CBS MobileZone's Inconsistent Performance
30.11.1999 / 802.11b Networking News
Klaus Ernst writes and images from New York City with his experience with the free CBS OpenZone network: CBS's outdoor advertising division launched the service in November 2007; Ernst finds performance is all over the board. "The 47th Street Subway entrance has the "CBS mobile ((ZONE)) surf the web here. Free!" orange banner (see picture) but there was no hotspot. Maybe next time." He tested across Broadway and found a couple more working nodes, although one lacked a banner, advertising, or a splash page for accepting terms of service--but it worked. "Well, it's not hopeless, but CBS is definitely not blanketing the area with Wi-Fi the way they made it sound in the press release," Ernst writes. Ernest tests with an Asus and HP iPaq. The map--click for larger image--is Ernsts's overlay of his tests with a Fon map of that part of Manhattan. What's your experience, New Yorkers?...Copyright ©2008 Glenn Fleishman. All rights reserved. Please notify us if you find this content anywhere but at wifinetnews.com or wimaxnetnews.com. Reproduction of full articles from RSS feeds is prohibited without permission.]]>
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