Updated 08/04/2010 03:40 PM
Free Wi-Fi Service Coming To City Livery Cabs
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Free Wi-Fi service will soon be making its way around the city, by way of livery cabs.
According to LimoRes Car & Limo, the company running the project, the free, advertising-supported service will be installed in 1,000 livery cabs by the fall.
It would provide Wi-Fi to people in the cars, as well as those within about 400 feet of the car.
The company plans to install the service in 20,000 vehicles by 2011.
Of course the moving cabs could create spotty coverage. But LimoRes says adding the service to more cars and improving technology should reduce the problem.
There's no plan at this point to install the service in yellow cabs, given the tougher regulation and approval process.