Google Fiber has gotten AT&T to say it will build a gigabit network in Austin. Time Warner Cable says it will give its Internet access customers "free" access to the Time Warner Cable public Wi-Fi network in Austin, Texas.
"TWC WiFi" is a citywide WiFi Hotspot network free to Time Warner Cable customers with "standard Internet" plans or above, as well as "business class" subscribers.
Prepaid access starting at $2.95 an hour will be available as well.
So far, you'd have to deem Google Fiber a success, as far as spurring ISPs to upgrade Internet access. One would suspect the impact has only begun.
Thursday, April 25, 2013
Time Warner Cable Offers its Customers "Free" Public WiFi
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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