Wayport, McDonald's cook up hot-spot deal
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Wayport, McDonald's serve hot-spot deal
Wayport, McDonald's serve hot-spot deal
05/25/2004 10:18 AMZDNet May 25 2004 2:16PM GMT
McDonald's Chooses Wayport for New Wi-Fi
(AP)
McDonald's Chooses Wayport for New Wi-Fi
(AP)
04/13/2004 12:40 AMAP - McDonald's Corp. has chosen Wayport Inc. to provide wireless
Internet service in dining rooms and drive-through windows at several
thousand of its U.S. restaurants.
McDonald's Chooses Wayport for New Wi-Fi
McDonald's Chooses Wayport for New Wi-Fi
04/13/2004 03:05 AMAP via Newsday Apr 13 2004 7:09AM GMT
WAYPORT POWERS McDONALD'S U.S. WI-FI
SERVICES
WAYPORT POWERS McDONALD'S U.S. WI-FI
SERVICES
04/19/2004 10:59 AMWi-Fi Technology Forum Apr 19 2004 3:44PM GMT
McDonald's selects Wayport to serve up
Wi-Fi
McDonald's selects Wayport to serve up
Wi-Fi
04/13/2004 12:50 PMWayport Inc. said McDonald's Corp. has selected the company as its
exclusive nationwide public access Wi-Fi provider, which could lead to
deployment of the world's largest Wi-Fi network. Dan Lowden, vice
president of marketing at Austin-based Wayport, said his company
expects to install Wi-Fi service in about 3,000 McDonald's restaurants
this year and eventually plans to extend the service to "as many as
possible" of the 13,000 McDonald's outlets in the U.S. during the
course of the four-year contract.
Wayport wins McDonald's hotspot gig
Wayport wins McDonald's hotspot gig
04/22/2004 06:33 AMWLAN, burger and fries
Wayport fries competition for McDonald's
bid
Wayport fries competition for McDonald's
bid
04/13/2004 10:10 AMThe Wi-Fi company will be the sole provider of wireless Internet
access at McDonald's restaurants in the U.S.
Wayport Plans to Serve McDonald's With
Wi-Fi
Wayport Plans to Serve McDonald's With
Wi-Fi
04/13/2004 01:58 AMNew York Times Apr 13 2004 5:55AM GMT
McDonald's Taps Wayport for Wi-Fi
(NewsFactor)
McDonald's Taps Wayport for Wi-Fi
(NewsFactor)
04/13/2004 03:45 PMNewsFactor - McDonald's (NYSE: MCD) has chosen Wayport as its
preferred provider of high-speed wireless technology, now being rolled
out in its fast-food restaurants across the
country.
McDonald's chooses Wayport for new Wi-Fi
restaurant service
McDonald's chooses Wayport for new Wi-Fi
restaurant service
04/13/2004 07:25 AMBoston Globe Apr 13 2004 11:29AM GMT
McDonald's taps Wayport to add thousands
of Wi-Fi spots
McDonald's taps Wayport to add thousands
of Wi-Fi spots
04/13/2004 01:58 PMUSA Today Apr 13 2004 6:28PM GMT
Wayport to Give McDonald's Wireless
Internet Access (Reuters)
Wayport to Give McDonald's Wireless
Internet Access (Reuters)
04/13/2004 09:55 AMReuters - Wayport Inc. will provide wireless
high-speed Internet access, known as Wi-Fi, to customers in
McDonald's Corp. (MCD.N) restaurants in the United States,
according to a deal announced by both companies on Tuesday.
AOL-Time Inc. cook up a deal
AOL-Time Inc. cook up a deal
11/11/2003 09:21 AMZDNet Nov 11 2003 8:41AM ET
Microsoft, Google could cook up deal
Microsoft, Google could cook up deal
11/03/2003 04:24 AMUSA Today Nov 3 2003 3:28AM ET
SBC deal to put Wi-Fi in up to 6,000
McDonald's (AFP)
SBC deal to put Wi-Fi in up to 6,000
McDonald's (AFP)
06/08/2004 12:17 PMAFP - As many as 6,000 McDonald's restaurants will be equipped with
wireless Internet or "Wi-Fi" access by next year under a deal
announced with SBC Communications.
