http://cleantechnica.com/2008/11/19/free-solar-powered-wifi-coming-to-a-town-near-you/ Clean Tech News & Views: Solar Energy News. Wind Energy News. EV News. & More. Fri, 25 May 2012 22:41:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://cleantechnica.com/2008/11/19/free-solar-powered-wifi-coming-to-a-town-near-you/#comment-4380 Peter Mu Fri, 21 Nov 2008 02:39:05 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=1536#comment-4380 Much of that slow growth is due to the different competing interest groups in the broadband internet access industry. Phone companies is hanging on to what they have left and pushing for all in one package TV+Phone+internet deals. Most people needs TV at home and dont mind paying $50 to $100 a month for it. Adding the phone and internet makes economic sense. Then there is WiMax. Sprint had commited to launch in March 08 and that didnt come through. Intel seems to be the only supporter from the back end while the rest of the industry is turning to 3G networks for both WCDMA and EVDO. With 4G and LTE looming on the horizon promising luxuries like Multi Media Messaging, Digital Video Broadcasting, and HDTV to your mobile it makes me wonder how far WIFI is really going to take us. It does offer wider bandwidth for now but that deteriorates rapidly with the number of subscribers. Recently i was in Baltimore for a conference and there was three routers for about the 200 of us. It was so slow i wish i had a dial up. Free Wifi in a city will be challenging. Much of that slow growth is due to the different competing interest groups in the broadband internet access industry. Phone companies is hanging on to what they have left and pushing for all in one package TV+Phone+internet deals. Most people needs TV at home and dont mind paying $50 to $100 a month for it. Adding the phone and internet makes economic sense. Then there is WiMax. Sprint had commited to launch in March 08 and that didnt come through. Intel seems to be the only supporter from the back end while the rest of the industry is turning to 3G networks for both WCDMA and EVDO. With 4G and LTE looming on the horizon promising luxuries like Multi Media Messaging, Digital Video Broadcasting, and HDTV to your mobile it makes me wonder how far WIFI is really going to take us. It does offer wider bandwidth for now but that deteriorates rapidly with the number of subscribers. Recently i was in Baltimore for a conference and there was three routers for about the 200 of us. It was so slow i wish i had a dial up. Free Wifi in a city will be challenging.

]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2008/11/19/free-solar-powered-wifi-coming-to-a-town-near-you/#comment-20921 Peter Mu Fri, 21 Nov 2008 02:39:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=1536#comment-20921 Much of that slow growth is due to the different competing interest groups in the broadband internet access industry. Phone companies is hanging on to what they have left and pushing for all in one package TV+Phone+internet deals. Most people needs TV at home and dont mind paying $50 to $100 a month for it. Adding the phone and internet makes economic sense. Then there is WiMax. Sprint had commited to launch in March 08 and that didnt come through. Intel seems to be the only supporter from the back end while the rest of the industry is turning to 3G networks for both WCDMA and EVDO. With 4G and LTE looming on the horizon promising luxuries like Multi Media Messaging, Digital Video Broadcasting, and HDTV to your mobile it makes me wonder how far WIFI is really going to take us. It does offer wider bandwidth for now but that deteriorates rapidly with the number of subscribers. Recently i was in Baltimore for a conference and there was three routers for about the 200 of us. It was so slow i wish i had a dial up. Free Wifi in a city will be challenging. Much of that slow growth is due to the different competing interest groups in the broadband internet access industry. Phone companies is hanging on to what they have left and pushing for all in one package TV+Phone+internet deals. Most people needs TV at home and dont mind paying $50 to $100 a month for it. Adding the phone and internet makes economic sense. Then there is WiMax. Sprint had commited to launch in March 08 and that didnt come through. Intel seems to be the only supporter from the back end while the rest of the industry is turning to 3G networks for both WCDMA and EVDO. With 4G and LTE looming on the horizon promising luxuries like Multi Media Messaging, Digital Video Broadcasting, and HDTV to your mobile it makes me wonder how far WIFI is really going to take us. It does offer wider bandwidth for now but that deteriorates rapidly with the number of subscribers. Recently i was in Baltimore for a conference and there was three routers for about the 200 of us. It was so slow i wish i had a dial up. Free Wifi in a city will be challenging.

