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Wayport announced that subscribers of the satellite-based HughesNet ISP--the lowest-scoring method of Internet connection in the annual PC Magazine Readers Survey on service and reliability, so much that dial-up service scored better--now can get access at any of up to 10,000 Wi-Fi hotspots operated by Wayport. That includes many hotels, Hertz rental locations, and, of course, about 9,500 McDonald's restaurants.

But not for free. This service costs HughesNet subscribers an extra $14.99 a month.

So next time the satellite service is making a HughesNet customer tear out his hair in clumps, he can rest easy knowing he can pay more to drive to the local Mickey D's for some actual Internet time. With fries.
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If you're getting away this weekend at a South Carolina state park, you don't need to get away from it all because more parks are offering free WiFi Internet access.

Hickory Knob State Park in McCormick County now offers WiFi over 40 acres of the park including its lodge rooms.

Five other state parks offer more limited access near park offices and conference centers.

State Park Director Phil Gaines says more WiFi will be added in the future. Next up is the office and bathhouse at Poinsett State Park in Sumter County.

South Carolina operates 47 state parks which attract more than 7 million visitors each year.
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Richardson Grove State Park was named one of the top 100 Family Campgrounds by ReserveAmerica, a leading recreation, reservation and campground management company.

The winning parks were selected based on testimonials, campground ratings and feedback provided by park rangers, regional park management and campers throughout the year. Nearly 4,000 parks were reviewed and the final 100 campgrounds were determined on specific family-friendly criteria ranging from educational programs and visitor centers to camping amenities and overall beauty and scenery. Factors including the quality and availability of hot showers, laundry facilities, hiking trails, family beaches, radio-free zones, visitor centers, educational programs, children’s events and location were also considered.

Richardson Grove also made the list of the Top 25 Romantic Spots.
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FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - The FBI recently issued an alert warning that wireless Internet networks, often called Wi-Fi hotspots, are more vulnerable to hackers than most users probably realize.

Wi-Fi hotspots are at airports, fast food restaurants, book stores, coffee shops, sports bars, school campuses, malls, supermarkets - just about everywhere. Several cities and neighborhoods host or plan to install networks for residents.

For everyone to be able to access the networks, though, security has to be low. That means that often there is no password or registration needed to use the service, and E-mails and instant messages are not encrypted.

Those settings make it very easy for a hacker working from anywhere around the world to use computer codes to peek into your computer and steal sensitive information.
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You might think your mobile devices already tap the Web. Maybe your laptop has a good wi-fi receiver. But future mobile broadband networks will be faster and broader than wi-fi or Bluetooth, the popular, short-range wireless technology. Increasing how much data chugs through these networks changes what you do--just like moving from dial-up Internet access to broadband unleashed new waves of Internet services that use pictures and videos.
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McDonald's, Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf, Barnes & Noble and other retail locations across the United States could join in to provide consumers free Wi-Fi access from AT&T, according to a spokesman from the Dallas-based carrier.

AT&T announced earlier this week that qualifying LaptopConnect customers can now access more than 17,000 Wi-Fi hot spots free of charge. Some of those customers are contracted through the service provider Wayport. The service lets them stay connected to e-mail, the Internet and business applications nearly anywhere they can make a phone call.

While the news may sound good to LaptopConnect customers, many may not even hear about it. Today, AT&T has no plans to market or advertise online the free service, put up signs in stores, run print ads, send direct mail pieces, or develop radio or television spots, said Warner May, AT&T spokesman. "We have no plans to share at this time," he said.

McDonald's plans to leave the marketing to AT&T, but Shannelle Armstrong, a McDonald's spokeswoman, doesn't expect the carrier to spread the word that some customers are eligible for free Wi-Fi access at any of its 9,000 locations across the country
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AT&T Inc. has expanded the availability of wireless Internet through a new plan to offer free Wi-Fi for the company's LaptopConnect customers.

AT&T LaptopConnect is a service that relies on the company's wireless network to keep customers connected to e-mail, the Internet and business applications almost anywhere they can make a phone call. Through it, customers install a LaptopConnect card in their laptop computers.

Customers that sign up for LaptopConnect will automatically receive a pop-up message alerting them to Wi-Fi availability when they are in range of an AT&T hot spot.

AT&T has more than 17,000 Wi-Fi locations nationwide, including at 7,000 Starbucks coffee shops.
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When Jackie Worley's Internet wasn't working fast enough he decided to switch to HughesNet.

"We saw a commercial for HughesNet so we got the phone book out and looked the number up," said Worley.

He says the HughesNet representative he called gave him what sounded like a risk-free deal.

"You don't like it in 30 days you can cancel it and get your money back," said Worley as he described the promise made to him on the phone.

"It took between two and three minutes to get a web page," said Worley.

Days later he wanted to cancel but the company told him he would be charged a $200 cancellation fee.

"Everybody I called I tried to get supervisors on the phone but I couldn't get them," said Worley.
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In a complex deal that will certainly be critiqued for months to come, Sprint and Clearwire announced plans to combine their WiMAX businesses and create a new company that will include a $3.2 billion investment from Intel, Google, Comcast, Time Warner Cable, Bright House Networks and Trilogy Equity Partners. (See a breakdown of the deal below.)

For sure, it's a shot in the arm for the mobile WiMAX industry, which, right or wrong, is tied to the success of Sprint's planned nationwide WiMAX rollout. I spoke with Atish Gude, senior vice president of mobile broadband operations with Xohm about the implications of the deal:

"This is a big day for for WiMAX, and it lends a lot of credibility for us to build our business model. We have always talked about the business model first. We are talking about broadening the chipset system, getting WiMAX into consumer electronics, eliminating subsidies and instituting at-home provisioning so customers don't have to stand in line. Those are all part in parcel to really change the mobile broadband experience in a way it ought to be."
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What a difference a couple of years makes. In our first roundup of draft-802.11n Wi-Fi routers, we found so many problems, we couldn't recommend any of them: Firmware was buggy, interoperability between vendors was hit-and-miss, and performance was not as good as that of some enhanced, earlier-generation 802.11g routers.

As of this year, we're happy to report, those issues have largely gone away.
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WASHINGTON - A wireless technology that Sprint Nextel plans to launch within a year makes high-speed and secure Internet access possible from almost anywhere.

Called WiMax, it’s the heart of a huge telecommunications industry effort to supplant Wi-Fi, the service that most users rely on for wireless Internet connections at broadband speeds.

If it succeeds, WiMax technology could be as big a change as the mobile phone revolution. An independent technology consulting firm, Boston-based Yankee Group, estimates that 58 million people worldwide will use WiMax by 2012.

Unlike Wi-Fi, which relies on free radio frequencies that suffer from interference, WiMax uses a licensed channel of radio spectrum. It provides clearer, stronger and more secure Internet access. The stronger signal travels farther than Wi-Fi, enabling consumers to get beyond the limits of Wi-Fi "hotspots."
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