2006: THE YEAR OF FREE WI-FI
If your New Year's resolution is to not pay for wireless Internet access...
The trend of free wireless Internet access in public places is growing, and that's not likely to change any time soon, according to a MarkeWatch report.
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If your New Year's resolution is to not pay for wireless Internet
access when you're out and about, you've got a good chance of
keeping it. Kevin McKenzie, chief executive officer of JiWire.com,
says '06 could turn out to be a year of real freedom.
"Wi-Fi is going to be ubiquitous," he said. "You're going
to see more municipal hot zones going from announcement to reality."
And if it's not the City of Brotherly Love, or downtown Long Beach,
maybe the benefactor will be the owner of the corner café. "We've
seen a huge increase in shops offering free Internet access as a way
to get people in their doors," McKenzie said.
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But read some of the indicators, and you'll be reminded to be very careful how and where you connect wireless. There are crooks out there just waiting for you to log on at the coffee shop, library or where-ever. Some smart computer users create a totally separate "User" with iron-clad security for use just when Wi-Fi-ing around town.
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