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http://cnn.netscape.cnn.com/news/story.jsp?id=2006012415207000000004&dt=2006 0124152000&w=AFP&coview= San Francisco tops in US wireless Internet spots while Seoul first worldwide SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) - San Francisco has the most wireless Internet "hot spots" in the United States while Seoul topped the list worldwide, an Internet directory showed. There are 801 "wi-fi" or wireless fidelity points in San Francisco where people with laptop computers could get broadband connections to the Internet, according to JiWire online hot-spot directory based in South San Francisco. While tops in the United States, San Francisco ranked fifth in the world behind Paris, London, Tokyo and Seoul. JiWire listed 2,056 wi-fi spots in Seoul and 1,802 in Tokyo. The directory had 1,627 hot spots in London and 950 in Paris. New York City came in second in the United States with 643 hot spots and Chicago ranked third with 501. "While we can't claim to have every single hot spot under the sun listed, we feel this is a true representation of what is out there," David Blumenfeld, vice president of marketing at JiWire, told AFP. "Wi-fi is here and is a viable technology for the masses. Which is why you see a push to broad-scale wi-fi networks throughout the world." The San Francisco Bay area, abutting Silicon Valley, is a "technology Mecca" rife with "early adopters," people quick to embrace new innovations, Blumenfeld said of the prevalence of wireless spots there. There has been "huge effort" to mobilize wireless broadband connections in South Korea and Japan, which are among the Asian countries ahead of the United States when it comes to wireless technology, according to Blumenfeld. "You could make the case that with wi-fi on the scene, it is a much cheaper way to get broadband to the masses than having to run a lot of fixed lines," Blumenfeld said. © Copyright Agence France-Presse. All rights reserved. The information contained In this news report may not be published, broadcast or otherwise distributed without the prior written authority of Agence France-Presse. 01/24/2006 15:20 AFP --- You are currently subscribed to telecom-cities as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Manage your mail settings at http://forums.nyu.edu/cgi-bin/nyu.pl?enter=telecom-cities RSS feed of list traffic: http://www.mail-archive.com/telecom-cities@forums.nyu.edu/maillist.xml
