RSS
Earthlink Offers WiFi Via Boingo
from the not-much-of-a-surprise-there dept
Earthlink has become the first major ISP to start WiFi access at various hotspots. Of course, they're simply reselling Boingo's service (which isn't much of a surprise, since they're both founded by Sky Dayton). Of course, Boingo is really reselling other's services like MobileStar's - so it seems like quite a convoluted system. It's interesting, though, to see how Boingo is expanding their business model to simply offer their services to ISPs. I would bet that more and more ISPs will start offering similar services - though, it would be nice if they had a single price for both, instead of separate (expensive) prices for WiFi access.
1 Comments | Leave a Comment..
If you liked this post, you may also be interested in...
- Beastie Boy Mike D Forces AT&T To Let Shareholders Vote On Net Neutrality
- Congress Trying To Regulate Certain Wireless Spectrum Issues... In A Payroll Tax Bill?
- Verizon Wireless: Paying Online Is More Convenient, So Now You Have To Pay $2 To Do So [Updated]
- Is Verizon Wireless Violating Its Promise To Be Open By Blocking Google Wallet?
- Innovation In Wireless: The Disruption In Connectivity
Reader Comments (rss)
(Flattened / Threaded)
The problem with Boingo's business model is...
wireless access point for there's any real need
for their service!
Maybe a few high profile busts of wayward net-
stumblers would do the trick?
What Pay Pal needs to do is develope a PPFA
protocol (Pay Pal for Access) and either adapt
it to wireless access point firmware or build
a Linux/*BSD .iso image that can be installed
on an old computer with two NIC cards that can
gateway between the internet and the access
point
[ reply to this | link to this | view in thread ]
Add Your Comment