First Super Wi-Fi Network in the U.S. Finally Deployed

[wooodoggies]

sounds alot like the sonic radar in batman

always keep in mind, your government is not your friend

 

[willard]

[citation][nom]wooodoggies[/nom]always keep in mind, your government is not your friend[/citation]
Always keep in mind, you use countless government services every day that would not exist without big bad Big Brother.

The rampant anti-government mindset in America always makes me chuckle.

"The government is bad! Never mind that I'm using a communication medium developed by the government which operates on infrastructure subsidized by the government built by people driving trucks on roads built by the government. All that stuff is BAD!"

 

[Mathos]

Considering this is just an initial public deployment that's not all that bad. And as far as someone complaining 10-15mbps is bad. Consider the fact that if they role it out nationwide there are still Many people who don't even have access to basic 1-3mpbs broadband. And I don't count wireless 3g as that's been capped. Let alone people who are only able to get or afford dial up.

Also consider that depending on where you are, a lot of cable companies don't even offer those kinds of speeds. Or they want to charge an arm and a leg for it.

 

[magikherbs]

Do we really need internet access and big brother everywhere we go ?

The last thing we need is more internet/text junkies mindlessly walking/driving about.

I love computers /tech but there comes a time when the user should log off and log on to life.

Who's for a cell phone wacking day ! ??

pEACe

 

[wydileie]

I'll still keep my home internet because I like my 30Mbps and ability to control my own security, but I'll certainly say goodbye to any phone data plans. Heck, I can pay $20/yr and get unlimited Skype calling. Now THAT would be awesome, and IMO is the biggest upside to WiFi everywhere. No more getting it up the butt from Verizon.

 

[Guest]

Did anyone think how much of an impact this would make to competing industries? I really can't see this going through

Everyone needs internet and a phone. Its become a necessity; a monthly bill for a majority of americans, and speed-wise, 10 mbps will suffice for everyone but techies and gamers (I assume the latency would be poor). You can check your email, you can make voip calls, you can send messages, you can stream music and hd video.

Independent companies will market devices that use this service, making subscriptions to cell phone/tv/isp's non-essential.

The cell phone and internet provider (COMCAST) industry heavily relies on those monthly bills. They will go the path of American Online if they didn't get them.

As much as I would like to see this happen, the big name companies will fight this, even if it means getting dirty with lobbyists, or what not

 

[Granulated]

Will we see rabbit ears make a come back?

 

[blazorthon]

I would very much like to see an extensive, free wireless internet connection throughout the States but I can't see any ISP or cell phone company allowing this to happen.

For everyone complaining about 10-15Mb/s please realize that something like half of the country probably still uses dial up so at best they get 56K... Even 5Mb/s, if that's as good as this will usually get, is more than enough for most internet usage besides download/uploading gigabytes of files and other bandwidth hogging applications. Besides, this is an experimental system so it may be improved sooner or later.

 

[Tiel]

I download 7+ gb files at 300 kb/s IF I'M LUCKY. Nary a clue what you fellows are betching about..

 

[mikeangs2004]

Infrastructure signals should be received with much better quality.