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Product & Service Directories
- Unique
Network & Application Services For
Telecommuter, Hotel Guests & Airport Travelers -
High Speed Wireless ISPs in Public Places
- MobileStar - a Wireless
Travel Portal in Hotels & Airports: MobileStar has started offering wireless LAN
speed connectivity to the Internet at selected hotels (Hilton, to start with),
airports (e.g. Dallas), airline lounges (American Airlines Admirals Club). You can rent
appropriate (Proxim) PC card for your notebook from the hotel or lounge, if you do not
have one in your notebook. MobileStar is planning a monthly subscription fee
of around $30, a price that includes 50 Mbytes of data transport, and a $1 session fee per
localized session. In most cases, this would average out to between $40 and $50 a month.
"A very interesting, innovative and useful service indeed
for the busy professionals" - MobileInfo Editor
- SuiteLink for Guests in hotels (A high-speed Internet connection in hotels) - a combined
notebook, software and network bundle with wireless LAN connection from the notebook at
high speed and then through an Internet DSL link from the hotel to the ISP. Hotel pays $
2.00 per day per room to service provider; guest pays @9.95 per day to the service
provider. People with their own notebooks do not pay $9.95 charge. http://www.hotel-online.com/Neo/News/PressReleases1999_2nd/May99_GuesTech.html
Also see the following articles on hotels and high-speed
access
On
Command Corp and Marriott provide high speed Access
AT&T
and LodgeNet Offer High Speed Access to Guests
- Metricom - Offers a
wireless spread spectrum network access to the Internet at 28.8 Kbps @ 29.95 per month
unlimited use in the Bay area of California, Seattle and Washington. Plans to offer it in
more metropolitan areas - "Having hard time in spreading its footprint elsewhere in
USA and other countries" - Editor
- Formerly NOTABLE, now called
Wireless Services Corporation - provides a variety of wireless data communications
services, the most ‘notable’ being AirNote messaging (e-mail and telephone)
service on your pager. It also offers Septor financial information service (time-sensitive
news and stock information).
Content Providers and
Unique Wireless Application Service
Providers
Please link to our page on Wireless Network Service Provider page
also for more coverage of these providers.
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