What the Experts are Saying

"Hotels across the board, from the small 'no-frills' properties to the large luxury resorts, are viewing broadband as a 'must have'." - Amy Cravens, a senior analyst with In-Stat/MDR

"The number of hotels with Wi-Fi … is expected to jump to more than 35,000 by 2008." - Christina Valhouli, Forbes.com, April 2004

"Overall, the number of Wi-Fi users is also rapidly growing, from 12 million globally in 2003, to an estimated 707 million by 2008." - MSNBC April 2004

"Intel announced that it expects 90% of all laptops shipped this year will contain its Centrino mobile wireless technology, and Wi-Fi is being seen as another core computing feature, rather than an accessory." - MSNBC April 2004

"The hotel industry was more or less forced to jump on the Wi-Fi bandwagon. Customers were demanding it, and if a hotel didn't have it, they went elsewhere." - Jerry Merkin, Hotel Business magazine

Pyramid Research predicts that Wi-Fi access revenue fees could hit $1.8 billion by 2008