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Is WiFi Access Worth $10/hour?
Roland Piquepaille writes "This special report from CNET News.com carries an eloquent subtitle: 'Wireless expectations rose in 2003, but growth was hobbled by security concerns and unproven business models.' It's much worse than you think and I'm going to tell you why Wi-Fi will still not be broadly used in 2004 in this column. Technology columnists are usually looking at their own part of the world, in Silicon Valley or on the East Coast of the U.S. And obviously, their opinions are largely biased. Our world is much bigger than that. My arguments are based on real-world examples, both in Greece and in Paris. They're also based on costs of access. Paying $10 an hour for Wi-Fi access is almost twice as you pay for a movie. Would you pay $20 to see a movie? Probably not. So will you pay $10 to use a Wi-Fi connection for one hour? Certainly not."
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that is the dumbest thing i have ever heard. i bet you are a pasty troll who masturbates to yiff porn while driving around in your mums for tempo station wagon.
>> can only consume more than an equal share of the available bandwidth if some other transmissions are consuming less than their share.
If that is so blindingly obvious and fair then why isn't everyone doing it? Is it because it's only something a socialist Canadian could love? I like the idea.
I want to stick my pee pee in your poo poo hole.