Wi-Fi Zones Could Increase Sense Of Community
10 March 2006 - 10:00am
The wireless internet access areas encourage users to emerge from their homes and go online in more public places.
"Increasing numbers of people use wi-fi in their homes so they can tote their laptop around and surf in the kitchen, garden or garage; but still the experience remains stubbornly tethered to a home connection.
This could be about to undergo a big change."
"For some time, many cafes, libraries, shops, stations, airports and restaurants have been installing wi-fi access points
so customers can surf the web as they eat, browse or wait."
"These moves to set up wi-fi zones rather than just hotspots look set to let people take their online lives with them wherever they are."
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Wi-fi set to re-wire social rules
Source:
BBC News, March 8, 2006
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