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From: "Benedict Evans" <ben@ben-evans.com>
To: <keitai-l@appelsiini.net>
Sent: Tuesday, June 24, 2003 11:21 AM
Subject: (keitai-l) Re: Forrester: WI-FI is going to crash
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> My view on public WLAN, really, is that:
> *it is compelling for laptop connectivity in fairly confined areas,
> where there is a significant market, but which mobile operators really
> don't care about.
> *It cannot compete with cellular connecting anything smaller than a
> laptop on a wide area basis.
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http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t269-s2136476,00.html
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> Consider, for a moment - how many applications that can take advantage
> of the greater speed offered by WLAN will fit on a screen that fits in
> your pocket? Streaming video looks just fine at 200K. What does the
> 17-year-old use 1Mbit for? Why will they pay an additional subscription?
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Multi-player games is just one example
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> I ran through these issues in some depth in a report I wrote just before
> getting shut down :-(
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> http://www.ben-evans.com/cv_1/wlanflash.pdf
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On first glance, looks like an interesting report and I'll read and comment
directly to Benedict as this maybe off topic for this list. If others are
interested, let me know and I'll be happy to copy you.
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*snip*
...Debi
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> -Benedict Evans
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Received on Wed Jun 25 04:24:03 2003