SBC has unveiled pricing for their Wi-Fi push, and hopes to have 2,000 hotspots ready in their 13 state territory before year’s end.
According to Internet News, SBC plans to offer three prepaid packages: $25 for three sessions; $50 for eight sessions; and $100 for 20 sessions (each session is one day of access).
The company will also offer a monthly fee for access to hotspots, with the ability for users to bundle Wi-Fi with other services to reduce the price. The article also reports that Verizon is scaling down their Wi-Fi rollout in New York City, claiming to only need 500 hotspots instead of the originally predicted 1,000.
Meanwhile, Verizon Communications is cutting its New York hotspot deployment in half. In May, the telecom said it would activate 1,000 hotspots in Manhattan by year’s end. But now, the company believes it can provide suitable coverage with only 500. Currently, about 430 are active, most of which are attached to pay phone sites. Of those, 160 have enough range to reach into cafes and other businesses.
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