[CAnet - news] A roving Wi-Fi spot that uses cellular telephone connection

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[From a posting on Dave Farber's Iper list.  Some excerpts from NY Times
article - BSA]


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http://www.nytimes.com/2005/07/14/technology/circuits/14share.html?8hpib


 
July 14, 2005
For Surfers, a Roving Hot Spot That Shares

By JOHANNA JAINCHILL
When the Sunningdale Country Club in Scarsdale, N.Y., opened its gates last
week to a location shoot for "The Sopranos," a new fixture was on display in
the mobile dressing rooms - a roving Wi-Fi hot spot.

With a device called the Junxion Box, the production company can set up a
mobile multiuser Internet connection anywhere it gets cellphone service. The
box, about the size of a shoebox cover, uses a cellular modem card from a
wireless phone carrier to create a Wi-Fi hot spot that lets dozens of people

connect to the Internet.

But for carriers like Verizon Wireless, which spent $1 billion on its
broadband network, it is difficult to let users piggyback on that service...
That may prove to be an uphill battle as new technologies like Junxion alter
the wireless carriers' control over the use of their networks.

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