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   What exactly are they selling?

   

   Rob Henderson, Oct 11th, 2004 @ 12:30pm

   
   

   It occurrs to me that the local Starbucks free WiFi might not be able to handle the usage needs of the national press corps covering a pivotal political event. If what these people are selling is a guaranteed high-bandwidth, high-availability connection that blankets the debate coverage zone, and if they are primarily marketing it to professional (or very dedicated amateur) types, it might not be a bad idea.
   On the other hand, this service may be no more reliable than any of the free services. In that case, it's just a great example of capitalism in action. There's a sucker born every minute, and there will always be someone waiting to take advantage of him.

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   Re: What exactly are they selling?

   

   Fred, Oct 11th, 2004 @ 1:18pm

   
   

   Actually, they are looking for suckers with expense accounts that will subscribe. Who else would be that stupid or ignorant ?

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   Insanely expensive Wi-Fi in Tempe

   

   Esme V, Oct 11th, 2004 @ 2:13pm

   
   

   Wow! Someone actually charges more than Swisscom Eurospot's hotspots in Europe. That is really an achievement.

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   poor research

   

   Mike Swensen, Nov 16th, 2004 @ 2:48pm

   
   

   To set the record straight on this article this was event pricing only for the debate. Other providers namely Cox Communications began selling individual connections at $350.00 to the media for the event. Next time I would suggest doing your homework before publishing a ridiclous article.
   

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