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From: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Sun, 17 Apr 2005 17:39:19 -0400
------ Forwarded Message From: Bob Frankston <Bob2-19-0501 () bobf frankston com> Date: Sun, 17 Apr 2005 14:21:37 -0400 To: <dave () farber net>, 'Ip' <ip () v2 listbox com> Cc: 'Dewayne Hendricks' <dewayne () dandin com> Subject: RE: [IP] (don¹t expect good cell service says ) Verizon CEO sounds off on Wi-Fi, customer gripes The point that Ivan fails to mention is that I had to wait for him to deign to erect towers at great expense. With 802.11 I can extend the connectivity to anywhere I want without waiting for him. His shareholders spent billion erecting towers on the assumption that only he and his clones could deliver connectivity. It's a hardware version of Excite@home when ATT bet $6G that only they could change your home page URL. I do take advantage of Verizon's "investment" by using EV-DO (http://www.frankston.com/public/writing.asp?name=EVDOTaste) but I don¹t confuse that with a long term scalable solution. It¹s not so much about the government offering services as whether individuals can extend the network. If Verizon doesn¹t like that then we can view the government as simply a way to aggregate our efforts. Neither Wi-Fi nor EV-DO offer the capacity to take full advantage of Internet connectivity but they do add to the richness. Wi-Fi, however, is more capable of growing to meet the demand. ------ End of Forwarded Message ------------------------------------- You are subscribed as lists-ip () insecure org To manage your subscription, go to http://v2.listbox.com/member/?listname=ip Archives at: http://www.interesting-people.org/archives/interesting-people/
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