To help California residents affected by the fires stretching across Southern California, AT&T Inc. announced that AT&T Wi-Fi service will be offered free of charge at nearly 600 hot spot locations across Riverside, San Diego, San Bernardino, Los Angeles, Santa Barbara, Orange and Ventura counties.

Residents will have free access to the AT&T Wi-Fi service 24 hours a day beginning Saturday, Oct. 27.

“We want to help residents in Southern California in any way that we can,” said Kieran Nolan, AT&T vice president and general manager, Los Angeles area. “By enabling free Wi-Fi at hundreds of AT&T hot spot locations, we’re hoping to provide families and friends with another way to stay connected — and to reconnect — throughout this difficult time.”

Residents or travelers can use Wi-Fi-enabled devices, such as laptop computers, iPhones or personal digital assistants (PDAs) to connect to the Internet or corporate networks by using any of the AT&T Wi-Fi locations.

From e-mailing to instant messaging and getting news online, Wi-Fi customers will be able to continuously access the Internet via the designated hot spot locations, at no cost, through the coming weeks as many try to reconnect in the aftermath of the fires.

“Our commitment is to leverage whatever communications support that we can to aid families and residents affected by these fires,” said Nolan. “We welcome and invite anyone in need to use AT&T’s Wi-Fi network in these hot spot locations — we are here to help.”

Customers can view a full list of AT&T Wi-Fi hot spots in California by visiting http://www.attwifi.com.
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SAN DIEGO, Oct 19, 2007 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- KYO | charts | news | PowerRating -- Kyocera Wireless Corp., a leading global manufacturer of CDMA wireless phones and devices, today announced the KR2 Mobile Router. The KR2 Mobile Router supports PCMCIA, ExpressCard and USB devices for wireless connectivity and features 802.11n (Draft 2.0) for longer-range, faster Wi-Fi connections to terminal devices including laptop computers. Building on the success of Kyocera's groundbreaking KR1 Mobile Router, the new KR2 can also act as a conventional router, plugging into cable or DSL modems to provide fail-over capability to an EV-DO connection during network interruptions.

The sleek, redesigned Kyocera KR2 Mobile Router takes a single CDMA2000 1xEV-DO Rel. 0 or Rev. A connection and creates a mobile Wi-Fi hot spot using 802.11b, g or n technologies, allowing simultaneous connectivity for multiple PCs. It also offers four Ethernet LAN ports to connect non-Wi-Fi-enabled devices. Along with fail-over capabilities, the KR2's enhanced feature set bolsters security by supporting Wi-Fi Protected Setup Mode via a dedicated button used during the Wi-Fi pairing process.

"The launch of the KR2 Mobile Router demonstrates Kyocera's commitment to developing a broad range of data products," said Tom Maguire, vice president of global marketing at Kyocera Wireless Corp. "From a wealth of best-of-breed M2M modules and devices to award-winning PC cards and routers, we are ensuring that people can connect on the go with complete portability and flexibility."

The easy-to-use Kyocera KR2 Mobile Router can be installed in minutes virtually anywhere and provides high-speed Internet and data access for multiple users. Along with the Protected Setup Mode, the device features VPN-L2TP and enhanced encryption for network security.

The Kyocera KR2 Mobile Router builds on the success of its predecessor, the Kyocera KR1, which received Editor's Choice Awards from PC Magazine, E-Business Magazine, SMB Computing Magazine, The Best PC Magazine and Service Provider Weekly. The device also won a 3G A-List Award and was selected by CNET as a "Best of CES 2006" finalist.

For more information about the KR2 Mobile Router, or to be alerted when the product launches in early 2008, visit the Kyocera Website.
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Wal-Mart says it will team up with satellite broadband provider Hughes Communications to resell HughesNet satellite Internet access in over 2800 U.S. Wal-Mart stores. Satellite pricing is tiered with packages starting at $60 a month for 700Kbps download speeds up to 2.0Mbps.

Cable and DSL are widely viewed as the best buy per kilobit for customers in residential areas. But satellite broadband may be the only way for people in the middle of nowhere to get fast downloads.

Alltel is a smaller carrier but it owns licenses and operates EVDO service in areas that Sprint Nextel and Verizon don’t cover. This complementary access allows Alltel to offer unlimited EVDO on a national basis using the other carriers’ networks as backup and still price it at $60 per month with a service commitment.

Their addition of Wi-Fi tacks $10 on per month if you’re already an EVDO subscriber.
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