Wi-Fi Provider Wayport and ACCUWEATHER Launch Real-Time Weather Advisories
AUSTIN, Texas -/6 April, 2005 - Wi-Fi Technology Forum/- Wayport, the nation's largest provider of Wi-Fi (802.11 b/g) wireless and wired high-speed Internet access in nearly 8,000 locations including hotels, airports, McDonald's, Hertz and other retail brands, announced that it is now offering free real-time doppler radar weather advisories for customers who connect to Wayport's service. These weather updates are being provided through an agreement with AccuWeather.
AccuWeather.com delivers The Best Weather on the Web, with the most customized, accurate weather information for every location on Earth.
Customers will see a live national weather map which is updated in five minute intervals by AccuWeather.com on the Wayport completion page. Wayport users can also get local forecast information from the AccuWeather Web site by clicking on the icon which takes them directly to
http://www.AccuWeather.com.
"Wayport continues to develop and support flexible, user-friendly applications that provide valuable information or enhanced services to our millions of customers," said Dan Lowden, vice president of marketing for Wayport. "Everyone, especially business travelers, is impacted by changing weather conditions and interested in the forecasts for the cities they live and work in or are traveling to. This new feature allows us to proactively provide a weather update to our customers as soon as they are connected to Wayport's service."
AccuWeather.com also services millions of customers through their Web site. With just one click, Wayport customers can reach the AccuWeather.com site to get instant access to current conditions, 15-day forecasts, severe weather advisories, satellites and local Doppler radar.
"AccuWeather.com is pleased to offer instant, accurate weather data through Wayport's extensive network of locations for mobile travelers who are always on the go and need to stay updated on national and local weather conditions," said Jim Candor, senior vice president of AccuWeather.com. "Now Wayport's customers have access to the most extensive online weather and climate information available, right at their fingertips."
About Wayport, Inc.
Wayport is the nation's largest provider of high-speed Wi-Fi (802.11 b/g) wireless and wired Internet access for mobile broadband customers in nearly 8,000 locations, including almost 800 major hotels; Wi-Fi wireless Internet access in 6 major airports: Dallas-Fort Worth, Seattle-Tacoma, San Jose, Austin-Bergstrom, Oakland, Buffalo Niagara; 16 Laptop Lane airport business centers; McDonald's and Hertz locations; and other retail brands nationwide. To learn more, please visit
http://www.wayport.net
About AccuWeather and AccuWeather.com (
http://www.AccuWeather.com)
AccuWeather, The World's Weather Authority®, provides a portfolio of products and services through the airwaves, via the Internet, in print, and behind the scenes that benefit hundreds of millions of people worldwide. AccuWeather serves more than 150,000 paying customers in media, business, government and institutions, and millions more through the website. AccuWeather also provides content onto more than 1,200 Internet sites including CNN Interactive, ABC's owned and operated stations, The Associated Press®, The Washington Post and The New York Times.
| Forums:
