On Friday 30 May 2003 06:22 pm, Jack Grimes wrote: > SBC to offer WiFi access through pay phones > > Telecom SBC said that it plans to offer public WiFi access through its pay > phones, a move in response to Verizon's recent announcement to launch WiFi > service through 1,000 pay phones in the New York City. However, unlike > Verizon, SBC says it has not yet decided whether to charge for this service > or not. Proxim, Symbol, and Cisco are said to be the front-runners for the > contract to WiFi-enable SBC's pay phones. The company has not yet said > where it will launch its new WiFi service or how large it will be. Look for > more telecoms to roll out WiFi through their pay phones in the months to > come. On the cable side of broadband, Comcast has also recently said that > if Verizon's hot spot service takes off, it would launch its own WiFi > service. > > source: > http://www.mobileinfo.com/News_2003/Issue17/WiFi_news.htm > > -- > general wireless list, a bawug thing <http://www.bawug.org/> > [un]subscribe: http://lists.bawug.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless
I wish these phone companies would learn how to manage the equipment they have already. If I had a dime for every time I had a problem with a LEC not being able to configure or install a T1 or DS-3 right I'd be able to give the world 802.11 access for free, of course I wouldn't be able to connect it to the internet because the fscking LEC would screw it up! SBC WILL charge for this - trust me, no LEC would give away a damn thing. -- Jason Straight [EMAIL PROTECTED] icq: 1796276 pgp: http://www.JeetKuneDoMaster.net/~jason/pubkey.asc -- general wireless list, a bawug thing <http://www.bawug.org/> [un]subscribe: http://lists.bawug.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless
