Rental car firm gives punters hotspots

AVIS RENT A CAR is offering punters a wireless Internet service to use in its cars and hotels.

The Avis Connect service, priced at $10.95 per day, will transmit a Wi-Fi signal to multiple laptops and other mobile devices.

The wireless portable device developed by Autonet Mobile gets its Interweb connection from a mobile phone network, although it is not clear if it is Verizon Wireless or Sprint Nextel.

Today the service will be switched on at San Francisco International Airport and will continue to roll out in the coming weeks in San Jose, Calif., Los Angeles and Newark, N.J. Later in the year it will be available in Atlanta, Chicago, Dallas, Miami, New York, San Diego and Seattle.

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