Would You Like Some Data with That?

Just a few months ago, McDonald’s Corporation unveiled its plan for a pilot wireless access program at 10 restaurants in Manhattan. Several hundred restaurants at various metropolitan centers are to follow later in the year. Combine this with Intel’s recent announcement of built-in wireless (802.11) support as part of its new Centrino chipset, and you can reasonably conclude that ubiquitous wireless access may soon be upon us.