Tuesday, April 15, 2003
T-Mobile To Install HotSpots in Kinko's
Posted by Janak Parekh in "NEWS" @ 07:00 PM
"T-Mobile USA is copying its own efforts with other chain store partners in its latest agreement with Kinko's to offer hot spot service. The Bellevue, Wash.-based wireless phone company on Monday announced a deal to make wireless broadband Internet access available in some 1,100 Kinko's stores. The rollout of the so-called hot spot service will start in the fourth quarter of this year; pricing and location information have not yet been announced. Hot spots are areas where wireless Internet access is available to the public."
Not bad -- in NYC, Kinko's is certainly a useful addition, since a lot of people use their facility for a wide variety of computer-related tasks, and it would certainly be cheaper bringing your laptop or PDA instead of using their computer rentals. The only question is, where would people sit with their computers? Most of the Kinko's in NYC (at least, the ones in midtown that I go to) don't have that much free space.
Not bad -- in NYC, Kinko's is certainly a useful addition, since a lot of people use their facility for a wide variety of computer-related tasks, and it would certainly be cheaper bringing your laptop or PDA instead of using their computer rentals. The only question is, where would people sit with their computers? Most of the Kinko's in NYC (at least, the ones in midtown that I go to) don't have that much free space.
