Full FeedWhy Hotspots and WiFi shouldn’t die
I am not buying into Ericsson’s CMO Johan Bergendahl’s comments regarding the future of WiFi. Mr. Bergendahl is quoted as saying WiFi hot spots are going the way of the dodo bird, that is, extinct in the near future. Perhaps in Europe this is readily becoming the case thanks to a densely populated landscape. But WiFi Hotspots shouldn’t die over this. Here is why:
Costs. Every time a manufacturer puts in EVDO or HSPA capabilities it creates a brand new revenue opportunity from its user. In Mr. Bergendahl’s vision, who by the way works for the company who would/will/is getting rich from this scenario, our phone will have one connection, our laptop another, our desktop another still. This forces all 3 units (phone, laptop, desktop) to have their own separate accounts.
WiFi is still the fastest game in town for most Americans. Sure a more complete 3G network is on the horizon and 4G promises to be faster still. But, to assume that WiFi speed advances won’t be occurring during this time seems short-sighted to me.
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i don’t believe that wifi will die out soon, i always left my wifi on when i’m away from my pad so that some folks can use it sitting at the bench in front of my porch, but when i’m back i use it only for myself, for about 5-6 hours. maybe i’m greedy there eh? but i share. i hope folks will do the same
on March 11, 2008 at 03:47 PM - LINKI agree. That comment from the SE guy simply reinforced their motives to suck us consumers dry of cash. Wi-Fi is reliable, efficient, and mostly free. And who wouldn’t want that?
on March 12, 2008 at 05:44 AM - LINKthanks for your article.
on March 29, 2008 at 01:29 AM - LINKIt will be interesting to see if cellular broadband technology takes over the old school ISP’s that have still not reached a huge portion of the population. Thanks for the info. Great blog.
on May 5, 2008 at 04:06 PM - LINK