Google and Boingo are building on their free Wi-Fi project in New York City, launching the advertising-paid access model in eight malls across the country.
Boingo and Google didn’t name the specific malls, saying only that at least four of them would be in San Francisco, Los Angeles, Tampa and Seattle.
Google Offers will sponsor the service, meaning customers connecting to the hotspots with a smart phone, tablet or PC will encounter a welcome screen encouraging them to sign up for Google’s daily deal service. Regardless of whether customers sign up for the service or skip past the screen, they’ll get free, unrestricted access.
In New York, Google and Boingo have offered the promotion in six subway stations and 200 hotzones throughout Manhattan on a trial basis until Sept. 7. The two firms also offer discounted Wi-Fi access in sixteen airports.
Lots of entrepreneurs have tested the notion that Wi-Fi hotspot service can be supported by advertising. dSpot and AT&T are among them.
Tuesday, August 21, 2012
Google, Boingo to Expand Ad-Supported Wi-Fi Test
Gary Kim has been a digital infra analyst and journalist for more than 30 years, covering the business impact of technology, pre- and post-internet. He sees a similar evolution coming with AI. General-purpose technologies do not come along very often, but when they do, they change life, economies and industries.
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