McDonald's: No Deal To Announce
McDonald's: No Deal To Announce
11/06/2003 02:47 PM
MacMinute notes a statement from McDonald's regarding today's rumor
about the McDonald's and iTunes giveaway.
According to McDonalds, "There are no...
SBC serves up McDonald's Wi-Fi deal
SBC serves up McDonald's Wi-Fi deal
06/08/2004 06:04 AMFast Net, fast food
McDonald's deal beefs up wireless web
McDonald's deal beefs up wireless web
01/07/2004 06:57 PMGuardian Unlimited Jan 7 2004 7:55AM ET
McDonald's: No iTunes deal to announce
McDonald's: No iTunes deal to announce
11/06/2003 01:26 PMMcDonald's has responded to a published report that it plans a massive
digital song giveaway promotion with Apple, calling it "pure
speculation."...
McDonald's Denies Deal With iTunes
McDonald's Denies Deal With iTunes
11/06/2003 11:51 PMfdiv_bug writes "Turns out, according to a press release, that the
iTunes Music Store/McDonald's deal mentioned earlier today was only a
rumor. A swing and a ...
"Tim Cook"
"Tim Cook"
03/19/2005 02:42 AMA Cook’s Books 0.8.6.8
A Cook’s Books 0.8.6.8
06/10/2004 08:46 PMRecipe management software designed to make storing, editing, and
finding recipes a snap.
cook your dinner on your PC
cook your dinner on your PC
07/23/2004 09:27 AMDirect and Related Links for 'cook your
dinner on your PC'
I know it’s possible to cook on your car - but on your
computer? Requires Flash….
Pretending to be a cook
Pretending to be a cook
03/28/2005 10:14 AMProgress on learning to cook like a proper human being has been
slow because I've been so busy the past month or so. But baby steps
are better than no steps at all and in the past weeks, I've tackled
cheeseburgers and pancakes. (Ok, you can stop snickering...I said
*baby steps*!)
The first time I tried frying up a burger, I filled my apartment
with the thick smell of burning cow flesh. Ok, medium heat then. After
that initial misstep, I got it down. Burger goes in the pan, flip it
once or twice, slap on a piece of cheese, and stick it on a bun with
lettuce, sliced raw onion, thinly sliced tomato (there can be no going
back to thickly sliced tomatoes now that I've done thin), mayo, and
ketchup. I've eaten better burgers, but I've never had one that was
more satisfying than one I've cooked myself. I can't wait until summer
rolls around...I'm going to get a little grill and have some friends
round for a BBQ** in the backyard.
The pancakes, oh, the pancakes were way yummier, fluffier, and
moister*** than I would have ever expected from a novice cook working
without a measuring cup on a halved recipe. I'm a fucking
pancake-making natural!
** Hello to my readership south of the Mason-Dixon. When you grow
up in Wisconsin, BBQ (or barbeque) means any meal cooked on a grill,
regardless of the presence of slow-cooking, smoked meat, or some kind
of sauce. Apologies to you and your delicious cuisine for my
unfortunate regional vernacular.
*** Oh, it's a word
alright.
Wyndham Re-Ups with Wayport
Wyndham Re-Ups with Wayport
06/21/2004 01:50 PMWyndham has long been the mainstay of Wayport's hotel market, and
they've re-upped: The new contract will last three years, and comes at
a time that Wayport is exploring new business models for providing
flat-rate reseller access to their retail partners--hotels and other
venues could follow, but not for months. Wyndham has both wired and
Wi-Fi service, mostly in-room wired broadband and Wi-Fi in public
spaces, and provides free Internet access at its 85 properties to
members of its By Request affinity club. Membership in the club is
free, but must be completed before checking in....
