Submitted by Reader (not verified) on Sun, 09/18/2005 - 18:04.
Andy, what I wrote stops at the fifth sentence (ending "that won't work"). The "pizza lady" model quote through to the end is your writing. WiFi as a step to broadband and to fiber? WiFi as a step to WiMax, maybe, but what it really has to be is a step to Internet services in a licensed band. An Internet cafe will give you much cheaper access to broadband, if all you want is a taste.
Wireless and wired are different animals with different uses. Communities should be investing in fiber to the home, AND they should be investing in LICENSED wireless services, from DSRC for tolls, parking and drive-through shopping, to integrated digital data and voice communications for their emergency service providers, to a commercial licensed broadband Internet access deployment with locational services, small business participation, and so on.
I said, you said
Andy, what I wrote stops at the fifth sentence (ending "that won't work"). The "pizza lady" model quote through to the end is your writing. WiFi as a step to broadband and to fiber? WiFi as a step to WiMax, maybe, but what it really has to be is a step to Internet services in a licensed band. An Internet cafe will give you much cheaper access to broadband, if all you want is a taste.
Wireless and wired are different animals with different uses. Communities should be investing in fiber to the home, AND they should be investing in LICENSED wireless services, from DSRC for tolls, parking and drive-through shopping, to integrated digital data and voice communications for their emergency service providers, to a commercial licensed broadband Internet access deployment with locational services, small business participation, and so on.