]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2008/11/19/free-solar-powered-wifi-coming-to-a-town-near-you/#comment-20922 Peter Mu Fri, 21 Nov 2008 02:39:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=1536#comment-20922 Much of that slow growth is due to the different competing interest groups in the broadband internet access industry. Phone companies is hanging on to what they have left and pushing for all in one package TV+Phone+internet deals. Most people needs TV at home and dont mind paying $50 to $100 a month for it. Adding the phone and internet makes economic sense. Then there is WiMax. Sprint had commited to launch in March 08 and that didnt come through. Intel seems to be the only supporter from the back end while the rest of the industry is turning to 3G networks for both WCDMA and EVDO. With 4G and LTE looming on the horizon promising luxuries like Multi Media Messaging, Digital Video Broadcasting, and HDTV to your mobile it makes me wonder how far WIFI is really going to take us. It does offer wider bandwidth for now but that deteriorates rapidly with the number of subscribers. Recently i was in Baltimore for a conference and there was three routers for about the 200 of us. It was so slow i wish i had a dial up. Free Wifi in a city will be challenging. Much of that slow growth is due to the different competing interest groups in the broadband internet access industry. Phone companies is hanging on to what they have left and pushing for all in one package TV+Phone+internet deals. Most people needs TV at home and dont mind paying $50 to $100 a month for it. Adding the phone and internet makes economic sense. Then there is WiMax. Sprint had commited to launch in March 08 and that didnt come through. Intel seems to be the only supporter from the back end while the rest of the industry is turning to 3G networks for both WCDMA and EVDO. With 4G and LTE looming on the horizon promising luxuries like Multi Media Messaging, Digital Video Broadcasting, and HDTV to your mobile it makes me wonder how far WIFI is really going to take us. It does offer wider bandwidth for now but that deteriorates rapidly with the number of subscribers. Recently i was in Baltimore for a conference and there was three routers for about the 200 of us. It was so slow i wish i had a dial up. Free Wifi in a city will be challenging.

]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2008/11/19/free-solar-powered-wifi-coming-to-a-town-near-you/#comment-4379 Global Patriot Thu, 20 Nov 2008 19:17:03 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=1536#comment-4379 Solar and WiFi is the ultimate combination, though as mentioned above, the free connectivity industry has grown much slower than everyone had once hoped it would. It would be nice to see neighborhood businesses collectively sponsor hot spots in their area. Solar and WiFi is the ultimate combination, though as mentioned above, the free connectivity industry has grown much slower than everyone had once hoped it would. It would be nice to see neighborhood businesses collectively sponsor hot spots in their area.

]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2008/11/19/free-solar-powered-wifi-coming-to-a-town-near-you/#comment-20919 Global Patriot Thu, 20 Nov 2008 19:17:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=1536#comment-20919 Solar and WiFi is the ultimate combination, though as mentioned above, the free connectivity industry has grown much slower than everyone had once hoped it would. It would be nice to see neighborhood businesses collectively sponsor hot spots in their area. Solar and WiFi is the ultimate combination, though as mentioned above, the free connectivity industry has grown much slower than everyone had once hoped it would. It would be nice to see neighborhood businesses collectively sponsor hot spots in their area.

]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2008/11/19/free-solar-powered-wifi-coming-to-a-town-near-you/#comment-20920 Global Patriot Thu, 20 Nov 2008 19:17:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=1536#comment-20920 Solar and WiFi is the ultimate combination, though as mentioned above, the free connectivity industry has grown much slower than everyone had once hoped it would. It would be nice to see neighborhood businesses collectively sponsor hot spots in their area. Solar and WiFi is the ultimate combination, though as mentioned above, the free connectivity industry has grown much slower than everyone had once hoped it would. It would be nice to see neighborhood businesses collectively sponsor hot spots in their area.

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