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...wireless Packer works in big ways, and in little ways too. There's a virtual lost-and-found bulletin board--sweatshirts are a hot item--and another one where kids can post opinions about the war in Iraq. Last year the school set up an electronic link with a laptop school on an Indian reservation in Alaska, and the kids swapped poems and pictures of themselves. "I've been sick for the past two days," chirps Annie, a Packer eighth-grader, "but instead of just doing nothing and waiting to get the assignments from my friends, I could...
...birds are chirping merrily, but Kara Cox, 19, is oblivious to the unfolding beauty of the day. She's inside her Gulf Stream trailer, still in her pajamas, a week's worth of clothes on the floor, playing in the 3-D virtual world of EverQuest via a wireless connection to the Web. "She's on it four hours a day," says husband Jesse, 22, with an indulgent laugh--and with no exaggeration at all, he swears. "They call it EverCrack for a reason...
...Busbee haven't had breakfast yet, but the 70-year-old patriarch already has his Sony Vaio revved up, ready to research a new motor home to replace the couple's luxury 40-ft. Country Coach. "It's the best thing since sliced bread," jokes Joyce, referring to the wireless service, not her 12-ft. living room, full-size tub or double-door fridge. Nice amenities, but after two years on the road, they most cherish the spontaneous instant messages sent via the Internet from their 10-year-old granddaughter in California. That wasn't always possible before...
...heartland, geeks and grandparents and good ole boys alike are signing up for wi-fi access in the last place you would expect: RV parks. Whether they pull up in $10,000 campers or $300,000 McMansions on wheels, the nation's mobile nomads are using 802.11b, the wireless Web standard, to work and play, to bank, to check their stock portfolios or just to stay in touch with loved ones from the road. Ditch those old stereotypes about RV parks, says Eric Stumberg, co-founder of the start-up TengoInternet, based in Austin, Texas, which supplies wireless connections...
...fact, the RV crowd is increasingly plugged in. The Recreation Vehicle Industry Association found that of 7 million households with RVs, 16% access the Internet on the road. And although the majority of the nation's 16,000 RV grounds still don't offer wireless access, scores of parks--from the Kampground of America in Kissimmee, Fla., near Disney World, to Yogi Bear's Jellystone Park in Estes Park, Colo.--are installing the systems. KOA, which launched KOA Konnect in April, plans to offer wireless Internet access in 500 campgrounds and RV parks, charging a flat $19.95 a month, which...