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Saturday, December 07, 2002
Tech Giants Announce National Wi-Fi Network - Jay Wrolstad, NewsFactor
The ultimate goal of the new Wi-Fi network is to have hot spots within a five-minute walk of any business in an urban setting, or within a five-minute drive in rural areas. Technology giants AT&T, Intel, and IBM on Thursday unveiled plans to promote nationwide wireless broadband with the formation of Cometa Networks, a company that will sell Wi-Fi service wholesale through ISPs (Internet service providers), cable operators and wireless carriers. Cometa has the lofty goal of setting up some 20,000 Wi-Fi access points, or hot spots , at big-name national and regional retail chains, hotels, universities and businesses in the top 50 U.S. metropolitan areas in the next two years.
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