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WiFi in Your Rental Car

Jezebel writes "Avis is bundling a 3G-to-802.11 bridge with their rental cars that will turn the vehicles into WiFi hotspots. Will we now have to worry about laptop use on the Interstate?" From the article "Autonet Mobile CEO Sterling Pratz told the International Herald Tribune that the In-Car Router will function in around 95 percent of the country, including all major US cities. Pratz claims to have minimized the problem of dropped signals with a technology similar to that used by the space shuttles to maintain an Internet connection."

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  1. Face to Face by El+Torico · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Will telecommunications eventually make face to face meetings obsolete or will there always be a need for a personal meeting?

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    In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is usually crucified.
  2. You in"sensitiVe clod? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

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