Wayport Raises $20M
Wayport Raises $20M
08/03/2004 12:47 PMWayport reports raising an additional $20 million in private
placement: We try to avoid reporting on routine financial events such
as funding rounds unless the company has critical importance to the
industry or its financial well-being is in question. Wayport told me
about a year ago that they were seeking additional funds in a round
that would allow them to expand their sales force, among other
purposes. That round just closed at $20 million. I'm not surprised
that Wayport was able to raise these funds given their Wi-Fi World
retail model of charging announced several weeks ago, which provides
them a sustainable model from Day One for unwiring McDonald's
locations, for which they have the exclusive franchise contract.
Wayport was also selected as the managed services provider for SBC's
FreedomLink to build out the several thousand UPS Store locations. In
the wake of May's announced Cometa Networks shutdown due to lack of
funds, it's useful to know that Wayport has these additional funds in
hand. Wayport disclosed its revenue predictions in May when they
announced their Wi-Fi World pricing model for partners....
Wayport Metrics
Wayport Metrics
05/25/2004 04:20 PMDuring Wayport's briefing yesterday, they shared key metrics about the
company: It's rare to see this much data from any hotspot provider,
which goes to show the confidence Wayport has in its current and
future businesses. The old saying is, never write your competitor's
business plan for them. Wayport fears no such animal, it's clear,
especially with its Wi-Fi World partnership model ahead of it. In
terms of core connections or 24-hour sessions, Wayport shows 124,000
in the first quarter of 2001, rising to 301,000 in first quarter of
2003, and 645,000 in the first quarter of this year. They estimate
714,000 connections for this current quarter, and over a million for
third quarter. These connections include all direct and third-party
pay-as-you-go and subscriber uses. Wayport also provided its raw
revenue figures for the last three year. The company started with $1.5
million received in 2002's first quarter, rising consistently and
steadily to $6.1 million in the first quarter of 2004. They estimate
$6.7 million for second quarter, $8.7 million for third quarter, and
over $10 million in the final quarter of 2004. The company's CEO
expected to produce about $1.5 to $2 million per week within 12 months
for an annual runrate of $75 to $100 million. Under Wi-Fi World,
subscriber connections ostensibly won't be counted because Wayport
will receive fixed fees per venue regardless of connections. However,
Wayport will still collect walk-up fees for two-hour sessions ($2.95
for two hours) which they will share with the retail venue....
Damn it Jim, I'm an Accountant Not a
Cook
Damn it Jim, I'm an Accountant Not a
Cook
06/29/2004 12:41 AM
America'
s Black Budget - the Manipulation of Mortgage and Financial
Markets Investors benefit from understanding the federal budget,
credit policies and covert intervention that drive markets -- often
overriding fundamental economics. How has the US governmental
apparatus become so powerful in the marketplace and what does it mean
to the health of our economy? How unstable is the mortgage bubble and
where are the opportunities for investors if the bubble bursts?
How to cook tator tot hotdish
How to cook tator tot hotdish
11/19/2003 11:38 PMHotdish is a delicacy enjoyed by the inhabitants of the upper
midwestern United States. For those of you who haven't spent a lot of
time...
In support of Robin Cook...
In support of Robin Cook...
03/19/2003 10:24 PMFor those Americans amongst our company who may not know who he is,
Robin Cook was, until this morning, Leader of the House of Commons. He
was a high-placed member of the British cabinet, and an ex-Foreign
Minister. Today he resigned in protest at what he believes to be the
innappropriate rush to go to war without the support of our
international allies. He gave a rousing and intelligent speech in the
House of Commons that has been circulated on all the UK TV stations,
and which received a standing ovation from his colleagues. I can't as
yet find a transcript online, but I've found a RealAudio version from the BBC. I advise everyone to watch it.
Addendum: Here's a transcript
of the speech from the BBC.
