Will WiFi Go Truly Global?
Travel Blog • Eva Holland • 06.17.08 | 11:08 AM ET
Sure, WiFi has arrived in airport lounges, hotel lobbies, and on some buses, but for the bandwidth-hungry traveler, there are still plenty of “those pesky dead zones between hotspots,” observes the Globe and Mail’s Denise Deveau. But she points out a couple of newer technologies that could see wireless networking capabilities expand dramatically—think rural areas and even oceans. Wireless internet access may not have the romance of poste restante, or the quirky charm of your local internet cafe, but it certainly makes for a shrinking planet.
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