GM<Jaymac>MF
29 Mar 2006, 11:25
Check this out. The states is getting free wi-fi over their entire continent!
SAN FRANCISCO (Business 2.0 Magazine) - More evidence has emerged that Google is getting ready to blanket the U.S. with free Wi-Fi (http://money.cnn.com/magazines/business2/business2_archive/2005/09/01/8356497/), as Business 2.0 senior writer Om Malik reported last year. Now, the company has filed for three patents (http://www.seroundtable.com/archives/003553.html) related to offering wireless Internet access. Search Engine Roundtable points out that the patents all have to do with serving up advertising through a wireless Internet connection maintained by a third party, whose brand Google would include in the presentation of those ads. Sounds a lot like Google's latest plan to unwire San Francisco (http://www.wi-fiplanet.com/news/article.php/3586661), where it has teamed up with EarthLink (http://money.cnn.com/quote/quote.html?symb=ELNK) (Research (http://cnnfn.investor.reuters.com/Reports.aspx?ticker=ELNK)). By teaming up with partners who would build the actual Wi-Fi infrastructure, Google (http://money.cnn.com/quote/quote.html?symb=GOOG) (Research (http://cnnfn.investor.reuters.com/Reports.aspx?ticker=GOOG)) could complete a nationwide Wi-Fi network much more quickly than if it had to build it itself.
Sorry, did I mention it'll be FREE!
SAN FRANCISCO (Business 2.0 Magazine) - More evidence has emerged that Google is getting ready to blanket the U.S. with free Wi-Fi (http://money.cnn.com/magazines/business2/business2_archive/2005/09/01/8356497/), as Business 2.0 senior writer Om Malik reported last year. Now, the company has filed for three patents (http://www.seroundtable.com/archives/003553.html) related to offering wireless Internet access. Search Engine Roundtable points out that the patents all have to do with serving up advertising through a wireless Internet connection maintained by a third party, whose brand Google would include in the presentation of those ads. Sounds a lot like Google's latest plan to unwire San Francisco (http://www.wi-fiplanet.com/news/article.php/3586661), where it has teamed up with EarthLink (http://money.cnn.com/quote/quote.html?symb=ELNK) (Research (http://cnnfn.investor.reuters.com/Reports.aspx?ticker=ELNK)). By teaming up with partners who would build the actual Wi-Fi infrastructure, Google (http://money.cnn.com/quote/quote.html?symb=GOOG) (Research (http://cnnfn.investor.reuters.com/Reports.aspx?ticker=GOOG)) could complete a nationwide Wi-Fi network much more quickly than if it had to build it itself.
Sorry, did I mention it'll be FREE!