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**Frank** · 07-12-2006, 18:55

Free Wi-Fi is not a very good idea IMHO. Wi-Fi is not designed to cover all areas, it is a "campus" area network. Wait for WiMAX (metropolitan area network), which should start appearing next year and has ranges in the 10s of KM - that would be a far more worthwhile campaign imo. This will also push down the price of 3G data services. Eventually we will see fixed-mobile convergence.

07-12-2006, 18:55	#8
Frank Cable Forum Team Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Toronto, Canada Services: Rogers HDTV, TekSavvy 3Mbps DSL Posts: 1,774	Re: Free Wifi Campaign Free Wi-Fi is not a very good idea IMHO. Wi-Fi is not designed to cover all areas, it is a "campus" area network. Wait for WiMAX (metropolitan area network), which should start appearing next year and has ranges in the 10s of KM - that would be a far more worthwhile campaign imo. This will also push down the price of 3G data services. Eventually we will see fixed-mobile convergence. __________________ Spam Robots here & here \| [Humans, what's this? Project HoneyPot]