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Verizon FiOS/DSL Customers Get Free WiFi Across US on Monday July 27, @06:52PM

Posted by kdawson on Monday July 27, @06:52PM
from the windows-only dept.

Glenn Fleishman lets us know that Verizon is finally offering nationwide Wi-Fi access to its high-speed Internet customers, long after Cablevision’s similar service went live. While Cablevision is building out an in-house network of hotspots, Verizon is relying on a deal with Boingo Wireless — a strategy with both strengths and drawbacks, as Wi-Fi Net News points out. Neither Verizon’s nor Boingo’s announcement reveals the mechanics of how existing Verizon DSL and FiOS customers will get access, but an AP report spells it out: “To use a hotspot, the customer must install software that works only on computers with Windows Vista or XP installed. Phones, iPods, and Macintosh computers with Wi-Fi can’t access the hotspots.”

Good stuff, except for the Windows-only part.