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Wayport Metrics

Wayport Metrics 05/25/2004 04:20 PM
During 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....

Wayport Raises $20M

Wayport Raises $20M 08/03/2004 12:47 PM
Wayport 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 to be Replaced at SeaTac

Wayport to be Replaced at SeaTac 02/10/2004 02:40 AM
The 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...

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....

Wayport Progress Report

Wayport Progress Report 01/09/2004 09:52 PM
Wayport 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....

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....

McDonald's Chooses Wayport for New Wi-Fi

McDonald's Chooses Wayport for New Wi-Fi 04/13/2004 03:05 AM
AP via Newsday Apr 13 2004 7:09AM GMT

McDonald's Chooses Wayport for New Wi-Fi
(AP)

McDonald's Chooses Wayport for New Wi-Fi
(AP) 04/13/2004 12:40 AM
AP - 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.

Linux Powers Wayport

Linux Powers Wayport 02/18/2004 05:18 PM
Newly 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 Plans to Serve McDonald's With
Wi-Fi

Wayport Plans to Serve McDonald's With
Wi-Fi 04/13/2004 01:58 AM
New York Times Apr 13 2004 5:55AM GMT

Wayport wins McDonald's hotspot gig

Wayport wins McDonald's hotspot gig 04/22/2004 06:33 AM
WLAN, burger and fries

WAYPORT POWERS McDONALD'S U.S. WI-FI
SERVICES

WAYPORT POWERS McDONALD'S U.S. WI-FI
SERVICES 04/19/2004 10:59 AM
Wi-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 04:52 PM
McDonald’s tapped Wayport to serve as its nationwide Wi-Fi service provider in a four-year contract covering its 13,000 U.S. outlets.

McDonald's Taps Wayport for Wi-Fi
(NewsFactor)

McDonald's Taps Wayport for Wi-Fi
(NewsFactor) 04/13/2004 03:45 PM
NewsFactor - 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.

Free Times for Wayport Users

Free Times for Wayport Users 12/11/2003 04:47 PM
Wayport subscribers get full downloads of the electronic edition of The New York Times: This partnership with NewsStand provides Wayporters with the all-in-one edition, which is essentially the print version as an electronic document. Folks who subscribe to the electronic Times get a $25 Wayport prepaid card, which is probably three sessions....

McDonald's selects Wayport to serve up
Wi-Fi

McDonald's selects Wayport to serve up
Wi-Fi 04/13/2004 12:50 PM
Wayport 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 fries competition for McDonald's
bid

Wayport fries competition for McDonald's
bid 04/13/2004 10:10 AM
The Wi-Fi company will be the sole provider of wireless Internet access at McDonald's restaurants in the U.S.

Wayport Bags Golden Arches

Wayport Bags Golden Arches 04/13/2004 11:20 AM
Wayport will unwire 13,000 McDonald's: Wayport, one of the very earliest and longest-lasting Wi-Fi hotspot operators, has reportedly become the sole contractor to provide Wi-Fi service in 13,000 McDonald's. The company's CEO is quoted saying that they would add service in up to 3,000 stores this year. Wayport recently snagged The UPS Store contract as well, which involves thousands of stores in the U.S. The service will cost $2.95 for two hours, a substantial discount over most similar pay-as-you-go plans in the U.S. and Europe, significantly below the closest comparable large domestic network, T-Mobile HotSpot, which charges $6 per hour (one-hour minimum) or $10 per day. Cometa Networks and a Toshiba division were also in trials with McDonald's. Cometa recently lost its largest reseller partner, AT&T Wireless, for reasons that weren't disclosed, even as it signed up Barnes & Nobles's several hundred U.S. locations. Toshiba's product always seemed to be a strange play for a company with little Wi-Fi strategy; more of a turnkey-hotspot product than a network plan. None of the articles on the McDonald's deal mention the impact on McDonald's own operations. Back in July 2003, a McDonald's executive mentioned how important the full gestalt of Wi-Fi might be the company: providing them with the ability to have wireless point-of-sale components, offer reduced-price access to staff (thus reducing employee turnover), and letting district managers and contractors have inexpensive access....

