Unwired hot, wired not
: This beats Starbucks' T-Mobile hot spots. From the 80211report.com newsletter:
Sometime ago Singapore’s StarHub launched a Wireless Broadband Hub, or surf zone, which covers a 180,000 square meters at the Suntec City building. Now, Singapore Telecommunications (SingTel) is launching more than 100 outdoor surf zones, converting nearly all of Singapore (which is, admittedly, a tiny city-state) into one big hot spot. The more than 1.3 SingNet and SingTel Mobile's postpaid customers will be able to access the Internet wirelessly in more than 100 outdoor surf zones in Singapore.
Both SingTel's ISP and mobile phone customers will be able to access the hot spots at a cost of US $0.11 per minute. There is no add-on subscription fee. SingTel expects to add additional surf zones by the end of the year.
www.RIP.com: I went to a funeral yesterday -- the Internet's.
No, of course, the Internet is alive and well and growing.
But
Internet World -- the once overflowing, energetic, packed trade show in New York -- now ilooks even sadder than a Bob Torricelli Fan Club meeting or an Worldcom retirement party.
Last year's show, postponed after 9.11, was smaller and sadder for a reason.
But this year's show is only a quarter the size of last year's. It is pathetic. It is a physical embodiment of the word "nevermind."
The show can't even fill one room. AOL has the biggest booth and it is small; Real and Sprint are there; Microsoft has a small booth just so they can say they have one; Yahoo has a booth smaller than a Silicon Valley cubicle. The only guy doing business was the one selling cell phones cheap.
This entire industry has the coodies now. Nobody wants to touch it. Nobody wants to be associated with it.
Nevermind.
Unwired hot, wired not
: This beats Starbucks' T-Mobile hot spots. From the 80211report.com newsletter:
Sometime ago Singapore’s StarHub launched a Wireless Broadband Hub, or surf zone, which covers a 180,000 square meters at the Suntec City building. Now, Singapore Telecommunications (SingTel) is launching more than 100 outdoor surf zones, converting nearly all of Singapore (which is, admittedly, a tiny city-state) into one big hot spot. The more than 1.3 SingNet and SingTel Mobile's postpaid customers will be able to access the Internet wirelessly in more than 100 outdoor surf zones in Singapore.
Both SingTel's ISP and mobile phone customers will be able to access the hot spots at a cost of US $0.11 per minute. There is no add-on subscription fee. SingTel expects to add additional surf zones by the end of the year.
www.RIP.com: I went to a funeral yesterday -- the Internet's.
No, of course, the Internet is alive and well and growing.
But
Internet World -- the once overflowing, energetic, packed trade show in New York -- now ilooks even sadder than a Bob Torricelli Fan Club meeting or an Worldcom retirement party.
Last year's show, postponed after 9.11, was smaller and sadder for a reason.
But this year's show is only a quarter the size of last year's. It is pathetic. It is a physical embodiment of the word "nevermind."
The show can't even fill one room. AOL has the biggest booth and it is small; Real and Sprint are there; Microsoft has a small booth just so they can say they have one; Yahoo has a booth smaller than a Silicon Valley cubicle. The only guy doing business was the one selling cell phones cheap.
This entire industry has the coodies now. Nobody wants to touch it. Nobody wants to be associated with it.
Nevermind.
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