Wi-Fi Wherever
Pull in, fill up, log on and download.
If you're one of the 40 million Americans who spend most ofthe day on the road, the Internet may soon be just a "fillup" away. Not only are telecom giants like T-Mobiledistributing Wi-Fi Web access across thousands of walk-in coffeeshops and bagel emporiums, but new ventures also want you to driveup and log on in front of gas stations, burger joints andconvenience stores.
Starting with 350 locations in Arizona, a ToshibaAmerica/WorkingWild partnership plans to turn some 8,000 Circle Kmarkets and ConocoPhillips-affiliated gas stations into hotspots bymid-2004. Similarly, Cometa Networks hopes to be dishing up Wi-Fiat another 20,000 gas stations a few months later.
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