[news=http://digital-lifestyles.info/copy_images/google-wi-fi-lg3.jpg]Are Google about to launch a free wireless Internet service?
The rumours are running at fever pitch as pundits scour around for clues and hints about a forthcoming Wi-Fi service by the Internet search engine giant.
What's really excited us is a set of pages on Google describing a new test service called Google Wi-Fi, containing instructions on how to use its wireless desktop software, Google Secure Access, which sits on their subdomain wifi.google.com.
Listed as a set of answers to questions, the pages include a list of features and terms of the new service, with examples including:
Google To Launch Free Wi-Fi Service?Q. "Is there a fee for using Google Secure Access? A. No, Google Secure Access is free."
Q. "Where can I go to download Google Secure Access? A. The program can currently be downloaded at certain Google Wi-Fi locations in the San Francisco Bay area."
Reuters picked up on the story and first ran an article saying that Google was preparing to introduce its own wireless Internet service, but this was later amended to say that they'd only begun a limited test of the wireless
Source: http://digital-lifestyles.info/displ...bution&id=2601[/news]
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