Austin Mobility Roundtable 2004 - McCombs School of Business

Wayport In Deals with McDonald's, Boingo, MCI

The new Wi-Fi service will be available at approximately 75 McDonald's restaurants around the Bay area with the majority going "live" today. McDonald's Bay Area pilot program is the first of three major metropolitan Wi-Fi tests McDonald's is launching this summer. Wayport the will provide the service for the Bay Area McDonald's restaurants. Boingo Wireless announced the availability of its Wi-Fi wireless Internet access service at many McDonald's restaurants in the San Francisco Bay area, through its roaming partnership with Wayport. MCI is also tapped into the Wayport network. MCI customers can now access wireless high-speed connections through a roaming partnership with Wayport.