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Being Wireless: Viral Telecommunications

Posted by Hemos on from the but-what-about-frogger dept.

sh4na writes "3G is out before it is ever in... because, as Nicholas Negroponte puts it, the *real* next generation is the Wi-Fi "lily pads and frogs" concept. Wouldn't it be great?"

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  1. 802.11 + VoIP = Bye Bye Cell Phone by mhesseltine · · Score: 5, Funny

    Unless, of course, Verizon, T-mobile, Voicestream, etc. "influence" their favorite congress rep and get some BS law passed claiming that VoIP on 802.11 is so cheap and available that the terrorists will use it to coordinate missions. And then, when someone uses your hub, you are now responsible for aiding terrorism.

    On second thought, forget I ever posted this. Those bastards don't need any more ideas.

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  2. What this all assumes by Dancin_Santa · · Score: 2, Funny

    This is all about people intentionally sharing their bandwidth. The people who buy the little WiFi thingamabob to shoot wireless Internet rays to all their computers don't have the slightest clue that they may be sharing with everyone.

    Once some company comes along to close off these WiFi hotspots with their latest product, these viral whatzits are done for.