Town of New Hartford

WIRELESS 'HOT SPOTS' FOCUS OF TALKS IN NEW HARTFORD:

About 20 people gathered Wednesday to get information about the possibility of installing a wireless network in parts of the town of New Hartford.

Such a network could support wireless Internet "hot spots" and provide high-speed Internet access to residents currently unable to get it, Joe McCoy, president of wireless access provider WavHost, said.

"Being connected all the time is a trend that's going to be upon us," McCoy said.

New Hartford resident Anthony Pellegrino said he hopes wireless Internet access becomes available in the Washington Mills area, where he lives.

"It would be nice for me to use my laptop computer at home in different areas of town," said Pellegrino, who currently gets Internet access through Adelphia. "Hopefully, the hot spots would include my complex."

Town Councilman John C. Waszkiewicz III, who organized the meeting, said he wants to get residents' input on wireless access, which already is available in the village of Frankfort and is being planned for downtown Utica.