Wayport Hits 6,300 Locations
Wayport Hits 6,300 Locations
01/04/2005 02:27 AM Wayport has 6,300 locations equipped; 5 million sessions in 2004:
Wayport announced that they have exceeded 6,300 hotspots between
locations with which they have directly contracted and those that they
operate as a managed service, primarily for SBC Communications's
FreedomLink network. The company also said that they had 5 million
connections in 2004, with 600,000 in October alone. Wayport had about
1,000 location at the end of 2003, and a significant subset included
in-room wired broadband hotels with Wi-Fi just in lobbies. Virtually
all new locations are Wi-Fi only in retail establishments. Dan Lowden,
vice president of marketing at Wayport, said in an interview on Monday
that Wayport believes they are now the biggest Wi-Fi network in the
U.S., having exceeded T-Mobile's count, which is just under 5,300
according to T-Mobile's location finder. (This doesn't include
T-Mobile's fee-based roaming partners.) "We're very very excited about
it; it's a big milestone for us. We're excited to be the biggest in
the United States," Lowden said. Lowden said that Wayport is adding
about 150 locations per week. They expect to exceed 6,000 McDonald's
restaurants by third quarter of 2005, pushing their total over 10,000
locations. Because certain large footprints have already been tied up,
such as many coffee chains, and because of Wayport's exclusive deal
for fast-food restaurants with McDonald's, Wayport is pushing into
different kinds of spaces and services. For instance, their deal with
Hertz gives them an alternate presence at airports. And Wayport will
work with venues that may not need public Wi-Fi at all, or it's an
adjunct to the real purpose: private services like cashless
transactions (which they're doing with McDonald's) and security.
Lowden also noted that even with the hotel market so widely built out
with high-speed services, there's still a lot of room to grow or
rebuild. "We continue to see opportunities where folks have had three
or four service providers over the last three or four years," he said.
Wayport's now an established firm with major partners making it easy
for them to bat clean up in cases such as these. The company has grown
fairly rapidly in the last year to handle the new contracts with over
330 employees now, with 150 hired in the last year....
Wayport to be Replaced at SeaTac
Wayport to be Replaced at SeaTac
02/10/2004 02:40 AMThe new Wi-Fi network that AT&T Wireless is building at
Seattle-Tacoma International Airport will replace the existing network
which is owned and operated by Wayport: Wayport appeared unaware of
the new network or the impending cancellation of its relationship with
the airport. The airport will own the network that AT&T Wireless
is building and AT&T Wireless isn't charging the airport for the
equipment or installation. The Wi-Fi network comes for free as part of
AT&T Wireless's contract to install cellular equipment that will
improve cell coverage inside the airport. Airport officials have not
decided who will operate the new Wi-Fi network but they are clear
about the future of Wayport's network. "Wayport will depart," said Bob
Parker, a SeaTac spokesman. Wayport has operated the network at SeaTac
for over four years. Its contract ended last year and since then it
has been on a month-to-month contract with the airport. "Wayport owns
those hotspots. We imagine they will come in and remove them," said
John Faulkner, aviation business manager for SeaTac. He hopes that the
Wayport network can be shut down at a time that will correspond with
the completion of the new network to avoid a breech of service. The
new network should be finished by early 2005, though an AT&T
Wireless spokesman said he expects it to be completed before then.
Wayport seemed unaware of the changes taking place at SeaTac. "We know
they're talking to AT&T. We haven't heard anything official," said
Dan Lowden, vice president of marketing for Wayport. "We look to
continue to work with SeaTac in the way we are." Wayport could be in
the running to operate the new network, though it's more likely that
if Wayport is involved in the future network it would be through
roaming deals with the company that ultimately will operate the
network, Faulkner said. As part of the request for proposals to build
the cellular and Wi-Fi networks, the airport gave participants the
option of bidding on the Wi-Fi operations business as well. AT&T
Wireless was one of the bidders that expressed interest in operating
the network but the airport has not yet decided who will operate the
network. "We want to do the business planning to figure out how to
parcel out the network and structure the revenue model," Faulkner
said. SeaTac wasn't unhappy with the service from Wayport but the
decision to build a cellular network...
