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ATLANTA -- Imagine if you could use the internet anywhere in the city of Atlanta. Imagine no more -- the reality is that Atlanta is now the largest WiFi hotspot in the United States. It would take you about an hour to drive through it; and it provides internet speeds that play streaming high definition video. Carol Luther brought her laptop to the Starbucks in Ansley Mall to use their WiFi to get on the internet because a tree took out a phone line at her house. "In my neighborhood, there are like 3 billion trees," Luther said. "Like they just cut out enough space for the house, okay. So every storm, something's out." If she had a new WiFi service that will be unveiled in Atlanta on Tuesday, she wouldn't have to worry about where she is. No more being tied to her home for internet. "Then I want to go to my mother's house and kick it with her, she's 80 years old so you know I'd like to just hang out, but then I can't do anything," she said. Clearwire Communications has brought wireless internet to the city of Atlanta. For about $40 a month, you can get the internet at three times the speed of phone cards, anywhere within a 1,200 square mile radius. "It would be like speeds that you get at home or at work. So instead of having to go home or go to use the internet and get those super fast speeds, you get that anywhere you go," said Clearwire GM Marc Brachman. Clear wireless and its WiMax technology have created the largest hotspot in the United States -- and all it takes to connect is a small USB modem. Imagine sitting in the back of your car, driving from Cherokee County through Atlanta on the Downtown Connector, all the way to Stockbridge, and having seamless internet on your laptop.
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