Thing One: Bell Canada launches public wireless Internet hotspot pilot

"... Bell Canada today announced Bell AccessZone®, a Wi-Fi hotspot pilot that will provide Canadians with wireless high-speed access to the Internet (Wi-Fi is short for Wireless Fidelity and is the most popular worldwide term for high-speed wireless local area networks in offices, homes and public spaces). During the three month pilot, Bell will convert a number of high traffic payphones and other locations in Toronto and Montreal into wireless Internet access points. This gives mobile professionals, business travelers and consumers with 802.11b enabled laptops or wireless handheld devices another convenient option to wirelessly access the Internet, e-mail and corporate networks in public locations. ..."

nifty eh what?

Thing Two: SSB told me stORy this mORning about how she used wireless to get a friend to answer her doOR. Seems, she was visiting friend who did not answer the doOR bell. So, intrepid daughter goes to car and returns with iBook. Connects via friend's access point. Fires up instant messaging and asks friend to open the front doOR. She did. Strange but true!