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Wi-fi in UK pubs

According to The Register, British Telecom is planning to launch an off-the-shelf product that turns any ADSL connection into a wi-fi hotspot. It's going to be marketed to pubs, restaurants, small hotels and the like. Sounds like it is going to be a branded Toshiba box - reminiscent of Toshiba's pronounced disappointment with hot-spot availability last year, "Toshiba aims to solve the cash crunch for public Wi-Fi spots with a self-installed kit that costs $200, with customers needing only to plug a piece of equipment into some Internet access and a power source."

Posted by Paul at May 20, 2003 05:15 AM |