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Tuesday, January 21, 2003
Frontier psychology drives spread of Wi-Fi access - ROB LEVER, Agence France-Presse
... Wi-Fi, a technology for connecting to the Internet without wires, is the hottest trend in the tech sector, offering a ray of hope to the battered industry. As millions of portable computers become equipped to go wireless, tens of thousands of "hot spots" are being set up in airports, hotels, cafes and other locations in the U.S. market and around the world. Experts estimate about 10,000 hot spots have been set up worldwide, but that number is rapidly growing - big companies and small start-ups are rushing to get in on the action, giving the market a Wild West atmosphere.
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