more on Google plans own WiFi service: Web site

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

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Date: September 20, 2005 12:46:29 PM EDT
To: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Subject: RE: Google plans own WiFi service: Web site


[If you would like to send to IP, go ahead, but please don't attribute
to me.]


Google is doing two things:

1) promoting municipal Wi-Fi and working with the city of San Francisco
and companies like EarthLink;

2) releasing a beta of a simple VPN client -- "Google Secure Access" --
which provides a tunnel to a Google VPN server exploiting the built-in
VPN tool in Windows XP and 2000. This is useful on insecure Wi-Fi
networks for those that have no VPN, but it is not a Wi-Fi service.



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From: Jean Armour Polly <mom () netmom com>
Date: September 20, 2005 7:15:00 AM EDT
To: dave () farber net
Subject: Google plans own WiFi service: Web site


http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20050920/wr_nm/google_wifi_dc
  Google plans own WiFi service: Web site By Adam Pasick  23 minutes  
ago

LONDON (Reuters) - Internet search leader Google is preparing to launch
its own wireless Internet service, Google WiFi, according to several
pages found on the company's Web site on Tuesday.
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The Google site refers to a product called "Google Secure Access,"
which is designed to "establish a more secure connection while using
Google WiFi," according to a frequently asked questions page (http://
wifi.google.com/faq.html).
(more at the url above)




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