[muglo] Re: a wandering minstrel

On 27/05/06, Tee Cashmore <teecashmore@xxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On 27-May-06, at 8:27 PM, Gerhard wrote:
>
> > I have traveled in Europe and in North America and have found quite a
> > few free wi fi hot spots, coffee shops, hotels, in New York the park
> > behind the main library (on 5th?) has free access and lots of other
> > places.  In hotels you often have to enter your room number and name
> > and then you are good in meeting rooms, lobby etc.
> >
> > I have never heard of them having anything to do with cell phones but
> > then there are lots of things I haven't heard of.
> >
> > Gerhard
>
> In the USA there are many WiFi spots & I've used many of them. Most
> Motels/hotels advertise their High Speed internet extensively in the
> US, especially on the Interstates.

> The Financial district of Central London, UK has extensive WiFi
> coverage, which I believe is free, but elsewhere there are supposed to
> be "T Mobile" & "BT" (British Telecom") spots all over, but when you go
> to the sites you "Pay as you go"!! Yes Eric, they are referred to as
> "WiFi" spots, but it appears that they are specifically geared to
> "Blackberry" phones etc. ie Email, at least in the short term.

They are actually "WiFi" or 802.11b/g hotspots usable by any 802.11b/g
device such as laptops and 802.11b enabled phones (BT Openzone).

The cool thing about the mobiles that are being released is that they
use regular cellular technology, _and_ they're now also using the
802.11b/g protocol with VOIP (voice over IP) -- this means that you
can go to any 802.11b/g/"WiFi"/Airport hotspot in the world and place
and receive phone calls (at low cost), regardless of cellular
coverage.
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