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New York Times

Business/Financial Desk | December 6, 2002, Friday
TECHNOLOGY; High-Speed Wireless Internet Network Is Planned

Late Edition - Final , Section C , Page 1 , Column 2

ABSTRACT - Wireless technology known as WiFi, which allows users of
personal and hand-held computers to connect to Internet at high speed
without cables, gets significant stamp of approval when AT&T, IBM and
Intel announce new company called Cometa Networks to create nationwide
network; Cometa Networks wants to deploy more than 20,000 wireless
access points by end of 2004, placing cable-less high-speed Internet
connection within either five-minute walk in urban areas or five-minute
drive in suburban communities; executives from technology companies and
investment firms Apax Partners and 3i that joined to create network say
they will begin offering their service through cellular and wired
telephone companies, DSL and cable Internet service providers and other
Internet retailers some time in 2003; Cometa chief executive Dr Lawrence
B Brilliant comments; photo (M) The wireless technology known as WiFi,
which allows users of personal and hand-held computers to connect to the
Internet at high speed without cables, got a significant stamp of
approval today when AT&T, I.B.M. and Intel announced a new company to
create a nationwide network.
The unruly technology, which has largely been a playground for hackers,
hobbyists and high-technology start-ups, is already sprouting
mushroomlike in coffee shops, bookstores, airports, hotels, homes,
businesses and even a few parks.