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...play, to bank, to check their stock portfolios or just to stay in touch with loved ones from the road. Ditch those old stereotypes about RV parks, says Eric Stumberg, co-founder of the start-up TengoInternet, based in Austin, Texas, which supplies wireless connections 30 times the speed of dial-up to RV denizens from Florida to Arizona. "These are the real road warriors, living in a coach, carrying cell phones and computers, connecting wirelessly...
...live in San Francisco and can see San Bruno or any of 16 other nodes in the home-brew San Francisco Local Area Network (SFLAN), you can stick your own wi-fi antenna on your rooftop, angle it in just the right direction and receive a clear, high-speed Internet connection--even from the other side of the city. The cost? Less than $100 if you buy your own parts, which can include an empty Pringles can. After that, you pay nothing. Nada. Zippo. Not a dime in monthly access charges. You and your neighbors get free wi-fi Internet...
...infancy; the connections continue to be very buggy and nodes often go down. The next step is to build up a critical mass of roughly 50 nodes, at which point everyone in the city should be able to see at least one antenna. Kahle's high-speed Internet donation should comfortably support thousands of users, as long as they are not all simultaneously downloading Hollywood movies. If SFLAN gets any larger than that, Pozar admits, it will have to start charging some premium users and offering preferred access to paying customers...
Ulbrick, 28, wasn't there for the frothy $3 lattes or even the shop's mellow atmosphere. He came for the high-speed wireless Internet access--and he's willing to pay $30 a month to get it. "I would not be here if they didn't have wireless," he says. "I don't like Starbucks coffee. Honestly, I don't like their pastries either--although I'll buy a cookie so I don't feel too unethical...
...Bush aide. "I'm glad they can keep a single position on the banner." Communications Director Dan Bartlett, who approved the hanging of the controversial banner does not back away from it or the carrier celebration. "That was an important moment to mark in time," he says, noting the speed, bravery and success with which the soldiers and airmen prosecuted the war. "We're not going to take anything away from celebrating them. There are no regrets...