Hot Hotspots

ANCHOR LEAD IN:
NOWADAYS YOU CAN FIND A HIGH-SPEED
INTERNET CONNECTION FOR YOUR LAPTOP ALMOST
ANYWHERE, FROM THE BOARDROOM TO THE BEACH.
WI-FI HOTSPOTS ALLOW ANYONE WITHIN SEVERAL HUNDRED FEET TO LOG ON TO A WIRELESS NETWORK.
AND AS HEADS UP REPORTER _________FOUND, IF YOU DO YOUR HOMEWORK, YOU DO NOT HAVE TO PAY FOR THE PRIVILEGE.

TRACK ONE Length: 10
JASON CALACANIS, (cal-ah-can-us) A FREQUENT
BUSINESS TRAVELER, HAS CRACKED THE CODE ON
WIRELESS ACCESS. HE RARELY PAYS. INSTEAD-HE
FINDS FREE HOTSPOTS IN HOTELS AND RESTAURANTS.

SOT
KEY @: 12 Jason Calacanis, Frequent WiFi User
"I'm probably saving 50 to 150 dollars a month using free WiFi."

TRACK TWO Length: 10
Client Note: Please see source info
FROM BOOKSTORES TO COFFEESHOPS TO HOTELS,
WI-FI ACCESS POINTS ARE MULTIPLYING.
FROM 22,000 THIS YEAR, TO A PROJECTED 66,000 IN 2008.

SOT
KEY @: 27 Jason Calacanis, Frequent WiFi User
"It's very rare these days that I don't find a WiFi signal. A year ago, it was 50/50."

TRACK THREE Length: 06
EXPERTS SAY WHILE MORE AND MORE PLACES ARE HIP TO PROVIDING HOTSPOTS, NOT ALL DO IT THE SAME WAY.

SOT
KEY @: 39 Julie Ask, Jupiter Research Director
"The business model for public WiFi is very mixed today. Some businesses charge, others don't."

TRACK FOUR Length: 08
STARBUCKS AND BORDERS BOOKS ARE TWO MAJOR
NATIONAL RETAILERS THAT WELCOME WI-FI USERS. BUT YOU HAVE TO SUBSCRIBE TO T-MOBILE TO GET ONLINE.

NATSOT Length: 02
(Checking in)

TRACK FIVE Length: 12
MANY HOTELS AROUND THE COUNTRY ARE ROLLING OUT THE WELCOME MAT FOR WI-FI USERS...EVEN IF YOU'RE NOT A GUEST...USING IT AS A WAY TO COURT BUSINESS...EVEN STAFFING IT WITH WAITRESSES AND OFFERING TECH SUPPORT AND PRINTING SERVICES.

SOT
Key @: 1:09 Jimmy Hord, Hotel Manager
"Hotel lobbies now are extensions of offices and workspaces. That's whether you're in a luxury hotel, a one star, two star, three star hotel. If you don't have it, you're losing out."

TRACK SIX Length: 12
BUT BEWARE...NOT EVERY PLACE IS OPENING THE DOORS TO NON-GUESTS...CHOOSING INSTEAD TO PASSWORD-PROTECT WI-FI ACCESS.
BUT JASON SAYS ONE WAY TO KEEP THAT FROM HAPPENING MORE OFTEN IS TO PRACTICE WI-FI ETIQUETTE.

SOT
KEY @: 1:27 Jason Calacanis, Frequent WiFi User
"Be generous. If you're in a café and you're sitting there for 2 or 3 hours, maybe give the waiters an extra big tip."

TRACK SEVEN Length: 07
ANOTHER ETIQUETTE TIP...DON'T DOWNLOAD LARGE FILES BECAUSE IT CLOGS THINGS UP FOR OTHERS.
AND THAT'S A HEADS UP TIP FOR YOU!

ANCHOR TAG:
IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR PLACES THAT PROVIDE WI-FI ACCESS...HOTEL-CHATTER-DOT-COM PROVIDES RATINGS OF HOTELS WITH IT.
AND YOU CAN FIND A LIST OF WI-FI HOTSPOTS IN ANY
CITY AT J-I-WIRE-DOT-COM.

SOURCE INFORMATION

Julie Ask
Jupiter Research Director
415-467-0305
Ms. Ask is Research Director at Jupiter Research, a cutting edge technology research firm.

Jason Calacanis
Santa Monica, CA Resident
310-828-8284
Mr. Calacanis works for Weblogs, Inc., the largest business-related Weblog in the country.

Jimmy Hord
Hotel Monaco, San Francisco, General Manager
866-622-5284
Mr. Hord works for Kimpton hotels, a hotel chain rated number one for WiFi by hotelchatter.com
All Kimpton properties welcome WiFi users, whether guests or non-guests.

Source information for Track Two:

IDC
508.872.8200
Contact: Lewis Ward
International Data Group. This is a global market intelligence firm, which analyzes and predicts technology trends.