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Article #360Re: NEWS: Free Wi-Fi still a goer in San Fran'
From: John Navas
Date: Wed, 18 Jun 2008 15:15
Date: Wed, 18 Jun 2008 15:15
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On Sat, 14 Jun 2008 13:55:38 -0700, John Higdon
<HisRoyalRadioHigness@kome.com> wrote in
<HisRoyalRadioHigness-6E2B47.13553714062008@news.announcetech.com>:
>In article <48542aaf$0$17237$742ec2ed@news.sonic.net>,
> Dane Jasper <dane@sonic.net> wrote:
>
>> I guess the talk of bandwidth caps will put the kibosh on this in the long
>> run anyway.
>
>Indeed. Bandwidth caps will put the damper on many things the Internet
>promised and may take away some things we take for granted now. I
>suspect that one day, we'll look fondly back on unlimited dial-up
>Internet service.
I seriously doubt that. The "caps" being considered are in the GIGAbyte
range of broadband, not the MEGAbyte range of dialup. Like most people
I'm not even close to that level of transfer.
I'm not sure what you mean by "things the Internet promised" -- do you?
-- but I don't see any real risk to anything other than massive
audio/video downloading, which is NOT what the Internet was built for.
The real issue isn't "caps" -- it's the insanity of flat rate pricing,
where normal users wind up subsidizing bandwidth hogs. It's long since
time for metered usage.
--
Best regards, FAQ for Wireless Internet: <http://Wireless.wikia.com>
John Navas FAQ for Wi-Fi: <http://wireless.wikia.com/wiki/Wi-Fi>
Wi-Fi How To: <http://wireless.wikia.com/wiki/Wi-Fi_HowTo>
Fixes to Wi-Fi Problems: <http://wireless.wikia.com/wiki/Wi-Fi_Fixes>
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