> Verizon, Cingular, AT&T, Intel, others explore national WLAN service
>
> According to a report in the New York Times, several U.S. carriers
> including Verizon, Cingular, and AT&T Wireless along with Intel, IBM, and
> others are in talks for form a national 802.11b wireless network. The
> discussions, which are code-named Project Rainbow and have been going on
> for the last eight months, envision a nationwide service that would provide
> on-the-go professionals and other Web surfers a unified way to reach the
> Internet from a wide range of "hot spots" like airports and other public
> places.
> Intel, which has been the leader in these discussions, said it plans to bring wireless data
> access to 20 million laptops in 2003 and an additional 40 million in 2004.
>