Comments on: Wireless Cities Being Abandoned http://www.profy.com/2008/03/24/wifihotspotsdie/ Web 2.0 News & Commentary Fri, 04 Jul 2008 06:03:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 by: Google Wants To Bring WiFi to Your TV - Profy.Com http://www.profy.com/2008/03/24/wifihotspotsdie/#comment-401991 Thu, 27 Mar 2008 15:25:02 +0000 http://www.profy.com/2008/03/24/wifihotspotsdie/#comment-401991 [...] Combining the unused channels, assuming the petition is accepted, with the newly open 700mhz spectrum could make getting broadband internet access to everyone a reality much sooner than trying to do it through the municipal city by city method of WiFi hotspots. This method is currently failing due to cost and other issues. [...] […] Combining the unused channels, assuming the petition is accepted, with the newly open 700mhz spectrum could make getting broadband internet access to everyone a reality much sooner than trying to do it through the municipal city by city method of WiFi hotspots. This method is currently failing due to cost and other issues. […]

]]> by: Mr Bojangles http://www.profy.com/2008/03/24/wifihotspotsdie/#comment-395571 Tue, 25 Mar 2008 21:32:06 +0000 http://www.profy.com/2008/03/24/wifihotspotsdie/#comment-395571 "In order for America to remain competitive in the technology sector and stop the hemorrhaging of jobs to other countries, we need everyone to have access to an affordable and uncensored broadband connection" uh.... What?? What does having affordable broadband for everyone have to do with keeping jobs in the US? If you want to keep jobs in the US people would have to be willing to pay for it. There is one simple reason companies export labor: it's cheaper somewhere else. People talk about keeping jobs here, but they vote with their money. End of story. “In order for America to remain competitive in the technology sector and stop the hemorrhaging of jobs to other countries, we need everyone to have access to an affordable and uncensored broadband connection”

uh…. What??

What does having affordable broadband for everyone have to do with keeping jobs in the US?
If you want to keep jobs in the US people would have to be willing to pay for it. There is one simple reason companies export labor: it’s cheaper somewhere else. People talk about keeping jobs here, but they vote with their money. End of story.

]]> by: Blaine http://www.profy.com/2008/03/24/wifihotspotsdie/#comment-395471 Tue, 25 Mar 2008 20:51:42 +0000 http://www.profy.com/2008/03/24/wifihotspotsdie/#comment-395471 Great article. IMO open source and the open Internet have flourished only because the most greedy companies, like Microsoft and the telcos, all underestimated their potential. The potential of wireless is now recognized by all the big Corps and precedence shows that once that has happened, well-funded lobbying tosses aside the most serious obstacles as if they were straw. Open wireless as you discussed in your last paragraph would be terrific, but it ain't gonna happen. The beasts are stalking it, they already have a firm hold on a leg, and they aren't about to release their claws. Great article. IMO open source and the open Internet have flourished only because the most greedy companies, like Microsoft and the telcos, all underestimated their potential. The potential of wireless is now recognized by all the big Corps and precedence shows that once that has happened, well-funded lobbying tosses aside the most serious obstacles as if they were straw. Open wireless as you discussed in your last paragraph would be terrific, but it ain’t gonna happen. The beasts are stalking it, they already have a firm hold on a leg, and they aren’t about to release their claws.

]]> by: andrew http://www.profy.com/2008/03/24/wifihotspotsdie/#comment-392451 Mon, 24 Mar 2008 19:31:18 +0000 http://www.profy.com/2008/03/24/wifihotspotsdie/#comment-392451 here in minneapolis - we have fee-based citywide wireless... but also a culture of free free/open wireless service in nearly every coffee shop - restaurant - and often even bars, the origin is a story in itself. I find myself really suprised when i go to other major cities with a dearth of free/open wireless at the same types of establishments. here in minneapolis - we have fee-based citywide wireless… but also a culture of free free/open wireless service in nearly every coffee shop - restaurant - and often even bars, the origin is a story in itself. I find myself really suprised when i go to other major cities with a dearth of free/open wireless at the same types of establishments.

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