A weary traveler arrives at his hotel in Nantucket after a long journey from his home in the UK. He asks the desk clerk if the hotel has wireless Internet service. The clerk responds, "Yes, we do. In fact, all of downtown Nantucket is covered in wireless Internet service." The traveler's a bit confused. "I beg your pardon?" The clerk answers, "Sir, there is wireless service from this hotel to the harbor to the restaurants and even the airport. You see, downtown Nantucket is one entire hot zone." Understanding the ramifications, the traveler responds, "Brilliant!!" and with a bounce in his step, he heads off to his hotel room.

The traveler opens his notebook to log on to this Nantucket service and discovers that there is free access to the Nantucket community portal. He can check the daily events in the community and view the local restaurants and their menus. For a small hourly, daily or even monthly fee, he can have complete web access. Using the community portal, the traveler finds a restaurant of his choice and steps out for a bite to eat — not forgetting to bring along his notebook. After all, he is in the Nantucket hot zone.

Over dinner the traveler signs on for a week of Internet access and checks his email. He then starts off to enjoy a view of the harbor and finds a comfortable bench to relax on and send off a few emails. Relaying to his friends and colleagues back home about this wireless discovery here in Nantucket. After an exhausting day, the traveler returns to his hotel, noting the wireless cameras set up in the hotel lobby enhancing the guests' security.

Before retiring for the evening, he logs on to the Internet one last time to catch up on the local news back home and check the scores of the days cricket and football matches. The traveler closes his notebook and easily falls fast asleep, comfortably knowing that at a touch of his fingers he will be able to communicate with colleagues back home and to conduct business throughout downtown Nantucket.

The traveler's horizon has been broadbanded.