Wayport, McDonald's serve hot-spot deal

Wayport, McDonald's serve hot-spot deal 05/25/2004 10:18 AM
ZDNet May 25 2004 2:16PM GMT

Wayport, McDonald's cook up hot-spot
deal

Wayport, McDonald's cook up hot-spot
deal 05/24/2004 11:22 PM

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 PM
USA Today Apr 13 2004 6:28PM GMT

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 AM
Boston Globe Apr 13 2004 11:29AM GMT

Wayport adds free NY Times downloads

Wayport adds free NY Times downloads 12/11/2003 03:42 PM

Wayport To provide Wi-Fi Wireless
Internet Access For Handlery Hotels

Wayport To provide Wi-Fi Wireless
Internet Access For Handlery Hotels 07/14/2004 03:21 PM
Wi-Fi Technology Forum Jul 14 2004 6:57PM GMT

Wayport to Give McDonald's Wireless
Internet Access (Reuters)

Wayport to Give McDonald's Wireless
Internet Access (Reuters) 04/13/2004 09:55 AM
Reuters - 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.

Wayport Brings Wi-fi Wireless Internet
Access To 6,500 Oakwood Apartments

Wayport Brings Wi-fi Wireless Internet
Access To 6,500 Oakwood Apartments 09/19/2004 11:08 PM
Wi-Fi Technology Forum Sep 20 2004 2:12AM GMT
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Q&A with Boingo Wireless' Sky Dayton

Q&A with Boingo Wireless' Sky Dayton 06/22/2004 05:09 PM
Business Week Jun 22 2004 9:30PM GMT

Dayton, Ohio: Free City-Wide WiFi

Dayton, Ohio: Free City-Wide WiFi 04/04/2005 04:17 PM

A few open wifi points in Charlottetown

A few open wifi points in Charlottetown 06/20/2004 02:30 PM
"Our friend Jevon MacDonald has posted a summary of some open wifi access points around Charlottetown: Cedars Eatery (81 University Ave.) The Formosa Tea House (186 Prince St.) Timothy's Coffee Shop (137B Kent St.) Mavors (downstairs, Confederation Center of the Arts) Atlantic Technology..." (41 words - posted by steven) no replies

Connecting two Linksys wifi access
points

Connecting two Linksys wifi access
points 12/24/2004 01:06 PM
Paul English explains carefully how to set up two wifi access points if you need to cover a broader area... He also has a nice appreciation of David Brudnoy, the long-time Boston-area radio talk show host who was opinionated without being stupid or obnoxious. I only heard him a few times, but his movie reviews were the best thing in the Boston Tab newsweekly....

Sheraton win, HP, Cisco

Sheraton win, HP, Cisco 12/30/2003 03:51 AM
AME Info Dec 30 2003 2:41AM ET

Business-Billing-TMobile-UK-0.10

Business-Billing-TMobile-UK-0.10 03/27/2005 01:26 PM

Business-Billing-TMobile-UK-0.11

Business-Billing-TMobile-UK-0.11 03/28/2005 07:52 AM

Wireless Internet at Sheraton Heliopolis

Wireless Internet at Sheraton Heliopolis 07/06/2004 03:46 AM
AME Info Jul 6 2004 7:42AM GMT

...but their bags stayed in Dayton...

...but their bags stayed in Dayton... 12/17/2003 02:44 AM
"We came down here for wind and sand, and we have got them."

Today is aviation's 100th birthday. At 10:35am Eastern, the Experimental Aircraft Association will attempt to re-enact the first flight of the Wright Brothers' "mar ginal" aircraft. (It's apparently very difficult to fly -- for one thing, the pilot must keep the airspeed between 27 and 32 mph, using an engine without a throttle.) Wish I could be there in NC at the Wright Brothers National Memorial. It's utterly astounding that only 66 years -- less than a lifetime -- elapsed between Orville Wright's twelve-second, 120-foot flight and the Apollo 11 moon landing.

Sheraton Dubai Creek improves I.T.
infrastructure, selects HP & Cisco
Solutions

Sheraton Dubai Creek improves I.T.
infrastructure, selects HP & Cisco
Solutions 12/30/2003 01:36 AM
AME Info Dec 30 2003 0:32AM ET

25,000 radio hams converge on Dayton for
a weekend

25,000 radio hams converge on Dayton for
a weekend 03/26/2005 01:01 PM
Technocrat.net Mar 26 2005 5:22PM GMT

Marriott better get a clue

Marriott better get a clue 01/30/2004 07:06 AM
I am sitting in a Residence Inn in Texas and guess what they do not have broadband. How can a...

