Wireless coming to a hot spot near you
Poster: Aron Schatz
Posted on July 16, 2002 at 8:06:46 PM
Wireless to the country? I need my email everywhere! 802.11b hot spots will be popping up everywhere.
Intel, IBM, AT&T Wireless, Verizon Communications and Cingular Wireless are discussing the creation of a company that would build a network of wireless hot spots across the country, The New York Times reported Tuesday. Hotspots are publicly available wireless networks that use the 802.11b standard to deliver Internet access.
If the discussions bear fruit, the resulting company would build hot spots in public areas such as airports. People would be able to subscribe to the wireless services on the fly, accessing e-mail or the Web while passing through those hot spots. Typically, hot spots charge people by the hour or by the day.
Intel, IBM, AT&T Wireless, Verizon Communications and Cingular Wireless are discussing the creation of a company that would build a network of wireless hot spots across the country, The New York Times reported Tuesday. Hotspots are publicly available wireless networks that use the 802.11b standard to deliver Internet access.
If the discussions bear fruit, the resulting company would build hot spots in public areas such as airports. People would be able to subscribe to the wireless services on the fly, accessing e-mail or the Web while passing through those hot spots. Typically, hot spots charge people by the hour or by the day.