Five Wireless Myths

from the let-it-go,-people dept

The Industry Standard looks at five myths of the wireless world. Most of them have to do with why people will run to accept high speed wireless when it comes. No, they won't accept it just because iMode was a success, or because bluetooth applications will just be that cool. Tragically, for many of the companies jumping into the wireless world, wireless applications are a "nice to have" and not a "need to have" for many people. I think it's still a long way off from switching over.

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    Bart, Jun 19th, 2001 @ 11:16pm

    I just got the Ricochet service and am pretty happy though I await more widespread coverage. Averaging about 200k in Long Beach. Being a frequent traveler often forced to use dialup from less than efficient hotel rooms, this is a godsend. If this is just the beginning, then I eagerly await the big roll-out.

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    Mike (profile), Jun 19th, 2001 @ 11:28pm

    Er... as an extremely happy ricochet user, I have to ask if you realize they're supposed to be going out of business in a month? I'm dreading the day ricochet turns off the service, because it will absolutely kill me.

    I'm still hoping that there's a last minute rescuer who will keep the service going *and* build out the network further. But, I wouldn't hold your breath at this point.

    Someone told me the other day that ricochet is dumb because it'll never be as good as 3G. I counter that ricochet is HERE NOW and works. It's going to be a shame if they shut if off next month...

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