Comments on: AT&T Bulks Up Its WiFi Coverage By Buying Wayport For $275 Million

By: Jure Cuhalev » Blog Archive » Setting up a Wi-Fi hotspot using Solar power

Sat, 22 Nov 2008 08:58:12 +0000

[...] AT&T; Bulks Up Its WiFi Coverage By Buying Wayport For $275 Million [...]

By: AT&T’s Terrible New High End Offering : tinyComb

AT&T’s Terrible New High End Offering : tinyComb — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 07:27:36 +0000

[...] The cost will be about $65 a month and comes with free WiFi at AT&T hotspots, including the 3,000 it just added with its Wayport acquisition. [...]

By: McColley.net » Blog Archive » AT&T Buys Up 3,000 More Wi-Fi Hotspots [Wi-Fi]

Tue, 11 Nov 2008 14:46:42 +0000

[...] announced free Wi-Fi for iPhone and BlackBerry users, and now the wireless company has added 3,000 more Wi-Fi hotspots from hotpspot operater, Wayport. If you’re an AT&T customer, your Wi-Fi outlook is [...]

By: AT&T Buys Up 3,000 More Wi-Fi Hotspots - Softsaurus.org

AT&T Buys Up 3,000 More Wi-Fi Hotspots - Softsaurus.org — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 12:02:40 +0000

By: Top Blackberry News » Blog Archive » AT&T Says Bold Is Selling Out In Most Stores - Also Buys Wayport To Extend Free WiFi To McDonalds & More

Sun, 09 Nov 2008 05:03:29 +0000

[...] MobileCrunch also pointed out that AT&T mixes well with WiFi. They just bought hotspot operator Wayport for $275 million which extends their coverage. Wayport includes locations such as McDonalds, Four Seasons, Marriott, and others. That is a nice addition to the Starbucks offering they have. Not to mention that the Bold and soon other BlackBerry models are starting to get the free WiFi treatment at those shops. [...]

By: AT&T Buys Up 3,000 More Wi-Fi Hotspots [Wi-Fi] | Kroezer

AT&T Buys Up 3,000 More Wi-Fi Hotspots [Wi-Fi] | Kroezer — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 19:20:40 +0000

By: Laura Hale

Laura Hale — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 14:29:45 +0000

What does this mean for sony Mylo users who get one year free use of Wayport with their mylo purchase? Is that in jeopardy? :( Will mylo users lose their free wifi at McDonalds?

By: Web2Logs - AT&T Pushes Broadband Download Speeds To 18 Mbps On U-verse

Web2Logs - AT&T Pushes Broadband Download Speeds To 18 Mbps On U-verse — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 13:39:10 +0000

[...] The U.S. might be lagging other countries in broadband penetration and speeds, but we are slowly catching up. AT&T is announcing today that its fiber-to-the-curb/fiber-to-the-home broadband service U-verse is increasing its maximum download speeds from 10 Mbps to 18 Mbps. (Upload speeds are 1.5 Mbps). The cost will be about $65 a month, or can be bundled with TV and voice plans for more. That comes with free WiFi at AT&T hotspots, including the 3,000 it just added with its Wayport acquisition. [...]

By: AT&T Says Bold Is Selling Out In Most Stores - Also Buys Wayport To Extend Free WiFi To McDonalds & More | BerryReview.com »

Fri, 07 Nov 2008 10:43:28 +0000

By: PanMan

PanMan — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 23:20:02 +0000

So, they paid almost $100.000 per accesspoint? Is that a normal price range for a Wifi hotspot (which I’d guess would cost a few hundred or thousand dollars in hardware)? And do they plan to earn this back by selling $10 vouchers? You need to sell quite a lot of them to earn $275.000.000.

By: alex puregger

alex puregger — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 21:08:25 +0000

Manny,
i am working for FON. I think you are wrong. That deal and AT&Ts overall involvement in WiFi are great news for FON.
AT&T realized that they need WiFi to offer real mobile broadband. We believe the same! That’s why Foneros build the world’s largest WiFi network – to get free WiFi access everywhere.

By: Michael

Michael — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 21:04:39 +0000

Here is a map containing all of the new wifi sites.

http://wayport.know-where.com/wayport/

By: AT&TのU-verse、下り最大18 Mbpsに増速

AT&TのU-verse、下り最大18 Mbpsに増速 — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 19:47:31 +0000

[...] 利用料は月額$65。もっと出すと家のTV、通話プランとバンドルできる。接続利用料にはAT&TのホットスポットのWiFi接続も無料でついてくる。Wayport買収でこのほど新たに確保した3000接続ポイントも込み。 [...]

By: AT&T extends WiFi empire; acquires Wayport | Startup Meme - Technology Startup and Latest Tech News

Thu, 06 Nov 2008 19:07:49 +0000

[...] [via TechCrunch] [...]

By: Paul

Paul — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 18:01:42 +0000

I personally would never want a mobile device without WiFi. But VZW seems to support NO WiFi. No hotspots, only ONE Windows Mobile phone offered with WiFi these days.

By: phenom

phenom — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 17:37:10 +0000

Free service ??

http://vidsonly.blogspot.com

By: AT&T Pushes Broadband Download Speeds To 18 Mbps On U-verse

AT&T Pushes Broadband Download Speeds To 18 Mbps On U-verse — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 17:32:41 +0000

By: Ike

Ike — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 17:30:44 +0000

Where’s the love for owners of the Tilt, a 3G AT&T phone that has WiFi as well?

By: John Atkinson

John Atkinson — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 17:11:17 +0000

Good strategy move by AT&T.. they’ll probably make Wayport access free, helping their smartphone sales and hurting other standalone Wifi operators (who’ll they’ll then snap up on the cheap).

By: Carl

Carl — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 17:02:02 +0000

Does this mean I might get free Wifi access at Wayports hotel locations in the future? Because the typical $5-$10 daily charge for wifi internet in the nicer hotels is absurd. You get free wifi at the crap hotels, but have to pay for it at the nice hotels. Way to take care of your customers.

By: Loren Feldman

Loren Feldman — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 16:47:17 +0000

Very good move.

By: Manny

Manny — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 16:46:15 +0000

Not a good sign for Fon.

By: TYPICAL_BAY_AREA_DEVELOPER

TYPICAL_BAY_AREA_DEVELOPER — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 16:41:31 +0000

Cynical reminder to TechCrunch ad-sponsored startup readers: Companies that charge customers for product and services typically are more attractive than yours.

Who’s the first troll to say “I’m gonna do my own ad-sponsored WiFi startup and sell to Yahoogle?!!?!”

PWNED!

By: Slowly backing away from 3G? | The Beta Blog

Slowly backing away from 3G? | The Beta Blog — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 16:32:09 +0000

[...] I see on TechCrunch that AT&T has bought Wayport, a US WiFi hotspot operator, in a $275 million deal. I wonder if that will prove portentous for [...]

By: Chris Lentz

Chris Lentz — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 16:24:44 +0000

I wish they would open up the network so not only can iPhones access the wifi, but people who own iPhones or AT&T phones should have laptop access too!