UK Gets 30,000 New Wireless Hotspots
Posted: 05th Mar, 2003 By: MarkJ
From next Monday Inspired Broadcast will launch a chain of new broadband wireless (Wi-Fi) LAN Hotspots in 3,000 different locations, expanding to a possible 30,000 by the end of 2003!:
To the customer, these access points will almost certainly look like BT OpenZone, or Megabeam, or other big, commercial operations - and if you have an OpenZone account, you should be able to connect to these hotspots exactly as normal.
"Charging model will be revealed next Monday" promised CEO, Luke Alvarez, founder of Inspired. "There's a variety of different ones. Pay through the slot is one option; there's also going to be a Wireless ISP (WISP); and one model where you'll subscribe to an existing ISP and have wireless access through our WiFi cloud."
He said that his ambition is: "To be an open backbone, such that any number of operators - WISPS - can use our locations."
This could quite possibly be one of the biggest Wi-Fi networks in the UK so far, although we'll have to wait a few more days to find out the exact details and pricing. More @ NewsWireless.
To the customer, these access points will almost certainly look like BT OpenZone, or Megabeam, or other big, commercial operations - and if you have an OpenZone account, you should be able to connect to these hotspots exactly as normal.
"Charging model will be revealed next Monday" promised CEO, Luke Alvarez, founder of Inspired. "There's a variety of different ones. Pay through the slot is one option; there's also going to be a Wireless ISP (WISP); and one model where you'll subscribe to an existing ISP and have wireless access through our WiFi cloud."
He said that his ambition is: "To be an open backbone, such that any number of operators - WISPS - can use our locations."
This could quite possibly be one of the biggest Wi-Fi networks in the UK so far, although we'll have to wait a few more days to find out the exact details and pricing. More @ NewsWireless.
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