-Year Contracts 112
FCC Fines Smart City $750K For Blocking Wi-Fi 188
The Promise of 5G 158
New Rules From the FCC Open Up New Access To Wi-Fi 64
Samsung Researchers Propose 4,600 Micro-Satellite Space Network 75
Google Fi: Simple Until It's Not 51
ProxyHam Debunked and Demoed At DEFCON 38
In Korea, Smartphones Use Multipath TCP To Reach 1 Gbps 50
Cell Service At US Airports Varies From 1st Class To Middle-seat Coach 40
Cuba Connecting Universities With Fiber 56
European Government Agrees On Net Neutrality Rules, With Exemptions 37
WiFi Offloading is Skyrocketing 152
Wi-Fi Router's 'Pregnant Women' Setting Sparks Vendor Rivalry In China 207
Google Takes Over NYC's Free WiFi Project 68
The Town That Banned Wi-Fi 529
Sprint Begins Punishing Customers For FCC's Net Neutrality Rules 272
5G Network Speed Defined As 20 Gbps By the International Telecommunication Union 81
5G Is On Its Way, But Approaching Slowly 86
Researchers Power a Security Camera With Wi-Fi Signals 59
Nokia Shifts To Selling Back-End Systems To Mobile Networks 40
RealTek SDK Introduces Vulnerability In Some Routers 35
iOS WiFi Bug Allows Remote Reboot of All Devices In Area 117
Wi-Fi Attack Breaks iPhones By Locking Them Into an Endless Loop 1
Nokia Networks Demonstrates 5G Mobile Speeds Running At 10Gbps Via 73GHz 55
Court Refuses To Dismiss AT&T Throttling Case 105
Facebook Successfully Tests Laser Internet Drones 59
Big Vulnerability In Hotel Wi-Fi Router Puts Guests At Risk 40
Full-Duplex Radio Integrated Circuit Could Double Radio Frequency Data Capacity 47
Cuba Approves First Public Wi-Fi Hub In Havana 33
SpaceX Worried Fake Competitors Could Disrupt Its Space Internet Plan 115
Flaw In GoPro Update Mechanism Reveals Users' Wi-Fi Passwords 35
Feds Admit Stingray Can Disrupt Bystanders' Communications 194
UK Scientists Claim 1Tbps Data Speed Via Experimental 5G Technology 71
Ten Lies T-Mobile Told Me About My Data Plan 237
Flaw In Netgear Wi-Fi Routers Exposes Admin Password, WLAN Details 57
Kickstarted Firefox OS HDMI Dongle Delayed, DRM Support Being Added 106
Wi-Fi Issues Continue For OS X Users Despite Updates 120
Reverse Engineering the Nike+ FuelBand's Communications Protocol 78
US Wireless Spectrum Auction Raises $44.9 Billion 91
Canada Upholds Net Neutrality Rules In Wireless TV Case 98
FCC Prohibits Blocking of Personal Wi-Fi Hotspots 129
For New Yorkers, Cablevision Introduces a Wi-Fi-Centric VoiP Network 43
TWEETHER Project Promises 10Gbps MmW 92-95GHz Based Wireless Broadband 54
Google Plans Major Play In Wireless Partnering With Sprint and T-Mobile 101
DARPA Wants Atlas Robot To Go Wireless 19
Simple Rogue WiFi Hotspot Captures High Profile Data 67
Pirate Activist Shows Politicians What Digital Surveillance Looks Like 81
Where Cellular Networks Don't Exist, People Are Building Their Own 104
Asus Wireless Routers Can Be Exploited By Anyone Inside the Network 68
Wireless Charging Standards Groups Agree To Merge 65
New App Detects Government Stingray Cell Phone Trackers 71