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Article: Upstart targets backseat riders with mobile hot spots; Firms bet businesses, consumers need Internet in vehicles.(News)
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- RCR Wireless News
- Article date:
- February 5, 2007
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Byline: KELLY HILL
For the young social networking addicts of the world, one of the last vestiges of computer-deficient spaces-the moving vehicle-may soon be MySpace-enabled through Wi-Fi. Backseat elbowing could be replaced with the tip-tapping of fingers on a keyboard.
Mobile hot spots essentially use a Wi-Fi router to turn a public bus or personal car into an Internet access point, using cellular networks for backhaul. The technology is still on the fringes of wireless and not widely adopted, and some carriers have been wary of certifying devices for use on their networks for the simple reason that if mobile hot spots become widely used, they could become bandwidth ...
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