DEMOletter Weekly Edition Nov. 29, 2004 Volume 9, Number 47 Editor's note: Enjoy all that DEMOletter has to offer. The e-mail below simply outlines topics covered in the highly colorful and accessible weblog, www.demo.com/demoletter. Any of the links below will take you directly to the full article, along with other items such as the "Weather Report" on past demonstrators, and polling on current topics. In addition, we now have an RSS feed, so you can get DEMOletter articles sent to you directly as they publish! To sign up for that, add the following URL to your RSS reader application http://www.demo.com/demoletter/index.xml * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * INSIDE DEMOLETTER THIS WEEK * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ WI-FI FLOWS FREELY, BUT IS RARELY FREE ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ First, the good news: wireless connectivity truly is moving quickly to ubiquity. As I have traveled around Europe these past two weeks, my daily dose of broadband has been, exclusively, a Wi-Fi connection. In fact, I'd venture to say that hotels throughout Europe are more likely to offer broadband wireless than hotels in the U.S. And I'm not just talking fancy properties or big hotel chains. Over a year ago, Accor Hotels (which owns the Sofitel, Mercure, Novotel, and Ibis brands) launched on an initiative to put Wi-Fi in all of its properties. But even small, independent hotels have realized the value of wireless Internet for their guests and have aligned with various providers to offer wireless services. While you can almost count on a Wi-Fi connection, you can also count on paying a premium to get it. In eight hotels across Europe and the Middle East (U.K., France, Spain, Israel) prices ranged from free (at a new up-market hotel in Madrid that offered a free sample, of sorts) to the equivalent of about $50 for 24-hour hour access. At one hotel in France, you could buy two hours of access for �15 (about $20), and if you logged on and off judiciously, you can eek a day's worth of e- mailing out of that. Read the full story at http://www.demo.com/demoletter/006872.html ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ END NOTES: ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ * Save your holiday money and check out this new Olympus digital camera with a really bright LCD screen. * Web site offers non-profit groups a monitoring service to make sure they don't get put on a spam blacklist. * Cybercrime rates are down, but don't go popping that champagne cork just yet. This week's End Notes are located at http://www.demo.com/demoletter/006871.html ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ DEMO 'GREAT MOMENTS' COUNTDOWN ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ Number 12 on our list of DEMO's 'Great Moments' has to do with one demonstrator's Ticking Clock Nightmare -- if you've ever been on stage at DEMO you'll instantly empathize. Catch up on the countdown of the 15 greatest DEMO moments at http://www.demo.com/demoletter/demo_at_15.html ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ THIS WEEK'S POLL QUESTION ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ How much would you be willing to pay for 24 hours of Wi-Fi service at a hotel? Add your voice at www.demo.com/demoletter ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ WEATHER REPORT ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ * Navini Networks and Widebeam launch broadband wireless service in Erie, Pa. The complete Weather Report archive is located at http://www.demo.com/demoletter/weather_report.html * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * UPCOMING EVENT * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * [EMAIL PROTECTED] February 13-15, 2005 Scottsdale, Ariz. Hold what the future holds. Right there, in your hands, 70 of the world's most promising new technologies. Investment or deployment - you get the first shot. This is why executives, analysts, VCs and journalists come back time and again. To see. To touch. To harvest. 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