Email: WTC Marriott Survivors

Email: WTC Marriott Survivors 08/07/2004 03:42 PM
Free Internet Press Aug 7 2004 7:14PM GMT

Man jailed over Marriott bombing

Man jailed over Marriott bombing 05/18/2004 07:27 AM
An Indonesian court convicts a second man, Mohammed Rais, over the 2003 Marriott hotel bombing.

TMobile Deals.com inks alliance with
Foncentral to provide instant online
approval for prospective T-Mobile Boston
residents.

TMobile Deals.com inks alliance with
Foncentral to provide instant online
approval for prospective T-Mobile Boston
residents. 06/24/2004 02:52 AM
Tmobile Deals.com finished an extreme makeover today to provide better service for perspective customers of T-mobile. Boston, Massachusetts residents can now receive instant approval online for new cellular phone service. Our newest project called T-mobile Boston is targeted towards new customers to introduce them to the service. We offer rebates, free accessories, and even ship your phone via Fed-Ex next day. [PRWEB Jun 24, 2004]

Marriott: Plenty of Rooms To Grow

Marriott: Plenty of Rooms To Grow 06/05/2005 10:54 PM
The hotel operator is expecting strong growth rates through 2008.

Marriott Investors Rest Easy

Marriott Investors Rest Easy 07/15/2004 03:21 PM
International travelers are returning to visit the leading hotel chain.

"Survey USA Polls For Tuesday Primaries:
Kerry Over Edwards By 10 points in
Tennessee and Over Edwards By 21 points
in Virginia (It's All But Over At This
Point)"

"Survey USA Polls For Tuesday Primaries:
Kerry Over Edwards By 10 points in
Tennessee and Over Edwards By 21 points
in Virginia (It's All But Over At This
Point)" 02/11/2004 03:46 AM

UCR and Professional Microcare Merge to
Create Fastest Growing Information
Technology Firm in Dayton, Ohio

UCR and Professional Microcare Merge to
Create Fastest Growing Information
Technology Firm in Dayton, Ohio 03/30/2005 03:30 AM
UCR provides a wide range of information technology and networking solutions to commercial, government and educational institutions in central Ohio. UCR employs a core staff of experienced technicians ranging from hardware repair and networking technicians to systems engineering and computer programming specialists in the Dayton, Ohio area.UCR (UCRNet.com) and Professional Microcare have merged, making UCR one of the fastest growing http://www.ucrnet.com/networking.asp [IT/networking firms in Dayton]. [PRWEB Mar 30, 2005]

Wireless Wave Impacts Florida's Bay
Point Marriott Resort

Wireless Wave Impacts Florida's Bay
Point Marriott Resort 09/22/2004 02:28 AM
Wireless service provider, CityNet LLC has created a Hot Zone at the Bay Point Resorts in Panama City Beach, Florida just in time to provide wireless Internet service in the wake of hurrican Ivan. [PRWEB Sep 22, 2004]

Free open WiFi on Tacoma-Washington
train, courtesy WiFi hacker

Free open WiFi on Tacoma-Washington
train, courtesy WiFi hacker 03/24/2005 08:15 PM
Cory Doctorow: A Seattle wireless hacker rides a commuter train from Tacoma every day with a battery-powered WiFi hotspot in his backpack that's linked up to the Internet with a 14.4 144k wireless modem. Catch his train and get free WiFi on your commute.

The open wireless node can be found in the first car of the last morning train and in Car 403 on the 5:10pm return trip. Use SSID "FreeInternetAccess" or "seattlewireless" to connect - You may have to assign yourself an IP in the range 192.168.0.0/24 and use the Default Gateway 192.168.0.1 as the DHCP is sometimes flakey

Link (via Make)

Marriott Fairfield Inns by Sage Go 100%
Wireless with High-Speed Internet

Marriott Fairfield Inns by Sage Go 100%
Wireless with High-Speed Internet 04/26/2004 06:17 AM
dBusinessNews.com Apr 26 2004 11:05AM GMT

Hermosa Beach, California Launches Free
Citywide WiFi Service using advanced
WiFi-Plus obstruction penetrating
antennas.

