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AT&T Gives iPhones Free Hotspot Access

2008-04-30 20:46:59 by Glennf in Wi-Fi Networking News
 
...hotspot or a Starbucks through their AT&T portal link (upper right corner of the T-Mobile screen, and soon to be a unique SSID), enter your phone number, and have free access. This is nifty, and not unexpected. AT&T is providing free service to 7 million DSL and fiber customers and 5 million remote business access customers. Adding a couple...
 
Tags: link, att portal link, att, neighborhood starbucks tomorrow, starbucks, att hotspot, telecom giant, free service, million dsl
 
 
 
 
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Wayport Tops 10,000 McDonald's Locations

2008-04-29 09:25:32 by Glennf in Wi-Fi Networking News
 
...hotspot network, which puts them in the unwiring seat for the 7,000-odd Starbucks stores that will converted from T-Mobile to AT&T service during 2008. Wayport was once the clear leader in the hotspot builder market, with T-Mobile in the second position. Now, Wayport will be operating through a direct contract or management agreement over...
 
Tags: wayport, wi-fi, comprehensive wi-fi plan, local wi-fi network, att service, service, wayport offers, network, wayport caches
 
 
 
 
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iPhone Gains 15 Minutes Free Wi-Fi in 28 Airports

2008-05-02 12:04:16 by Glennf in Wi-Fi Networking News
 
...hotspot directory supplemented by editorial coverage and how-to's on wireless data, to one that's now hotspot directory plus hotspot advertising. The transition is interesting, as it reflects what I've seen on Wi-Fi Networking News: Wi-Fi is easier to use, as is cell data; costs for equipment is lower or you don't need to make a choice about...
 
Tags: hotspot, hotspot ads involve, ads, boingo offers ads-for-access, boingo, free wi-fi, wi-fi, access, gain access
 
 
 
 
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BT Encourages Businesses to Open Up Wi-Fi for OpenZone Expansion

2008-04-22 13:51:44 by Glennf in Wi-Fi Networking News
 
...hotspot service: This is a very, very interesting move on the part of the UK's giant telecom provider. The company will upgrade the firmware for its BT Business Total Broadband customers, which number 170,000. By flipping a switch, the business's modem will create an outpost of BT OpenZone, using a separate SSID, and a "secure Internet...
 
Tags: business, business customers receive, openzone, business plan assures, hotspot service, public hotspot service, openzone subscription, network, critique fon
 
 
 
 
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Wee-Fi: iPhone Penetration, Hotspots Undercounted, Warballoon, Cincy Bus-Fi

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2008-08-11 09:49:01 by Glennf in Wi-Fi Networking News
...Hotspot Locations , there are more than 33,000 WLAN hotspots worldwide, and more than 10,000 in the United States alone." I don't know who "Hotspot Locations" is, and I need to disclose that I have a financial interest in what must be their competitor, JiWire, but any hotspot finder that calls them "WLAN Hotspots" and reports 11,712 in the...
 
Tags: wlan hotspots worldwide, wlan hotspots, hotspots worldwide, worldwide, iphone, wireless networks, networks, penetration, internal networks
 
 
 
 
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Zune Owners Get Free Wi-Fi at McDonald's

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2008-09-16 03:01:01 by Glennf in Wi-Fi Networking News
...hotspot operator means that Microsoft doesn't have to provide tools and their users endure frustration in joining a network. "We're experts enabling one click to get this network connected," Lowden said. He noted that Wayport has opened test labs to work with manufacturers in Japan, San Francisco, San Diego, and Seattle. "We're working with...
 
Tags: zune, wi-fi, zune pass subscribers, inclusive wi-fi service, zune offers, devices, zune devices, wi-fi network, network
 
 
 
 
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Seven Years of Wi-Fi Networking News

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2008-04-04 15:10:45 by Glennf in Wi-Fi Networking News
...hotspot market, the rise and fall and rise again of municipal networks, the change in consumer equipment from expensive and slow to cheap and fast, the growth of the enterprise market, the phoenix-like in-flight calling/broadband market, and, more recently, cellular and WiMax technology Enterprise coverage was once a central part of Wi-Fi...
 
Tags: wi-fi, wi-fi hotspot giant, municipal wi-fi, wi-fi signal finder, wi-fi world, world, 11b-later-wi-fi site, 11b, news
 
 
 
 
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Free Wi-Fi for AT&T Laptop Mobile Broadband Subscribers

2008-05-20 09:32:57 by Glennf in Wi-Fi Networking News
 
...hotspot, while simultaneously removing load from AT&T's 3G network. This was predicted many years ago--as early as 2001 by EarthLink, Boingo Wireless, and Helio founder Sky Dayton--that 3G spectrum was scarce enough and expensive enough to operate that using Wi-Fi like a local heat sink to bleed usage off would keep 3G usable The other...
 
Tags: wi-fi, free wi-fi service, free wi-fi, att, wi-fi hotspot, internal att memo, mobile broadband subscribers, att extends, laptop users
 
 
 
 
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T-Mobile Takes Home Line Service National

2008-06-25 10:33:49 by Glennf in Wi-Fi Networking News
 
...HotSpot@Home (an additional $10/month), which allows unlimited domestic calling over Wi-Fi using special handsets from T-Mobile; there are now 8 handset models available. Customers have to have at least a $40 single-line or $50 family plan service to add either @Home or HotSpot@Home Probably the key remaining advantage for Vonage and other...
 
Tags: service, family plan service, home service, home, cell service, t-mobile, telephone service, home-line replacement service, domestic home
 
 
 
 
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Wee-Fi: Chrysler-Fi Pricing, Alltel-Fi, Beijing Fail

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2008-06-26 13:03:16 by Glennf in Wi-Fi Networking News
...hotspot around or stick an adapter into a computer. It might make sense for fleet deployments, though Alltel launches domestic US hotspot service: Alltel is reselling Boingo's offering at $20 per month or $4 per day with no commitment. That's 25,000 US hotspots. The No. 5 cell operator, which is in the process of being acquired by Verizon,...
 
Tags: alltel, wi-fi, wi-fi network launches, cell, temporary cell installations, alltel launches domestic, month, verizon, verizon partnership