Category: HotSpots

Qwest Communications International Inc., a telephone and Internet service provider in Arizona and other western states, Thursday announced that it will offer a Wi-Fi capable DSL modem to all new Qwest consumer and small-business DSL subscribers. Via [phoenix.bizjournals.com]

GNER and Virgin attempt to woo business users away from planes and cars. Via [vnunet.com]

Simplified wireless hotspot access offered by new global roaming platform. Via [vnunet.com]

The U.K. government is planning to upgrade its roadside telematics system with a wireless network designed to blanket the country with low-cost wireless Internet access. Via [eweek.com]

A new Web site has hit the Internet designed to help consumers find a prepaid Wi-Fi service plan. WiFiMinutes.com gives consumers the ability to compare and contrast several plan options. Via [wirelessweek.com]

Mesh technology allows new wireless networks to be created, or existing WLANs to be extended, without needing a wired connection to each base station. Via [insight.zdnet.co.uk]

As I sit here in an American Eagle commuter jet, flying from San Jose to Los Angeles and trying to write this column, one thing occurs to me: This Ferrari-branded notebook sure looks better when it isn't solidly stuck in my stomach. The second thing that occurs to me is, I'll probably never regain the...

Lucent Technologies Inc. is working to develop a product that would provide users with wireless Internet access on trains, buses and automobiles. Via [computerworld.com]

Over 150 Starbucks UK coffee shops now provide wireless Internet access, the company proudly announced yesterday. Via [theregister.co.uk]

AMD has come under fire for its over-zealous attempt to create a company-branded network of Wi-Fi hotspots that may see the chip maker getting into legal hot water. Via [theregister.co.uk]

If the future of Wi-Fi is complete ubiquity and pervasiveness than it's likely that Mesh architecture for wireless LANs will play a pivotal role. Via [internetnews.com]

The spread of wi-fi is being hampered by increasing complex and incompatible products, an industry body promoting the technology has said. Via [news.bbc.co.uk]

T-Mobile today offered what it claimed was a "simplified" and "standardised" pricing structure for its Wi-Fi hotspots that introduces direct billing for the company's mobile phone subscribers. Via [theregister.co.uk]

Tom Montalbano seems like an ideal customer for wireless Internet "hot spots" in hotels, restaurants and airports. The 41-year-old insurance investigator travels four days a week, compiling reports from jewelry robberies on his laptop computer. Via [online.wsj.com]

The Canadian government may soon have to change the official motto of Ontario to "Wireless she began and wireless she remains" as the number of hotspots continues to rise in the area. Via [internetnews.com]