{"id":528537,"date":"2010-04-15T11:22:35","date_gmt":"2010-04-15T15:22:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gigaom.com\/?p=113309"},"modified":"2010-04-15T11:22:35","modified_gmt":"2010-04-15T15:22:35","slug":"nyc-cable-cos-let-wi-fi-roam-and-users-get-more-free-hotspots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/528537","title":{"rendered":"NYC Cable Cos. Let Wi-Fi Roam and Users Get More Free Hotspots"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>The three cable providers in the New York City metro area have banded together to create a Wi-Fi network that any of the companies’ customers can use, essentially turning the city into a cluster of hotspots for all those folks toting smartphones<\/a> and iPads. Cablevision, Time Warner Cable and Comcast have signed roaming agreements, so customers of one can get on the Wi-Fi network owned by one of the others for free.<\/p>\n

Last month, Om mentioned that Time Warner Cable was offering Wi-Fi<\/a> service to its customers in partnership with Cablevision. The announcement today adds Comcast and\u00a0formalizes\u00a0the idea of the three as roaming partners anywhere the members have Wi-Fi networks in the NYC area. \u00a0Back in January I pondered this exact sort of relationship<\/a> developing among ISPs:<\/p>\n

So will ISPs take the consumer love of ubiquitous broadband and carriers\u2019 need for offload to the next level and create the equivalent of roaming agreements for Wi-Fi? Greg Williams, the new SVP of corporate development at Bel Air Networks, thinks they might. …He wonders if carriers will negotiate with each other and fixed-line ISPs to get access for their wireless subscribers, especially in congested cities such as New York or San Francisco.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

At the time I was skeptical because I couldn’t see the big carriers — namely AT&T and Verizon — doing anything to radically cut into their data revenue<\/a> (GigaOM Pro sub req’d) from their 3G networks, but having cable providers offer such a service makes sense, especially given that the cable guys right now are also up against Verizon FiOS in some of their markets. The ability to offer free Wi-Fi while on the go (plus paid mobile broadband service through the partnership with Clearwire) makes their broadband product portfolio competitive with Verizon (which signed a Wi-Fi agreement of its own<\/a>), and is decreasing churn<\/a>. And all of this makes for happy Wi-Fi users.<\/p>\n

Thumbnail image courtesy<\/a> Flickr user <\/em>Adventures in Librarianship<\/a><\/em>.<\/em><\/p>\n

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