Thursday, May 15, 2003

WIFi Blogging coming to Paris Paris cafe culture meets WiFi: c'est si bon.. Espresso. Cigarette smoke. 802.11B. Paris cafe society becomes unwired. Paris could soon be among the first cities to offer Internet all across town, allowing e-mailing and Web surfing from the Left Bank to La Defence. Two technology firms and the agency that runs Paris' subway have launched a test run that, if successful, could lead to Paris becoming one massive "hot spot." In the trial, a dozen antennas were erected last month outside Metro stations lining a major north-south bus route, allowing anyone nearby to go online with a computer equipped to receive the signals. Link to AP story, Discuss (via unwired listserv) [Boing Boing Blog] 6:47:42 AM  comment []

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