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Friday, February 27, 2004 |
Source: Wi-Fi Networking News
Evansville, Ind. to Get SBC Hotspots
SBC said it will turn on 90 percent of its planned hotspots in Evansville, Ind. in the next 60 days: The story doesn't note how many hotspots SBC has planned but said they will cover a big section of downtown as well as the regional airport. This story comes after we wrote earlier this week about SBC's stalled hotspot plans. It could be that SBC is just behind schedule and we're about to see a lot of SBC hotspots turned on over the next few months. Also, this story makes no mention of Wayport, who originally was supposed to build the hotspots for SBC, but this type of article might not mention that fact anyway. Wayport told me recently that it was in the process of building hotspots for SBC....
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11:13:01 AM 
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Source: Wi-Fi Networking News
Pricey Access in Australian McDonald's
This article makes some good, critical points about hotspots in McDonald's: In Australia, the fee to use the Wi-Fi connection is more expensive than many items on the menu. A lot of people eat at McDonald's because it's cheap so it's reasonable to wonder why those same people would pay for an expensive Internet connection. McDonald's has been aggressively building out hotspots around the globe. We wrote recently about an article describing McDonald's forward thinking use of technology, including the wireless networks, to make workers more productive and cut costs on telecom services used by workers. Perhaps McDonald's main goal in rolling out Wi-Fi is for workers, not necessarily to earn from customers using the network. If that's the case, they might as well offer it free with a purchase because it would probably draw more business people into the restaurants than the fee-based services....
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10:07:48 AM
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Source: Wi-Fi Planet
Cut-Rate, High-Performance Portable PC
Toshiba introduces an affordable notebook PC for small- and medium-sized businesses. New Wireless Satellite A40-S270 is priced to fit most budgets and help small businesses work smarter, not harder.
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7:13:09 AM
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