Hermosa Beach, California Launches Free
Citywide WiFi Service using advanced
WiFi-Plus obstruction penetrating
antennas. 08/05/2004 03:39 AM
Los Angeles Beach Community WiFi service made possible by WiFi-Plus antennas. Makes internet available on the beach. [PRWEB Aug 5, 2004]

TrainCaster LMS Announces Plans to
Attend Massachusetts Biotech Symposium
in Boston's Copley Marriott

TrainCaster LMS Announces Plans to
Attend Massachusetts Biotech Symposium
in Boston's Copley Marriott 03/14/2005 05:07 PM
TrainCaster LMS, the learning management system developed to support environmental, health and safety training in regulated industries, will attend the Massachusetts Biotech Council Symposium and Exhibition on March 18, 2005. [PRWEB Mar 11, 2005]

Boingo Down Under

Boingo Down Under 02/10/2004 06:37 PM
Boingo buys access from SkyNetGlobal: This will open Boingo to 130 locations in Singapore and Australia. The Singapore locations are mostly McDonald's. The press release implies that SkyNetGlobal has 130 hotspots overall, but a brief look at its locations list shows about that many in Australia alone....

Boingo and the Mac

Boingo and the Mac 06/18/2004 01:48 AM

I'm not at all sure that there's a business model in Wi-Fi connections other than offering them as part of something else, but if anyone is going to make this work it's probably going to be Sky Dayton and his team at Boingo. I haven't used Boingo, in part because it's been a Windows-only service, and I've bugged Sky every time I've seen him for a Mac version. It's coming -- a beta Boingo for the Mac has been sent to a few folks, which means the real thing is coming soon. Still not sure about the business model, but I'm glad to see the Mac support.

Boingo in 75 Airports

Boingo in 75 Airports 08/04/2004 11:42 AM
Boingo partners with ICOA, expands to 75 airports: The battle for road warriors hearts and minds starts and ends in the airport. Boingo now has a roaming deal for all six of Icoa's airports, and 69 others worldwide. The other day, I noted that SBC had signed up to resell access at or operate service in many of the U.S. airports that offer service. If they broker a few more deals, they could have the only comprehensive airport service plan. A colleague of mine, a technology writer who travels frequently, says he rarely sees people working on laptops in airports. I don't know how that's possible, with the gate areas full of laptop users before flights furtively plugged into power. He's fallen in love with a Treo, which allowed him to skip opening his laptop on a recent trip. I still wonder how many applications people actually need. Does Blackberry's success show that low-speed email is the primary application and that everything else is a distant second? I doubt it every time I see a plane full of cramped business people desperately typing away, reviewing Acrobat documents, building PowerPoint presentations, running Excel spreadsheets, and using proprietary software....

Boingo For Mac Launches

Boingo For Mac Launches 01/06/2005 07:58 PM

Boingo Wireless has finally, finally, finally released their Mac OS X client for hotspot access. By Glenn Fleishman, TidBITS

Fiberlink Uses Boingo SDK

Fiberlink Uses Boingo SDK 11/11/2003 03:10 PM
Fiberlink, the remote access aggretator, said it will use Boingo’s SDK (software developer's kit) to build a client: The client will provide Wi-Fi and in the future 3G sniffing, connection and authentication. The deal also means that Fiberlink customers can access the hotspots that are part of Boingo’s service. In another deal from an aggregator, Infonet, which caters to large multinationals, will use hot spots that are part of GRIC's network. GRIC is an aggregator that appeals to distributed enterprises. I'm seeing an increasing number of announcements about aggregators like Fiberlink, iPass, and GRIC including as many hot spots into their networks as they can and making it easier for their customers to find and use the networks. They are aggressively trying to lock their customers into relying on them for Wi-Fi access before tons of roaming agreements happen between Wi-Fi operators, making the aggregators irrelevant. It will be interesting to watch what happens to these guys as the market evolves....

MCI Expands with Boingo

MCI Expands with Boingo 12/16/2003 05:23 PM
MCI's Wi-Fi network includes 2,000 more locations via Boingo: The press release and this article from News.com don't clarify precisely what's going on here. I was unaware MCI even had a Wi-Fi option, and its 600 locations sound very much like Wayport, a fact the News.com article confirms (sort of: the current version says WavePort is the partner, but I assume this is Wayport). Boingo already includes the Wayport locations in its total, so if MCI adds Boingo, does that mean that its customers will have double access to Wayport? And I've never heard of MCI's client software, either. More clarification's probably necessary to understand this deal....

Wyndham Re-Ups with Wayport

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