US Truckers taking to Wi-Fi

[Mac Reporter]

CNN.com reports:
Friday, May 7, 2004 Posted: 11:22 AM EDT (1522 GMT)
WADDY, Kentucky (AP) -- All across the concrete byways of this interstate nation, long-haul truckers are going the extra miles -- but it isn't necessarily for heaping plates of hearty fare or hot showers.

It's Wi-Fi they're wanting.

David Maloney, a trucker from Aledo, Texas, is one who'll go the distance to reach a truck stop equipped with wireless Internet access.

"The only time I really get to use any kind of broadband is out here on the road," said Maloney, who recently stopped at a Flying J with Wi-Fi on his way from Virginia to Appleton, Wisconsin. "That's the whole reason I came this far last night."

Wireless Internet is fast becoming as vital a communications tool for drivers as CB radio, truckers say, giving them a way to stay in closer touch with home and to entertain themselves.
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