West Coast cities most unwired

[Dave Farber <dave () farber net>]

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At 3:48 PM -0800 3/4/03, Brian A. Berg wrote:
> From: bberg () bswd com (Brian A. Berg)
> Subject: West Coast cities most unwired
> Date: Tue, 4 Mar 2003 15:48:07 -0800
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> This is from a Schwab news email.
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> West Coast cities most unwired
>
> The West Coast leads the United States in availability of wireless
> Internet access, a new survey shows. The most "unwired city" in
> America is Portland, Ore., followed by the San Francisco Bay Area;
> Austin, Texas; and Orange County, Calif. The top East Coast city on
> the list is Washington, D.C., in sixth place.
>
> Intel's (INTC: news, msgs) survey found more than 3,700 "hot spots"
> in the U.S., primarily at cafes, coffee shops, airports and hotels.
> Hot spots are places where wireless Web access is available to the
> public. Hot spots appear in "unexpected locations," said Bert
> Sperling of Best Places, who conducted the study. He found wireless
> access available in a barbershop on New York's Long Island, a
> chowder house in Seattle, a pub near California's Lake Tahoe and a
> pool hall on the Hawaiian island of Maui.
>
> "Wi-Fi promises to do for computing what cell phones did for voice
> communication. It is eliminating boundaries and allowing people to
> access the Internet and communicate freely while they're on the go,"
> said Sean Maloney, general manager of Intel's communications group.
> The complete survey is available on Intel's Web site.

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