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Apr 23, 7:53 AM EDT
Time Warner customers get Wi-Fi hotspots
By JESSICA MINTZ
AP Business Writer
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Apr 23, 7:53 AM EDT
Time Warner customers get Wi-Fi hotspots
By JESSICA MINTZ
AP Business Writer
SEATTLE (AP) -- In a big win for a little Wi-Fi startup called Fon, Time Warner Cable Inc. will let its home broadband customers turn their connections into public wireless hotspots, a practice shunned by most U.S. Internet service providers.
For Fon, which has forged similar agreements with ISPs across Europe, the deal will boost its credibility with U.S. consumers. For Time Warner Cable, which has 6.6 million broadband subscribers, the move could help protect the company from an exodus as free or cheap municipal wireless becomes more readily available.
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