San Jose International Airport, located in the heart of Silicon Valley, joins three other U.S. airports, Seattle-Tacoma International, Austin-Bergstrom International, and Dallas/Fort Worth International, in offering travelers high-speed 802.11b wireless Internet access from Wayport, Inc. of Austin, Texas.

The 11.5 million travelers that pass through the airport each year can now access the wireless Internet from anywhere in the airport, including gate areas, without going through the aggravation of making a wired connection.

To use the service, travelers simply need a laptop and an 802.11b wireless Ethernet card to send and receive e-mail, browse the Web, and access corporate networks at T1 speeds, up to 50 to 200 times faster than standard modem or cellular connections, the Austin-based company said.

Wayport offers travelers discount connection packages, which can be used at Wayport-enabled locations throughout the U.S.

"Wayport operates as a Cisco Powered Network provider and has a strategic technology relationship with Cisco as part of the Cisco Internet Mobile Office to deliver mobile business professionals secure, broadband access over the Internet to their corporate intranets. With Cisco’s support and the IBM ThinkPad Proven™ high-level certification, we provide quality and seamless terminal-wide coverage making this wireless LAN offering an important advance for Bay-area travelers," said Dave Vucina, chief executive officer at Wayport.

"Choosing to offer Wayport’s wireless Internet service to our passengers was easy. We’re always conscious of ways to offer travelers a pleasurable experience and we fell confident that they’ll take full advantage of this added convenience," commented Ralph Tonseth, director of aviation at San Jose International Airport.

For more information: http://www.wayport.com