Even though Comcast did not officially announce its current project, the news about its Wi-Fi tests in New Jersey were soon reported by many newspapers. The company installed its gear at about 100 Transit commuter rail stations and parking lots in the city, providing speeds up to 1.5 Mbps for its clients.

The equipment can be found in places such as the North Jersey Coast, the Main-Bergen County, Glen Rock, Essex, the Montclair-Boonton area, Morris, Pascack Valley, Raritan Valley and along the Northeast Corridor.

The company's cable subscribers will have to enter the same user names and passwords in order to access the Wi-Fi service.

Comcast, which is the nation's largest cable provider, explained that its Wi-Fi trial is completely separate from its mobile wireless joint venture with Clearwire and other companies, which use the WiMax technology.

This is one of the first stages of a much bigger plan and for now Comcast’s officials will look at the reports and analyze the feedback in order to determine if there is potential to roll out the free service nationwide.

The initiative is believed to be inspired by Cablevision Systems’ rollout of its free Wi-Fi service for its customers in the area. Its service is also in its early stages and the company already calls it "the nation's largest Wi-Fi network" - which will be completed over the next two years.

For now, the trial awaits its official start and it is expected to last until the end of the year.