Ford Brings Wi-Fi to the Highway

[Tams 20]

Ford brings Wi-Fi to the highway

 

http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/12/26/wired.ford.wi.fi/index.html

 

(WIRED) -- Ford is making its cars into mobile Wi-Fi hot spots.

The next generation of the Sync in-car entertainment and information system will use a USB mobile broadband modem to establish a secure wireless connection capable of supporting several devices simultaneously.

 

The system will be available next year on selected models -- no word yet which ones -- and you won't need a subscription or hardware beyond the modem...

 

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Several automakers already offer in-car Internet access -- Japanese drivers have been using it since 1997

 

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[brownsfan019 17]

Sounds cool until you read that it's been around since 1997 elsewhere.

 

Why are we so slow to adapt some things in this country, esp pertaining to the internet?

[diablo272 10]

I imagine that the infrastructure needed to make such things economically viable in such a large country takes a lot longer to build than it would in say Japan or some Scandinavian countries. Just a guess, though I wish it weren't that way.

[rock 10]

In the U.S. there are even large hospitals that still function primarily on paper. These old buildings take a long time and more money to get properly wired.