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News that's changing the Wireless World!
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Friday, February 06, 2004 |
Source: Wi-Fi Networking News
More Wi-Fi on European Trains
Eurostar, the train operator, will start testing Wi-Fi access on its cross-channel services this year: But service won't be available while in the tunnel under the English Channel. Another train operator, GNER, has been experimenting with Wi-Fi on its trains. It achieves coverage in tunnels by stringing together cell phone antennas to maintain the connection, which otherwise is backhauled via satellite. Apparently train operators are hoping that Wi-Fi services will draw customers back away from short-haul airlines....
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10:21:47 AM 
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Source: C|Net
Vonage dials in $40 million in funding
The broadband phone provider's plan to expand into international markets gets a multimillion-dollar boost from venture capital investors 3i and Meritech Capital Partners.
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10:12:17 AM
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Source: Wi-Fi Networking News
Another Small Pa. Town Marks First Hotspot
A restaurant in Bradford, Pa. believes it's the first in the area to offer a hotspot: Customers, who include executives from Zippo and KOA, can use the network for free. The restaurant owners decided to offer the network when it ordered a high speed access line to speed up credit card payments. They hope the network will encourage more business people to visit. Earlier this week we wrote about a KFC in another small Pennsylvania town that was the first in its area to offer Wi-Fi. It appears that Wi-Fi continues to spread even to the small towns....
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9:19:07 AM
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