Category: HotSpots

As competition for in-flight Wi-Fi slowly heats up, a coalition of airline workers and consumer electronics makers hope to make the use of wireless gadgets by the flying public easier. Via [wi-fiplanet.com]

Wireless Internet access is no longer just for first-class passengers - but those with a cheaper ticket will have to pay for their connection. Via [news.zdnet.co.uk]

Starbucks Corp. said on Tuesday that it had installed wireless Internet connections, or "WiFi," in more than 3,100 U.S. cafes, including 110 in stores far from technology-rich coastal areas. Via [reuters.com]

T-Systems, a unit Deutsche Telekom, is linking together 10,000 locations for wireless computer access and aims to connect half of the world's public hotspots to a seamless network, it said on Tuesday. Via [reuters.com]

Like a Robin Hood of the Internet age, Carrie Russell of South Boston takes bandwidth from the rich (neighbors who have wireless high-speed Internet connections) and uses it herself to surf for free. Via [boston.com]

Another fast-food chain is jumping on the free Wi-Fi bandwagon. Krystal restaurants says it will provide free Wi-Fi service at more than 50 restaurants in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, Tennessee and Texas. Via [techweb.com]

Customers of Yahoo BB, Japan's largest high-speed Internet provider, will soon be able to surf the Web at over 15,000 wireless Internet access points in 42 countries including Japan. Via [reuters.com]

The Iowa Department of Transportation is hooking motorists up with wireless Internet access so they can surf the Web. It's part of a test project to provide wireless service to six Iowa rest areas. Via [usatoday.com]

Why should the big boys like Starbucks and Borders Books have all the Wi-Fi fun? Netopia is peddling a Netopia Hot Spot Starter Kit that enables the little guys to offer high-speed wireless at their places of business without racking up high installation costs. Via [wirelessweek.com]

From ballparks to bagel shops, Wi-Fi is on its way from curiosity to standard feature. Via [comment.cio.com]

Wi-Fi hot spots are starting to morph into hot zones as local governments adapt the technology to provide broadband service for police and fire departments, in addition to wireless Internet access across areas ranging from downtown districts to hundreds of square miles. Via [computerworld.com]

Airlines won a key battle in their fight with airports over control of the Wi-Fi spectrum yesterday when the Federal Communications Commission ruled that it -- and not local authorities -- has "exclusive jurisdiction" over the use of unlicensed spectrum. Via [computerworld.com]

Firms attempting to make it big from wireless Internet are falling apart because the technology is becoming too cheap and simple. Via [theinquirer.net]

Boingo Wireless announced its Pocket Boingo Wi-Fi client has support for Windows Mobile 2003 available starting Wednesday with support for Palm OS to come later this summer. Via [techweb.com]

New York City plans to build a public safety wireless network of unprecedented scale and scope, including the capacity to provide tens of thousands of mobile users with the ability to send and receive data while traveling at speeds of up to 70 mph citywide. Via [computerworld.com]