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10th Annual Well-Connected Awards: Mobile and Wireless: Page 4 of 9

Network Chemistry Intrusion Protection System 2.0. Network Chemistry, (650) 575-1425. www.networkchemistry.com

Wi-Fi Hotspot Provider

WINNER: Boingo Wireless, (800) 880-4117, (310) 586-5180. www.boingo.com

Boingo Wireless is the company with the silly name that had a good idea. Instead of trying to build out its own wireless hotspot service, Boingo acts as an aggregator for a range of providers, offering Wi-Fi access in 6,000 hotspots at an all-you-can-eat rate of $21.95 per month. In our mock RFP published in May 2003, Boingo did the best job meeting the needs of our hypothetical midsize engineering services company.

FINALISTS:
Gric Communications, (877) GET-GRIC, (408) 955-1920. www.gric.com