According to Webware, Avis have now started offering in-car Wi-Fi that turns your rented car into a mobile Wi-Fi hotspot. Of course; we expect it to take a decade or two to reach Malaysia’s Avis branches…
The service, called Avis Connect, is provided by Autonet Mobile using 3G and 2.5G (EVDO, 1xRTT) connections. For an extra $10.95 per day, Avis says renters get wireless broadband connectivity "at all times and places during their travel, from airports to meetings to hotels, and everything in between." We’re not sure how the Wi-Fi signal will hold up if your car is parked in a hotel’s underground lot and your room is on the 32nd floor, but motel patrons should have no problem connecting. Avis Connect is being introduced to airport-based rental centers in five cities this summer, including San Francisco, Los Angeles, and New Jersey, and will be expanded to Atlanta, Chicago, Dallas, Miami, New York, San Diego, and Seattle in the fall.
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As I understand this, the unit is portable and can be taken to the hotel room or meeting room and used as a hotspot there.
The range is probably 100 feet or so.
Thanks for dropping by and sharing this with us Roy.
Mobile hot-spots are cool, we wish we had such luxuries here in Malaysia where we still struggle with dial-up speeds…
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