Time Warner Cable is expanding to 1,350 Wi-Fi...
Time Warner Cable is expanding to 1,350 Wi-Fi hotspots in Austin by the end of 2013, said the company in a news release Thursday (http://yhoo.it/1ho62At). The Wi-Fi network is available at no cost to TWC customers with standard Internet and…
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on a pay-as-you-go basis to nonsubscribers, said the company. TWC will offer a free two-week trial of Wi-Fi in honor of its partnership with the ACL Music Festival, and customers will be able to connect with the network at the festival’s Austin Eats area, said the company. “The timing of the announcement is good because the public, subscribers and attendees will be able to get Wi-Fi access during the festival,” Rondella Hawkins, Austin Telecommunications and Regulatory Affairs officer, told us. On Tuesday, AT&T said it would be building a gigabit broadband network in Austin with 300 Mbps available to customers in December (CD Oct 2 p7). AT&T currently offers a Wi-Fi service to its subscribers, but the city of Austin is not sure if this will encourage the company to also increase its Wi-Fi presence in addition to its gigabit network, said Hawkins. “Time Warner Cable has partnerships in other markets for its Wi-Fi hotspot network, so if you are a Time Warner customer you will certainly benefit,” she said.