Sky.Link Internet Plus goes MIA? Unfortunately, we may have the latest public space wireless ISP casualty. The Canadian firm Sky.Link Internet Plus has a non-functional Web site and the phone number I've used to reach them in the past is out of service. I have sent email, and would appreciate a report from anyone with direct knowledge. Sky.Link operated airports Wi-Fi access in Ottawa and Calgary, in addition to dozens of hotel locations, including several in resort towns like Banff. They have been in business for a few years, and had a sensible alternative pricing structure: per hour or a monthly service plan.
MobileStar update from Wireless Week: an excellent piece of reporting on the Starbucks/MobileStar relationship that continues to hammer home Starbucks's unwillingness to face the real marketplace reality for partnerships with wireless ISPs. VoiceStream should be nearing its acquisition of MobileStar's assets from the bankruptcy proceedings based on their original plan last year. More to come, I'm sure. (Note the quotes from the increasingly ubiquitous Alan Reiter who sent me this item.)
AT&T Broadband offers in-home networking via wireless: continuing a trend that RBOCs (regional telcos) and others have been pursuing for at least a year, AT&T Broadband will use wireless as another tool in helping users network multiple machines in their homes. They'll use Linksys equipment.