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---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Wed, 30 Oct 2002 20:19:55 -0500 From: Chris Barr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Wireless ISPs giving away gear http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1105-963965.html w/ DirecTV DSL purchase ... effort to gain national coverage * The nation's oldest "hot spot" network plans to give away Wi-Fi equipment starting Friday, in an aggressive push to increase the number of urban areas that offer wireless Web access.* National hot spot network Surf And Sip <http://www.surfandsip.com> will offer the equipment free to anyone buying DirecTV DSL (digital subscriber line) service, said Rick Ehrlinspiel, chief executive of Surf And Sip. DirecTV has been supplying Surf And Sip hot spots with broadband access for about 18 months. The coffee shops, restaurants or bookstores most likely to sign up will become part of Surf And Sip's hot spot network, where time online is sold in hourly, weekly or monthly chunks, he said. The business owner must pay for DSL service but will get half of the revenue from any wireless Web wandering. Surf And Sip is just one of three so-called WISPs (Wireless Internet Service Providers) to announce expansion plans Wednesday ... To unsubscribe, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with body "unsubscribe man-bytes-dog" (the subject is ignored).