Linux Powers Wayport
Linux Powers Wayport
02/18/2004 05:18 PMNewly liberated ex-Wayport, ex-Musenki, ex-Vivato engineer Jim
Thompson outs Wayport's hardware secret: Jim notes in his new blog
that Wayport's success is definitely partly dependent on its choice
long-ago of 802.11b (radical at the time) and Linux. Jim imagines
having to fly out and remotely fix thousands of Windows-based
authentication and billing modules when Windows viruses and worms hit
-- not a problem for Wayport because of their non-MS infrastructure.
Jim was CTO at Wayport for several years, and his work at Musenki led
to the bridging box that Vivato sells now....
Wayport Progress Report
Wayport Progress Report
01/09/2004 09:52 PMWayport has built Wi-Fi networks in over 800 locations, including
35,000 hotel rooms: The company has an additional 20,000 hotel rooms
sold, soon to be built. In the last six months of 2003, Wayport logged
a 113 percent increase in customer connections--defined as sessions of
unlimited use in one location--over the same time frame a year
earlier. Wayport's revenues for the fourth quarter 2003 grew 87
percent over the same quarter in 2002....
Radio Free Wayport
Radio Free Wayport
03/14/2005 05:47 PM Wayport streams music in Austin's airport: The streaming audio
service is available to Wayport users at the Austin-Bergstrom airport
through a relationship with the Texas Music Group, which features many
local artists. The music service is free once you're connected to
Wayport's network in the airport. The timing is perfect just before
SXSW, which I'll be attending the interactive portion of....
James Cook and the Transit of Venus
James Cook and the Transit of Venus
05/28/2004 03:14 AM?On August 12, 1768, His Majesty?s Bark Endeavour slipped out of
harbor, Lt. James Cook in command, bound for Tahiti. The island had
been ?discovered? by Europeans only a year before in the South
Pacific, a part of Earth so poorly explored mapmakers couldn?t agree
if there was a giant continent there ? or not. Cook might as well have
been going to the Moon or Mars. He would have to steer across
thousands of miles of open ocean, with nothing like GPS or even a good
wristwatch to keep time for navigation, to find a speck of land only
20 miles across. On the way, dangerous storms could (and did)
materialize without warning. Unknown life forms waited in the ocean
waters. Cook fully expected half the crew to perish. It was worth the
risk, he figured, to observe a transit of Venus.?
Nevada Stages Huge Rib Cook-Off (AP)
Nevada Stages Huge Rib Cook-Off (AP)
09/03/2004 06:49 AMAP - Some 300,000 people are expected to pig out on about 130,000
pounds of pork ribs. The 16th annual Best in the West Nugget Rib
Cook-off got off to a sizzling start Thursday, and cooks up ribs
through Monday.
MIT, Quanta cook up devices of tomorrow
MIT, Quanta cook up devices of tomorrow
04/08/2005 02:42 PMUniversity's computer science labs and Taiwanese hardware maker ink
agreement to design future computing and communications devices.
Holiday present for an aspiring cook
Holiday present for an aspiring cook
12/19/2004 03:21 PMOver the next few weeks, I may or may not continue to recommend things
I love for your holiday gift consideration. But today I offer Tom
Colicchio's Think Like a Chef. Mr. Colicchio is chef/owner of both
(the amazing and yummy!) Gramercy Tavern and Craft, in New York City.
This cookbook is less about recipes -- though it certainly has them --
and more about cooking technique and philosophy, enabling the reader
to actually learn by doing rather than simply follow a list and
instructions. I've found it very useful and informative and it's
quickly become one of my favorites on my cookbook shelf. When I
started working in the kitchen this past fall, I was surprised to find
how much I already knew. This book contributed to my knowledge and
made my transition from aspiring amateur to aspiring professional that
much easier. A great gift for someone who really does want to learn
how to, "think like a chef."
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