Saturday, May 10, 2003
Payphone Hotspots?
Posted by Janak Parekh in "HARDWARE" @ 11:00 AM
Wow... this could truly revolutionize 802.11b usage to yet another level, and make better use of payphone booths (which I haven't used in at least a year in New York).
"Verizon Communications wants to provide a new purpose for a declining business by using street corner pay telephones to wirelessly link its broadband customers to the Internet, President Larry Babbio said. At a Stevens Institute of Technology conference in New York on Friday, Babbio told attendees that Verizon would begin to put gear around pay phones that would allow laptop computer users to connect to the Internet via a wireless technology popularly known as Wi-Fi."
"Verizon Communications wants to provide a new purpose for a declining business by using street corner pay telephones to wirelessly link its broadband customers to the Internet, President Larry Babbio said. At a Stevens Institute of Technology conference in New York on Friday, Babbio told attendees that Verizon would begin to put gear around pay phones that would allow laptop computer users to connect to the Internet via a wireless technology popularly known as Wi-Fi."
