Message: 20 Date: Thu, 06 Mar 2003 20:41:48 -0000 From: "3/5 SF Business Times" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: SFO announces wireless "Wi-Fi" internet access
Published Wednesday, March 5, 2003, in the San Francisco Busines Times Travel gets high-speed at SFO San Francisco International Airport (SFO) and T-Mobile USA Inc. announced the availability of high-speed wireless Internet access for passengers traveling through SFO, via T-Mobile HotSpot. The announcement comes as part of a multi-year agreement for T-Mobile to offer Wi-Fi (802.11b) wireless broadband (WLAN) service throughout the airport. The network at SFO will be installed in phases over the next year. The first phase is complete and provides T-Mobile HotSpot service at United Airlines Gates 80 to 90 in Terminal 3 including the food court and Hub lounge, United Airlines' Red Carpet Club and the ticket and lobby area of the New International Terminal Building. The balance of the airport will be Wi-Fi enabled by the end of the year. The service is already available in SFO's American Airlines Admirals Club as part of a previous agreement. T-Mobile has entered into agreements with Syntegra for the network installation. "At SFO, we pride ourselves on being a world-class facility that makes cutting-edge technology available for our savvy travelers. Thanks to this new technology, road warriors can now reclaim lost work time and keep in touch with loved ones while at SFO," said airport Director John Martin. T-Mobile HotSpot service is available in more than 2,200 locations nationwide, including Starbucks coffeehouses, Borders Books and Music and American Airlines Admirals Clubs. Additionally, Bellevue, Wash.- based T-Mobile provides coverage at either American Airlines gates or in whole terminals at 15 airports in North America. T-Mobile has also announced agreements with American Airlines, Delta Air Lines and United Airlines to deploy the service in over 100 of the airline's clubs and lounges this year. -- general wireless list, a bawug thing <http://www.bawug.org/> [un]subscribe: http://lists.bawug.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless
