Taipei gets 1,000-strong fleet of WiMAX-equipped taxis

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http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2010/03/taipei-taxis-03-04-2010.jpg (http://www.chinapost.com.tw/taiwan/t-business/2010/03/04/246931/Taipei-taxis.htm)Looking for something else to be envious of now that in-flight WiFi (http://www.engadget.com/tag/in-flightwifi) is starting to be more readily available? Then look no farther than Taipei, which has just announced the roll-out of a 1,000-strong fleet of WiMAX-equipped taxis. Alright, so a short cab ride might not send you into the same sort of internet withdrawl that a five hour flight does, but we're not ones to turn down mobile broadband when it crops up in places normally reserved for a bit of down-time or "conversation." Best of all, the in-taxi WiMAX will apparently be free during the initial stage, although VMAX Telcom hasn't yet decided if it will charge a fee in the future. No word on any expansion plans beyond the initial 1,000 cabs just yet either, but the service will apparently be limited to the greater Taipei area -- at least until VMAX's WiMAX coverage expands to other parts of Taiwan.

[Thanks, Tim]Taipei gets 1,000-strong fleet of WiMAX-equipped taxis (http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/taipei-gets-1-000-strong-fleet-of-wimax-equipped-taxis/) originally appeared on Engadget (http://www.engadget.com) on Thu, 04 Mar 2010 18:14:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds (http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/).


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