Wi Fi at Will Rogers State Historic Park
Wi-Fi is short for wireless fidelity, and it enables park visitors with wireless enabled laptop computers or personal digital assistants (PDAs) to access the Internet at speeds of 50 to 100 times as fast as a dial-up connection. Park visitors will be able to gain Wi-Fi access when they use a wireless device within about 150 to 200 feet of a SBC hot spot located in the park.
To take advantage of the WRSHP hotspots available with SBC's FreedomLink when you have the following equipment: A notebook computer with a Wi-Fi-compliant (IEEE 802.11b) wireless Ethernet network interface card and a Web browser (such as Microsoft Internet Explorer or Netscape Navigator).
"We are living in a time when more and more people are communicating through the Internet," said California State Parks Director Ruth Coleman. "I think our visitors will appreciate a new service that helps them stay in touch with family, friends, or even the workplace if need be, and so we are excited about launching this project with SBC." "I'm also very pleased that visitors to our Wi-Fi enabled parks will have free access to state operated web sites, including our award-winning site, www.parks.ca.gov," Coleman said. "Through our web sites, visitors can do an electronic exploration of our park system to obtain ideas for their vacation." Coleman noted that park visitors will benefit from free Wi-Fi access to state web sites such as www.reserveamerica.com where they can make campground reservations, www.dot.ca.gov which provides updates on road conditions and www.gocalif.ca.gov, the state's tourism site.
Will Rogers State Historic Park visitors who are not currently SBC Wi-Fi customers can purchase a 24-hour SBC Wi-Fi session for $7.95 or a monthly SBC membership for $19.95 and receive unlimited access to SBC hot spots nationwide.