I have heard all these arguments in one form or another some 15 years
ago when GSM was being defined, but then they said that cellular
telephony was a niche market and would stay that way.
And in case you haven't noticed, we weren't talking about anonymous
nor free access.
>This subject line doesn't really match the content
>anymore, but I have also no better ideas.
>
>Some unsorted foods for thought:
>
>* People who work in a coffee shop in Tokyo earn
> average 800yen/hour (Tokyo, Starbucks)
>
>* Providing a 802.11b based network in a random cafe
> needs a maintainer.
>
>* Who needs a PDA if you have already a new phone.
>
>* The next generation of phones beat some PDA's easily.
>
>* The main reason for people to visit cafe's is to drink
> cafe (or they are singles and watch out for somebody).
>
>* Internet cafe's (with installed computers) are still
> popular.
>
>* In several cafe's you can see "Please switch off your
> mobile phone" signs.
>
>* Some people are pretty normal and not geeky at all.
>
>* Japanese people tend to pay more for more convenience
> (Konbinis).
>
>* Hackers and crackers will love the idea of having
> anonymous Internet access through 802.11b networks.
> (..yes, the guy in the corner was laughing all the
> time while he was playing this computergame...I saw
> something with "Pentagon" on his screen...and he had
> only one coffee in hours...)
>
>* You don't need to go into a coffee with 802.11b networks,
> just be close by (in a car for example) to get free access:
>
>http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/technology/archive/2001/03/22/freewireless.dtl
> Same was demonstrated in Germany by the Chaos Computer
> Club.
>
>* Not everybody in Japan wants to call some buddies in
> Great Britain. Some even have no buddies in Great
> Britain and don't even speak English.
>
>* More than 50% of all people living on this planet
> are female and have other priorities.
>
>Regards,
>
>Juergen
>--
>Juergen Specht [Nooper.com - Mobile Services Inc.] http://nooper.com
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>
>
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Received on Wed Aug 15 08:23:15 2001