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I was on #wireless and someone pasted an article chunk. This bit caught my eye.

Yet Wi-Fi networks, known as hot spots, have popped up faster than fleas on a circus dog. Thousands of do-it-yourselfers worldwide have rigged antennas to create their own hot spots. They’ve joined together to form networks so that the public can zap e-mails and surf blogs for free, no matter where they are. From street corners in Sydney to mountaintops outside Seattle, some 5,000 free hot spots have emerged. This is Wi-Fi Nation. More than 18 million people worldwide have logged on, and the numbers are growing daily.

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