Nintendo Beats Google To Free Nationwide Wi-Fi

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Strange as it may seem, Nintendo is deploying a free, nationwide Wi-Fi network, well before Google. For now, it's a game service. But there's no reason why in the future it couldn't be used for the Web, email, and data as well.

The Seattle Times reports that Nintendo has launched a wireless gaming service, the Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection, that lets users of the company's portable DS gaming device compete against each other over the Interne

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/busi...endowifi28.html
 
w00t! Wifi is here to stay! BTW I am short on bandwidth so I didn't click on that link. But can you tell me if they are using WiMax or Wifi?
 
They do call it WiFi, but with current standards of tech reporting, can't trust them that much.
 

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