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WiFi Hotspots to Cost Wireless Carriers $12B

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the thats-a-lotta-bits dept.

j.e. writes "Commercial WiFi hotspots and open WiFi networks will take about $12 billion out of wireless carrier revenue pie, says Starategy Analytics. With high prices of mobile data services from wireless carriers, the users are more prone to use a cheap WiFi connection, if one is available."

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  1. In other news by Danimoth · · Score: 5, Funny

    things cost money...

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    1. Re:In other news by drooling-dog · · Score: 5, Funny
      when given a choice between otherwise highly similar products, consumers will choose to pay less money

      Obviously said by someone who hasn't met my girlfriend...

  2. Making up numbers is fun! by Superfreaker · · Score: 3, Funny

    $12 billion out of wireless carrier revenue pie, says Starategy Analytics


    Reading /. has cost my company $101 gabozillion dollars in lost productivity!

  3. Doctor, it hurts when I do this... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    "With high prices of mobile data services from wireless carriers, the users are more prone to use a cheap WiFi connection, if one is available."

    It was also discovered people are more likely to choose chocolate than liver. The remarkable people chose chocolate over liver.

  4. WiFi Hotspots to Cost Wireless Carriers $12B by stendec · · Score: 4, Funny
    WiFi Hotspots to Cost Wireless Carriers $12B

    They shouldn't have bought all those hotspots if they're going to complain about the price! It's amazing how stupid some people can be.

  5. Re:Statistics Bullshit by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Next you'll be saying that a 48X CD-R drive is different from 48 separate CD-R drives!

  6. In other news by LiquidCoooled · · Score: 2, Funny

    In other news, Linksys employees were seen dancing in the streets.

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  7. *vroom* by Willow_mt · · Score: 5, Funny

    I'm getting the sudden urge to go wardriving...

  8. Re:An analogy by rjelks · · Score: 2, Funny

    I'm actually posting from my cellphone right now. You can't get much more reliab....[NO CARRIER]

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  9. What about me? by tyler_larson · · Score: 5, Funny

    I've already lost trillions on my canned-air venture this year alone. I figured that, as vital as breathing air is, people would be willing to pay my reasonable rate of $200 per cubic foot.

    Apparently there's a free alternative that people are taking advantage of, driving my company out of business. How can I undersell free? Better label those free-breathers out there as "air pirates" and start a "get the facts" campaign about the total-cost-of-breathing.

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    1. Re:What about me? by MAdMaxOr · · Score: 5, Funny

      1/2 liter per breath
      = 0.017657 cu. ft. / breath
      = $3.5314 / breath
      = $42.4 / person /minute
      = $22,273,246 person / year
      = $1.56 * 10^17 / planet / year

      Looks like you lost about 156 quadrillion dollars!

  10. Re:Boo Hoo by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Ouch! You sure zinged the wireless industry! Snaps!

  11. Donations by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Quick, let's start donations rolling.
    What's Verizon's PayPal account?

  12. Re:Just so you know.. by malcomvetter · · Score: 3, Funny

    And 33.23456% are made up right there on the spot.

  13. Re:Just so you know.. by c666hellchild · · Score: 3, Funny

    And 74.3572% are made up on the spot

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  14. Re:Moderate Insightful by Slashdot+Insider · · Score: 1, Funny

    That's rather un-American of you to be criticizing your own government!