I've had Pacific Bell, SBC and now AT&T ADSL since it became available in Ventura, but they tell me the higher speed broadband plans are not available here, so the offer of free access to their nationwide Wi-Fi network would seem to be moot.
Frank Keeney wrote: > http://wifinetnews.com/archives/007751.html > > AT&T Gives Free Access to Nation's Largest Wi-Fi Network > 11:24AM 7/2/07 > > Company Delivers Free Wi-Fi Connectivity to Nearly 10,000 Hot Spots > Nationwide; Adds Greater Value and Mobility for AT&T Broadband Experience. > > AT&T Inc. today announced that millions of its customers with higher > speed broadband plans can now receive free access to AT&T's nationwide > Wi-Fi network -- nearly 10,000 hot spots at popular locations across the > country including leading airports, McDonalds restaurants, Barnes & > Noble bookstores, coffee shops and popular sporting venues. > > With the proliferation of Wi-Fi-enabled devices including, most > recently, the iPhone but also laptops, wireless music systems and PDAs, > consumers are increasingly looking for on-the-go Internet connections. > As the nation's premier provider of broadband service and with the > nation's largest Wi-Fi network, AT&T offers consumers more high speed in > more places. > > Effective now, qualifying new and existing residential and small > business AT&T broadband customers instantly benefit from the free > unlimited Wi-Fi connectivity at company hot spots. Qualifying AT&T > broadband packages include: AT&T Yahoo! High Speed Internet Pro (up to > 3.0 Mbps downstream), AT&T Yahoo! High Speed Internet Elite (up to 6.0 > Mbps downstream), FastAccess Xtreme (up to 3.0 Mbps downstream) and > FastAccess Xtreme 6.0 (up to 6.0 Mbps downstream). > > "Consumers are increasingly demanding anytime, anywhere connectivity, > and AT&T is uniquely able to deliver on their need for mobility, whether > it's broadband or wireless services," said Rick Welday, chief marketing > officer, AT&T Consumer. "Providing customers with more high speed access > in more places also gives us a competitive edge because we're able to > offer an on-the-go broadband experience that cable can't match." > > In related news, AT&T also announced two new offers which allow > residential customers to experience Wi-Fi benefits in the comfort of > their own home -- still free of charge and free of wires when using an > AT&T Wireless (Wi-Fi) Gateway. > > The AT&T Wireless Gateway enables residential broadband customers to > roam -- untethered -- throughout virtually any room in the home and > receive fast access to the Web using multiple Wi-Fi-enabled devices. > Hundreds of thousands of AT&T broadband customers already have home > Wi-Fi gateways; AT&T ships an average of nearly 7,000 a day. > > The new residential gateway offers include: > > -- A free wireless gateway, after mail-in rebate or instant credit, for > AT&T wireless customers who order new AT&T Yahoo! High Speed Internet > Pro or Elite, or new FastAccess Xtreme or Xtreme 6.0 broadband service. > The offer is now available in select AT&T retail and dealer locations. > > -- Beginning July 6, new orders placed online for AT&T Yahoo! High Speed > Internet Pro or Elite, or new FastAccess Xtreme or Xtreme 6.0 will > qualify for a free wireless gateway after mail-in rebate or instant > credit. > > New broadband customers will immediately benefit from the free Wi-Fi > offer upon signing up for the qualified broadband plans at an AT&T > retail store, online at http://www.att.com/ or through a company call > center. Wi-Fi connectivity will be activated once customers receive > their new broadband service and complete both the setup and the > registration process as a new customer. Existing AT&T broadband > customers who already subscribe to qualifying speed packages can > immediately log in to AT&T Wi-Fi hot spots, at no charge, by using the > master account user name and password created for their broadband service. > > AT&T is the premier provider of broadband service, with 12.9 million > broadband lines in service as of the first quarter of 2007, with the > nation's largest Wi-Fi network. > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "SOCALWUG" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/SOCALWUG SOCALWUG website: http://www.socalwug.org -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
