Researchers Test WiFi Access From Moving Vehicles

Julie188 writes "Researchers from Microsoft and the University of Massachusetts have been working on a technology that would let mobile phones and other 3G devices automatically switch to public WiFi even while the device is traveling in a vehicle. The technology is dubbed Wiffler and earlier this year its creators took it for a test drive with some interesting results. Although the researchers determined that a reliable public WiFi hotspot would be available to their test vehicles only 11% of the time, the Wiffler protocol was able to offload almost 50% of the data from 3G to WiFi."

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moD up

[Anonymous Coward]

Tot any BSD project, 1sn't a lemonade

Re:Define "Public"

[Bobakitoo]

Your analogy only work if you electrical outlet, garden hose and driveway has a sign that read "Come use the outlet, hose or park, there is a padlock but it is open". You wireless access point is broadcasting its services and if you dont setup any form of password protection, it will accept anyone. In that case, it is exactly like that sign that invite neighbours to use your electricity, water and parking space.