http://www.macnn.com/articles/03/07/23/sprint.to/
Sprint to create WiFi hotspot network
updated 07:20 am EDT, Wed July 23, 2003
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Sprint PCS Group will (using AirPort-compatible 802.11b standards) and create roaming agreements with other service providers for wireless access in more than 2,100 U.S. locations by the end of this year, according to Infoworld: "Prices were not yet available for the service, which will be launched by the end of this quarter, and charges for the Wi-Fi service can't be integrated into Sprint customers' cellular service bills until late this year...[It] will kick off with more than 800 hot spots in locations such as airports, convention centers and hotels.
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wow. i'm underwhelmed.
sheesh. this is the progress we are making? hotspots in airports, hotels, and convention centers? hasn't that already been done? well, perhaps not affordably... but what about bars, diners, coffee shops? And how about reasonable pricing, not the ludicrous pricing scheme of t-mobiles in the star*ucks?
And what ever happened to sprint's much touted ION, the broadband to end all broadband. I remember reading about that long before cable modems and DSL became broadly available.