Wireless all- In-One for Dummies- P12

Wireless all- In-One for Dummies- P12:I still remember when I got my first cordless phone. Suddenly, I didn’thave to run to the kitchen when the phone rang, I just carried the phonewith me. I could make a phone call from wherever I was. Wireless meantfreedom, and this is just a phone that I’m talking about!
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Wireless all- In-One for Dummies- P12 Going Public 309Now it’s almost expected, especially among mid- to high-end hotels, that Book Vyou’ll have wireless Internet access from your room and possibly the lobby, Chapter 5too. Note that wireless access outside the United States is generally not freeand can cost upwards of $25 per day. For example, these large hotel chainsoffer some services (if you’re in the U.S.): Finding Wi-Fi Hotspots ✦ Hyatt. Most of the chain’s more than 200 hotels have Wi-Fi access; currently there are 414 properties that offer wireless. The service is available in the lobby, other public areas, and some guest rooms. Hyatt charges a daily rate that varies by location. ✦ Marriott. More than 1,200 of Marriott’s hotels have wireless Internet access. Hotels include Marriott Hotels & Resorts, Renaissance Hotels & Resorts, Courtyard, Residence Inn, TownePlace Suites, Fairfield Inn, and SpringHill Suites. Access is available in hotel lobbies, meeting rooms, and public spaces. ✦ Hilton. As one might expect, almost every Hilton property (including Hampton Inn and Hilton Garden Inn) offer wireless access. Generally speaking, the Hilton properties charge a daily fee for Internet access; however, its partners (notably the two mentioned here) offer compli- mentary wireless access. ✦ Sheraton. Owner Starwood Hotels & Resorts has Wi-Fi connectivity in more than 150 Sheraton, Westin, and W hotels in the United States. It also provides access to about 40 properties in 10 countries and regions across Asia Pacific. ✦ Omni. All U.S.-based Omni hotels offer high-speed wireless access. In some hotels, this is limited to certain rooms or public areas. ✦ Best Western. Yep, you read that right. Even the lower end of the hotel industry is embracing Wi-Fi. And how: Best Western plans to install wire- less access in 2,300 properties throughout North America.In the (city) cloudsA new movement is equipping many city centers with Wi-Fi access. The Wi-Fiservice areas, called city clouds or hot zones, are a way for cities to differ-entiate themselves from other business and tourism centers. In many cases,the hot zones are dual use, with police and fire workers using it along withresidents and visitors.It is good PR: If you can check your e-mail on your Wi-Fi–enabled laptop orPDA while visiting a city’s downtown, aren’t you more likely to remember yourvisit and have good feelings about the hospitality? Covering several or moreblocks beats isolated hotspots at coffee houses and other limited locations.310 Going Public Hot cities and countries Not surprisingly, the United States is the nation When it comes to U.S. cities with the most hot- with the most hotspots. In fact, it has more spots, New York City tops the list. Interestingly, hotspots than the next nine nations on the half of these cities are in either California or worldwide top ten list combined. The source of Texas, as the map shows. this list, JiWire (www.jiwire.com), counts over ✓ New York City: 885 273,000 hotspots worldwide. ✓ San Francisco: 871 ✓ United States: 66,312 ✓ Chicago: 788 ✓ China: 28,678 ✓ Seattle: 624 ✓ United Kingdom: 27,458 ✓ Houston: 600 ✓ France: 25,573 ✓ Los Angeles: 499 ✓ Russian Federation: 14,457 ✓ Atlanta: 451 ✓ Germany: 14,434 ✓ San Diego: 422 ✓ South Korea: 12,813 ✓ San Antonio, TX: 416 ✓ Japan: 11,607 ✓ Austin, TX: 411 ✓ Sweden: 6,634 ✓ Taiwan: 5,386 Here’s a small selection of cities and states offering wireless access: ✦ New York City. In the Big Apple, thinking big is part of living. Officials are planning a Wi-Fi network for public safety employees. The price tag: a staggering $500 million to $1 billion. For the general public, you can find wireless access virtually anywhere just due to the sheer size of the city. ✦ Washington, D.C. You can get free Wi-Fi access from the front of the Supreme Court, the Library of Congress, and the Capitol visitors’ site. The nonprofit group deploying the network has a hot zone stretch from Capitol Hill to the Washington Monument. ✦ San Francisco. The real San Francisco treat is the city’s plan to install 360 solar-powered bus stops with Wi-Fi across the city over the next couple of years. ✦ Seattle. If you’re sleepless in this city, sometime in the future you might be able to access what city officials hope will be border-to-border wire- less Internet access. Of course, this city has what seems like a limitless number of coffee shops ready to provide you with Wi-Fi coverage in the meantime. Going Public 311 ✦ Spokane, Washington. Its dual-use Wi-Fi network covers a 100-block Book V area that is a mile long and a third of a mile wide. Chapt ...