This week Bright House Networks, Cablevision, Comcast, Cox
Communications and Time Warner have partnered to offer free WiFi to
company subscribers. The service will be called "CableWiFi" (Also the
SSID name). According to the
Press release
the participating cable operators currently offer more than 50,000 WiFi
hotspots located in New York City and the surrounding Tri-State area,
Los Angeles, Tampa, Orlando, and Philadelphia. The operators plan to
continue to grow the number of WiFi hotspots and expand into several
additional cities.
The CableWiFi network has both indoor and
outdoor WiFi hotspots located in popular, high traffic locations, such
as shopping districts, cafes, malls, arenas, restaurants, parks and
beaches. If you find yourself outside the range of "CableWiFi" you can
easily add a
Pepwave Surf Mini,
which will allow you to boost the WiFi signal so you can surf further
from the hotspot. After the Pepwave finds the network all you need to do
is enter your ISP credentials and you'll soon be able to take advantage
of that free WiFi service away from home! This network extender is an
easy way to share connectivity off a public hotspot so other family
members or friends can also enjoy WiFi access.
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