December 2006
Beginner to intermediate
384 pages
10h 39m
English
The general availability of wireless has been increasing for years from coffee shops to hotel rooms to airports. When it first appeared, it was always a pay-for-service model, but now many places are offering wireless connections for free. Now the race is on, as more and more places offer wireless access, and more and more of both the new and existing hotspots offer free access.
For any business that offers other types of services (such as hotels or coffee shops), the free wireless access is the hook that gets you to buy their coffee at a 5000 percent markup while you browse the Internet. For business travelers, the choice between a hotel without wireless access and one with (even if the cost or quality ...