Cable Companies to Expand WiFi

Nationwide deal is largest Internet service pact ever

Five of the nation's largest cable companies have agreed to connect their WiFi networks, giving their Internet customers access to metro WiFi through more than 50,000 hotspots in the New York City area, Los Angeles, Tampa, Orlando and Philadelphia. The service, available to subscribers whenever they roam outside their own cable system, will be dubbed "CableWiFi."

The announcement was made this morning by Bright House Networks, Cablevision, Comcast, Cox Communications and Time Warner Cable, coinciding with the opening of the industry's annual cable show in Boston.

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