Ans: What is Associated with 17000?

Ques: What is the number of free AT&T hotspots? Yep. Nationwide. This includes Starbucks and Barnes & Noble as well. Now the ‘free’ Is targeted at iPhone users. But with a little tech jockeying anyone with a WiFi enabled laptop can too. LifeHacker provides a mini-HOWTO here.

This is actually good news for the consumer. It will be interesting to see how the Wifi — EVDO — WiMax battle plays out. Verizon right now is dong a big push for EVDO using a ‘WiFi captive’ marketing campaign. Expect fur to fly in the next couple of years.