Hi, > 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.
Quite a few carriers (I think Rogers in Canada had also announced something similar) are planning to use pay-phones for WiFi access. While it does seem to solve the issue of backhaul, has anyone on the group actually seen a deployment? Are these payphones near places where you can actually sit and browse for an hour in relative peace? Having WiFi access in Borders, Starbucks, libraries or for that matter even in MacDonalds also has the advantage that you have a place to sit (& possible even recharge your laptop battery as you browse). Thoughts on these payphone-hotspots? The location is convenient for the people deploying, but what about the customers? -Puneet _______________________________________________ No banners. No pop-ups. No kidding. Introducing My Way - http://www.myway.com -- general wireless list, a bawug thing <http://www.bawug.org/> [un]subscribe: http://lists.bawug.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless
