AVIS Announces In Car Broadband Wireless Internet
On Monday, car-rental company Avis started rolling out a new service that will give you the ability to take a wireless hotspot wherever you go. The service is called Avis Connect, and initially will be available from the Avis shop at the San Francisco International Airport.
Essentially, Avis Connect is a small book-sized device that allows travelers to have Wi-Fi connectivity in their car, at meetings, or in hotel rooms, at a rate of $10.95 per day.
Customers will not need cellular data cards or special software, and Avis Connect reportedly works with all Wi-Fi laptops, PDAs, and other wireless-enabled devices. The portable Wi-Fi hotspot device is powered through a wall outlet or a car's cigarette lighter port.
Avis Connect, first announced in January and developed by Autonet Mobile for the car-rental company, is simple to use. Anyone who has a Wi-Fi-enabled laptop or device can simply log on and surf.
Reasonable Option
Avis Connect seems like a reasonable option for travelers to get wireless broadband. If they don't have that capability via EVDO or HSDPA cellular access in a laptop a car-rental company seems a good fit for travelers' mobile Net needs. Avis already has been providing GPS navigation devices in its rental cars. Though it would be more economically sound to get a data card and pay a monthly fee if the portable Wi-Fi access is used frequently. For salespeople who are basically living in their car for days at a time, turning your car into a mobile hotspot can make sense.
An In-Car ISP
Autonet Mobile, said on its Web site that its TRU technology runs over both 3G and 2.5G cellular data networks. The company said that its technology performs session, link, and content management on the network so users don't experience disconnects while in motion.
The connection works even through tunnels, over bridges, or between cities, the company claims, and covers some 95 percent of the United States. Download speeds range from 600 Kbps to 800 Kbps, with upload speeds of 200 Kbps. The service is compatible with Windows, Mac, Linux, and Solaris. Connection range is up to 100 feet from the device and no additional antenna is needed.
After San Francisco, the rollout will move to Avis locations at airports in San Jose, Oakland, Los Angeles, and Newark. In third quarter, the rollout will go to Atlanta, Chicago, Dallas, Miami, New York, San Diego, and Seattle.
Essentially, Avis Connect is a small book-sized device that allows travelers to have Wi-Fi connectivity in their car, at meetings, or in hotel rooms, at a rate of $10.95 per day.
Customers will not need cellular data cards or special software, and Avis Connect reportedly works with all Wi-Fi laptops, PDAs, and other wireless-enabled devices. The portable Wi-Fi hotspot device is powered through a wall outlet or a car's cigarette lighter port.
Avis Connect, first announced in January and developed by Autonet Mobile for the car-rental company, is simple to use. Anyone who has a Wi-Fi-enabled laptop or device can simply log on and surf.
Reasonable Option
Avis Connect seems like a reasonable option for travelers to get wireless broadband. If they don't have that capability via EVDO or HSDPA cellular access in a laptop a car-rental company seems a good fit for travelers' mobile Net needs. Avis already has been providing GPS navigation devices in its rental cars. Though it would be more economically sound to get a data card and pay a monthly fee if the portable Wi-Fi access is used frequently. For salespeople who are basically living in their car for days at a time, turning your car into a mobile hotspot can make sense.
An In-Car ISP
Autonet Mobile, said on its Web site that its TRU technology runs over both 3G and 2.5G cellular data networks. The company said that its technology performs session, link, and content management on the network so users don't experience disconnects while in motion.
The connection works even through tunnels, over bridges, or between cities, the company claims, and covers some 95 percent of the United States. Download speeds range from 600 Kbps to 800 Kbps, with upload speeds of 200 Kbps. The service is compatible with Windows, Mac, Linux, and Solaris. Connection range is up to 100 feet from the device and no additional antenna is needed.
After San Francisco, the rollout will move to Avis locations at airports in San Jose, Oakland, Los Angeles, and Newark. In third quarter, the rollout will go to Atlanta, Chicago, Dallas, Miami, New York, San Diego, and Seattle.
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