AT&T ramping up public Wi-Fi access in NY, SF

From CNET News.com: AT&T is expanding Wi-Fi access in New York and San Francisco where customers have run into trouble with the carrier's overcrowded celluar network, according to the Associated Press.

The company is due to announce today that it will expand its Wi-Fi hot zone this week in New York City's Times Square, which launched in May. "Hot zone" is a term for a large, outdoor, public area covered by multiple hot spots.

AT&T is also eyeing new hot zones around New York's Rockefeller Center and St. Patrick's Cathedral areas, according to AT&T Chief Technology Officer John Donovan, who was quoted by AP.

AT&T customers in San Francisco will also be able to tap into their city's first public, outdoor hot zone in the Embarcadero waterfront district.

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