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Apparently a Dow Jones story, that I found on the Quicken (!?) news site, purports that SBC Communications will be setting up a Wi-Fi service out of UPS and Mail Boxes Etc. shops throughout the USA. A snip:
NEW YORK -- SBC Communications Inc. is expected to announce it will offer Wi-Fi, or wireless access to the Internet, at more than 3,000 United Parcel Service Inc. retail stores around the country, people familiar with the situation told The Wall Street Journal.Next step is making UPS the business (SOHO?) customer's electronic carrier of choice for hybrid electronic-physical (i.e., send Internet, print at Mailboxes and deliver), parcel delivery (for Internet orders) possibly even with a COD capability, and many other little strategic tid-bits that expand its position in the overall communications market.The move would be one of the largest rollouts of the technology yet and would allow users to access the Internet at up to 100 times dial-up speed at UPS retail outlets such as UPS Store and Mail Boxes Etc. . . . SBC and UPS aim to offer Wi-Fi at UPS retail stores because those locations are often used as de facto offices by businesspeople and consumers. Instead of merely sending mail or making copies, they will soon also be able to access the Internet on their own laptops at such stores.