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Cringely Proposes New WiFi Plan

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the nationwide-wifi-carriers dept.

DarkHelmet writes "This week, Cringely examines the current state of WiFi aggregators, and challenges their business model. His notion? An aggregator should distribute free equipment to internet users willing to share their connection. Although he proposes altered WiFi hardware specifically for his plan, his idea shows promise for a company with enough capital to provide all that free equipment."

3 of 195 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Right... by squiggleslash · · Score: 5, Funny
    Yeah, but they'll be providing in a world where Mac OS X runs on Intel PCs and Microsoft will have rebuilt Windows to run over the Linux kernel, because Windows XP is based upon DOS.

    In that world, companies handing out free wireless cards so that everyone can share connections makes perfect sense.

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  2. Wear a watch that beeps when there's an internet.. by rs79 · · Score: 2, Funny

    Saaaaaaaaaay... no there's an idea. It'll probably make more money than the wifi idea. Just wait till the vulture capitalists hear of this.

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  3. Re:Right... by Speare · · Score: 2, Funny

    The plan is missing a key component: incentive for the providers to do such a ridiculous, money-losing thing.

    I can't believe this story has been here for nealy an hour, and this sentiment hasn't been expressed thusly:

    1. Install tons of free WiFi hotspot hardware
    2. ...
    3. Profit!!!

    Slashdotters, you've let me down.

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