Thanks to the Herald of Glasgow, I have a new word for the day: The taoiseach (pronounced Tee-shock), is the head of the Irish government. And he's not very happy with M. Chirac, who seems to have imbibed a bit too much of the vin rougebefore spouting off with reporters in the room. I learn something new and irrelevant via Google News every day...
4:48:54 PM    

From a post on the BAWUG mailing list:

It is with regret that I am writing to inform you that Joltage will be discontinuing its Wi-Fi subscriber and provider services effective at the end of this month. We will therefore no longer be able to support your operations as a venue for individuals to gain wireless access to the Internet.

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Joltage was founded with the vision of offering individuals the opportunity to gain fast and inexpensive wireless Internet access almost anywhere, while providing a significant incentive to operators such as yourself to make wireless hotspots widely available. We still believe in that vision -- perhaps now, more than ever.

Unfortunately, it appears that it will take substantially longer than expected for the significant numbers of users we anticipated on such a network to materialize. And because of the difficult economy, we are no longer able to finance our operations as we had once hoped we would be able to.

All of us at Joltage appreciate your willingness to dream with us and hope that you are able to continue providing this valuable service to your customers.

With best wishes,

Andrew Weinreich
Founder & Chairman
Joltage

First HereUAre, now Joltage. Being a backend aggregator for onesy-twosy 802.11 hotspots is turning out to be a very tough position in the food chain. Perhaps Cometa will better by also providing infrastructure.
12:33:09 PM