> Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2003 16:57:46 -0700 > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [EDUPAGE] Edupage, March 12, 2003 > > ***************************************************** > Edupage is a service of EDUCAUSE, a nonprofit association > whose mission is to advance higher education by promoting > the intelligent use of information technology. > ***************************************************** > > TOP STORIES FOR WEDNESDAY, MARCH 12, 2003 > . . . > Boston Businessman Offers Free Wireless Network > . . . > > BOSTON BUSINESSMAN OFFERS FREE WIRELESS NETWORK > Michael Oh, CEO of Apple reseller Tech Superpowers in Boston, has > launched a free Wi-Fi network along the city's Newbury Street, > described as Boston's Rodeo Drive. NewburyOpen.net is a free, > high-speed wireless network that uses access points in eight cafes, > restaurants, and bookstores along the street. Users who take advantage > of the free network to browse the Internet are shown pop-up ads every > three to four hours. Oh said the network cost about $3,000 to set up > and offers his business a means of reaching consumers that otherwise > would be unavailable. Wi-Fi expert Glenn Fleishman said the Boston > network is the first he knows of that is wholly run by an individual, > commercial company. He said that many companies, however, are beginning > to understand that offering such network access typically does not cost > much and is a way for them to "give something back to the community." > Wired News, 12 March 2003 > http://www.wired.com/news/wireless/0,1382,58011,00.html
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