Link: Avis to offer wireless Internet gear
This is an interesting one. Car hire company Avis are launching a Wi-Fi service that’ll work in your rented car, hotel room, or by the sounds of it pretty much anywhere you go. It’s US-only at the moment and is only available from a select number of locations, but it sounds like a nice idea for a service.
The new Avis Connect service, priced at $10.95 per day, can transmit a Wi-Fi signal to multiple laptops and other mobile devices at the same time.
The service is provided with a portable device developed by Autonet Mobile that gets its Internet connection from a cell phone network. The company declined to disclose which one, though the cellular technology involved suggests that it is being provided by either Verizon Wireless or Sprint Nextel Corp.
Given a choice between fiddling with mobile data and just firing up my laptop and finding the access point, I know what I’d rather do. Wonder if there’s any plans to launch a similar service in the UK?
what a cool idea… I really like that one but I wonder what the charges are ….
$10.95 a day apparently – about £6 at current exchange rates? Not sure if there’s any usage charges though..
If it worked, I’d use it
This is a great added feature provided by the jersey based LLC. I am sure common people would be highly beneficent with this.
Very interesting, you really shared an important issue.
Very interesting, you really shared an important issue.
How do they solve the uplink – presumably it must be satellite link. Great if it works!