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From: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Mon, 20 Mar 2006 18:39:38 -0500
Begin forwarded message: From: Lee Revell <rlrevell () joe-job com> Date: March 20, 2006 6:27:19 PM EST To: dave () farber net Cc: ip () v2 listbox com, Bob19-0501 () bobf frankston comSubject: Re: [IP] Companies That Fought Cities On Wi-Fi, Now Rush to Join In
On Mon, 2006-03-20 at 17:52 -0500, David Farber wrote:
The good news is that the carriers are likely to set in motion a dynamic they canĀ“t control as people start to explore connectivity and find the billing regimen incompatible with the most important applications. Will a pacemaker be able to connect home if the user (AKA human) is in the wrong billing zone?
Let's just hope people don't make the same mistake they did with cell phones and assume this can be counted on or is even remotely likely to work in an emergency.... Lee ------------------------------------- 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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