Rodent Regatta

If you subscribe to T-Mobile’s Wi-Fi service, you can use it in any place where they have access points (known as a hotspot). However, you can only use the hotspots of the services you are subscribing to; unless, of course, you stumble into an open hotspot where you can get Wi-Fi service without a fee.

As I understand this entry, it means that T-Mobile will soon be available at any Kinko’s, Starbucks or Borders. So, if those are the places you hang when you travel, T-Mobile might be for you. On the other hand, Boingo has a completely different list of locations as does Wayport.

It looks to me as if the road warrior still needs upwards of 3 or 4 accounts to be certain there’s Wi-Fi available. Stay at a Marriott and you’ve got it in the hotel. Eat at McDonald’s and you’ve got it at breakfast. Make copies at lunchtime and you’ve got it at Kinko’s. You get the picture. Something is going to have to change to make Wi-Fi as ubiquitous as electricty.