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Monday, February 02, 2004 |
Source: eWEEK Technology News
You've Got Problems: Getting AOL Back on Track
America Online Inc. is still reeling from the effects of the Time Warner acquisition, an SEC inquiry and the departure of founder Steve Case. But that didn't stop John McKinley, erstwhile star at Merrill Lynch, from signing on to help stem AOL's subscriber decline, put together a broadband strategy and turn the company around by offering a complete Internet experience. Here's his plan.
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11:06:15 PM 
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Source: Wi-Fi Networking News
Follow Up to Squatters
NYCWireless folks point out another way that cafe owners can limit the time Wi-Fi users hang out: Alt.coffee, a cafe in New York City, apparently recently started forbidding laptop or even cell phone users to use their power outlets. Signs in the cafe blame liability and a few bad apples but a clerk told one NYCWireless member that it's folks like him, who hang out for hours, that led to the new rule. As another poster notes, it seems like a policy aimed at alienating customers, who have choices of other cafes to bring their business to....
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1:23:22 PM
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Source: Wi-Fi Networking News
How to Deal with the Squatters
Paul Andrews at the Seattle Times wrote a nice column looking at how cafes in Seattle and San Francisco handle the potential for Wi-Fi users to over stay their welcome: In Seattle, the cafes offering free Wi-Fi have pretty laid back rules. One restaurant asks visitors to buy something but has no time or spending limits. Another that often gets crowded asks other patrons who may be looking for a seat to politely ask laptop users how long they'll be around. None of the Seattle venues he spoke with say it's an issue. In San Francisco, where Andrews believes more cafes charge a fee for access, some venues have methods for cutting down on use. One turns off the network at 6 p.m. Others have signs on tables asking users to stay for just an hour. Techdirt notes that there's no evidence such measures are necessary. Most Wi-Fi users give up their seats if the place gets crowded plus they tend to visit during off hours when a venue is looking for customers....
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10:57:56 AM
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Source: Wi-Fi Networking News
Boingo Adds Hotspots
Boingo added hotspots from inter-touch to its roaming network: Inter-touch has 50 hotspots in Asia, the Middle East, and Europe and plans to grow its network to 150 hotspots by the end of the year....
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10:57:54 AM
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Source: Wi-Fi Networking News
Viva La Wi-Fi
Cox Communications built a Wi-Fi network in the MGM Grand, covering all 5,034 rooms: The cable company also won a bid to unwire the Hard Rock. A Cox exec says that it installed enough access points that only one or two people will share an access point. I wonder if that's based on estimates of how many people may be online at a given time or if Cox actually installed an access point for every two rooms or so. Customers pay $9.95 for a 24-hour period. While Sprint was competitive for the MGM deal, an exec from Sprint made some odd critical comments of the Cox deployment. He says that customers will ultimately want a network that allows them to roam and offers higher speeds. I hope he's not talking about 3G because while that lets users roam it doesn’t offer higher speeds....
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10:35:40 AM
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