more on Companies That Fought Cities On Wi-Fi, Now Rush to Join In

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

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 com
Subject: 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 can´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



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