On Fri, 2 May 2008 16:19:37 -0600, "Todd Allcock"
<elecconnec@AmericaOnLine.com> wrote:
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>> Todd Allcock wrote:
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>>> I don't see how. You really can't have it both ways- on the one hand,
>>> you blast everyone except Verizon for not covering every rural nook and
>>> cranny and National or State Park in the wilderness, then on the other,
>>> you suggest that the WiFi which is largely only available primarily
>>> downtown/urban/shopping areas somehow could hurt sales of 3G.
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>> I never said that WiFi was only available in downtown/urban/shopping
>> areas. In fact, it's widely available outside these areas.
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>Widely available?
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Absolutely, unless you're using 5 year old information.
Those of us that travel and try to use WiFi are really impressed that
WiFi is MORE than widely available. McDonalds, Burger King, all manner
of restaurants have free and open WiFi, many Coffee shops. Hotels
that may not have open WiFi, do have open WiFi in their
Lobby/restaurants downstairs. Librarys, Hospitals, Govt Buildings,
Universities, Shopping Malls. You literally are never more than a few
blocks away from WiFi anywhere in any top 50 Metroplitan area, not
just "downtown". Just pull into the parking lot of a McDonalds, and
you're good to go. Even in airports, just sit down outside the
Continental Air Lounge for free open WiFi.
And its so widely available now that even if you thought it
wasn't available, go search for SSIDs and Bingo, you may find it is
from some establishment, business or residence a block away.
Not sure its legal, but go park in a suburb, and use the SSID "DLink"
or "Linksys", and there's often someone that set up their WiFi with
defaults, and no password.
Last year while in South Beach, FL the pay WiFi in my hotel was down
while they were changing providers, but I had no trouble getting to
the internet in my hotel room via the Free, Open WiFi of a hotel 1
block away!
There are locations where the WiFi is not open, and there if you
have ATT dsl or an iPhone, you also have access to log into ATT wifi.
At a Holiday Inn, just go to the front desk, and say "my spouse lost
the WiFi password", and they'll hand you a sheet with instructions.
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