08-07-2003, 07:00 PM
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Contributing Editor Emeritus
Join Date: Aug 2006
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6,000 New WiFi Hotspots From SBC
http://www.geek.com/news/geeknews/2003Aug/gee20030807021199.htm
"SBC, a leading voice, data, and Internet services company, has announced that it plans to provide Wi-Fi access in over 6,000 venues by the end of 2006. The majority of the venues within SBC's 13 state region will be geared towards business travelers, located in hotels, airports, and convention centers. The network, which will utilize more than 20,000 Wi-Fi hotspots to service the venues, will be called FreedomLink." :rock on dude!:
They will need to get their pricing right though. "Gartner analyst Bill Clark figures it will be approximately US$7 for a day, $40 for a month." :roll: The per month fee might be reasonable but they will never garner the casual user that frequents a hotspot 3-4 times a month at $7/day.
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08-07-2003, 07:16 PM
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Theorist
Join Date: Jul 2003
Posts: 258
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Well, the T|Mobile hotspots charge 10� per minute, one hour minimum billing = $6 with $1 for each additional 10 minutes. Now the $7 is starting to seem reasonable... 8)
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08-07-2003, 07:17 PM
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Oracle
Join Date: Aug 2006
Posts: 899
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(OT) Incidentally IIRC SBC was the big winner by far recently in terms of DSL subscribers added...
I have cable myself 
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08-07-2003, 07:25 PM
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Sage
Join Date: Aug 2006
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What would make these services more attractive is some sort of not-too-expensive roaming agreement among all the providers.
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08-07-2003, 07:26 PM
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Philosopher
Join Date: Apr 2004
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Going to say....
SBC has a great price! 7 a day is beter then most of them are doing it already. The Hyatt I'll be staying at in DC will charge me 9.99 a day for wifi in my room(if I can GET a room with Wifi). That's not too bad either. Either ya need it or you don't. I personally am going to be investing money in a T-Mobile GPRS card. 29.99 per month for internet anywhere in T-Mobile's coverage area is good! Now where's my PC Card sleeve!
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08-07-2003, 07:41 PM
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Theorist
Join Date: Mar 2003
Posts: 267
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I bet none of those 6,000 spots include Hawai'i :cry:
Always the case.
Also, I think pay per day would not be practical until it costs $5/day instead of $7/10 T-mobile is $10/day at Borders :evil:
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08-07-2003, 08:09 PM
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Theorist
Join Date: Jul 2003
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Originally Posted by rmasinag
I bet none of those 6,000 spots include Hawai'i :cry:
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Nope, it's a belt across the United States according to the article. :cry: I'm waiting for more in Maine too...
O/T - I didn't know Hawaii was spelled with an apostrophe! 8) Neat!
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08-07-2003, 08:17 PM
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Intellectual
Join Date: Feb 2002
Posts: 229
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Panera Bread is free
I have a Panera Bread that is a free hotspot. I don't know if they are all like that but I'd rather go there than the Starbucks that is located about 150 feet south of it or any SBC site.
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08-07-2003, 08:35 PM
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Theorist
Join Date: Mar 2003
Posts: 267
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None of the Starbucks in Hawai'i (about 20 in O'ahu alone) have WiFi! :evil:
What is it with wireless and living on a rock? :?:
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08-07-2003, 09:18 PM
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Ponderer
Join Date: Nov 2002
Posts: 93
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SBC is a midwestern company (I think) so I heard that there were gonna be a bunch of these hotspots throughout the midwestern region (I read this in the Chicago Tribune, they had an article about Wi-Fi today). I live right by Chicago, IL, but I'd rather use free Wi-Fi. I've used public Wi-Fi once last week at a Panera in Michigan. Thank god I brought my Wi-Fi card with me on vacation!
*OFF-TOPIC*
The apostrophe is put in Hawai'i because you're supposed to pronounce the vowels separately rather than saying "Huh-why-ee"
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