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...others, will invest $22 million in the Spanish start-up, which plans to have more than 1 million hot spots by 2010. Subscribers will pay less than $2 a day to have guaranteed wireless access wherever they roam. More than 3,000 people have signed up since the beta version launched in November. "It's a dream come true," FON founder Martin Varsavsky says of his new partners, although he demurs on the specific roles Google and Skype will play. Sounds as if he has found his lucky star. - By Kathleen Kingsbury Checking In Hoteliers in Asia and the Middle...
...others, will invest $22 million in the Spanish start-up, which plans to have more than 1 million hot spots by 2010. Subscribers will pay less than $2 a day to have guaranteed wireless access wherever they roam. More than 3,000 people have signed up since the beta version launched in November. "It's a dream come true," FON founder Martin Varsavsky says of his new partners, although he demurs on the specific roles Google and Skype will play. Sounds as if he has found his lucky star...
Following SigEp's lead, other national fraternities have rolled out similar programs, from Sigma Alpha Epsilon's True Gentleman to Beta Theta Pi's Men of Principle. According to some members, there's an unexpected bonus from all these reforms: women seem to like them. "They can go to 21 other fraternities to get drunk," says Oregon State SigEp member Cameron Saffer. "Here you find respectful young...
...subscription rights aren't up for grabs. Digital-distribution rights - to subscribers, not pay-per-view customers - are in the hands of the three pay-TV movie networks: HBO, Showtime and Starz. And Starz is out to demonstrate just what can be done with those rights, by introducing a beta version of its Vongo service...
...should be all too familiar with this brattiness and those bruised egos. Between two sisters and several roommates, I should be outright sick of Midol and melodrama. Tired of Greek sororities and female societies (Kappa Beta Bee what?). Dozens of dames in a dorm—I must be requesting damage control...