{"id":469073,"date":"2010-03-25T00:15:59","date_gmt":"2010-03-25T04:15:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gigaom.wordpress.com\/?p=108150"},"modified":"2010-03-25T00:15:59","modified_gmt":"2010-03-25T04:15:59","slug":"time-warner-cable-launches-wi-fi-hotspots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/469073","title":{"rendered":"Time Warner Cable Launches Wi-Fi HotSpots"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Updated<\/strong>: Time Warner Cable <a href=\"http:\/\/www.prweb.com\/releases\/Time_Warner_cable\/high_speed_Internet\/prweb3783144.htm\">this morning confirmed<\/a> that it&#8217;s launching Wi-Fi hotspots for customers of its NYC RoadRunner broadband service. According to the company:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Through a partnership with Cablevision, Time Warner Cable customers will also have access to thousands of free Optimum WiFi locations throughout Cablevision\u2019s service area. Time Warner Cable Wi-Fi is now available at several Wi-Fi zones in Manhattan and Queens, including several parks and some Long Island Railroad platforms and their respective parking lots in the company\u2019s service area.<\/p>\n<p>High-Speed Internet customers of both Time Warner Cable and Cablevision will be able to access free, unlimited Wi-Fi services in each other\u2019s New York City metro service areas, allowing for a fast Internet connection at designated Wi-Fi zones. Time Warner Cable Road Runner customers will have access to Cablevision\u2019s Optimum WiFi network, and Cablevision\u2019s Optimum Online customers will have access to Time Warner Cable Wi-Fi zones when they travel out of their service area.<\/p>\n<p>Time Warner Cable Wi-Fi zones include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Eight commuter rail platforms on the Long Island Railroad Port Washington line: Woodside, Flushing Main Street, Murray Hill, Broadway, Auburndale, Bayside, Douglaston, Little Neck;<\/li>\n<li>Manhattan: Bryant Park, Madison Square Park and 79th Street Boat Basin;<\/li>\n<li>Four parks in Queens: Bowne Park and Kissena Park in Flushing, Baisley Pond Park and Railroad Park in Jamaica.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.timewarnercable.com\/\">Time Warner Cable<\/a>, a large cable service provider based in New York City, is likely to launch a Wi-Fi initiative as soon as tomorrow, according to those familiar with company&#8217;s plans. Time Warner Cable is likely to launch Wi-Fi hotspots in New York&#8217;s oft-used areas such as train stations, bus terminals and other popular public spaces. The Wi-Fi access mostly likely will be a free service for Time Warner Cable&#8217;s ISP customers.<\/p>\n<p>The Wi-Fi zones were first launched by Cablevision, the Long Island-based cable company, almost <a href=\"http:\/\/gigaom.com\/2008\/09\/03\/cablevision-rolls-out-free-wi-fi-network-on-long-island\/\">two years ago<\/a> and have seen more usage of <a href=\"http:\/\/gigaom.com\/2009\/12\/28\/cablevision-wifi-cloud-gets-smarter-bigger-busier\/\">this free service<\/a>. Many are using Wi-Fi to connect their iPhones. Time Warner Cable can use Wi-Fi to blunt the relentless attacks from Verizon&#8217;s FiOS offering on its broadband offering.<\/p>\n<p><em>Thumbnail image courtesy of Flickr user\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/suttonhoo22\/\">suttonhoo<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/stats.wordpress.com\/b.gif?host=gigaom.com&#038;blog=1149864&#038;post=108150&#038;subd=gigaom&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/OmMalik?a=HzqWiG9IUwE:5Qtq4m3Qs88:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/OmMalik?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/OmMalik?a=HzqWiG9IUwE:5Qtq4m3Qs88:V_sGLiPBpWU\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/OmMalik?i=HzqWiG9IUwE:5Qtq4m3Qs88:V_sGLiPBpWU\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/OmMalik?a=HzqWiG9IUwE:5Qtq4m3Qs88:F7zBnMyn0Lo\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/OmMalik?i=HzqWiG9IUwE:5Qtq4m3Qs88:F7zBnMyn0Lo\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/OmMalik?a=HzqWiG9IUwE:5Qtq4m3Qs88:qj6IDK7rITs\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/OmMalik?d=qj6IDK7rITs\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/OmMalik?a=HzqWiG9IUwE:5Qtq4m3Qs88:D7DqB2pKExk\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/OmMalik?i=HzqWiG9IUwE:5Qtq4m3Qs88:D7DqB2pKExk\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/OmMalik\/~4\/HzqWiG9IUwE\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Updated: Time Warner Cable this morning confirmed that it&#8217;s launching Wi-Fi hotspots for customers of its NYC RoadRunner broadband service. According to the company: Through a partnership with Cablevision, Time Warner Cable customers will also have access to thousands of free Optimum WiFi locations throughout Cablevision\u2019s service area. Time Warner Cable Wi-Fi is now available [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":674,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-469073","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/469073","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/674"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=469073"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/469073\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=469073"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=469073"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=469073"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}