Cringely Proposes New WiFi Plan

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."

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Cringely

[TPIRman]

Why do Slashdotters insist on bastardizing this guy's name in submission after submission? It's "Cringely." One tipoff is the enormous red letters at the top of the article that read "I, Cringely." Perhaps if they were more enormous, or more red.

Glenn Fleishman's reply

[Russ Nelson]

Glenn Fleishman already has a response, which can be basically summarized as "You and what investors?"
-russ