Why does the cell phone network think usage patterns for its products should fit into people’s broadband patterns any differently than standard cable or dsl, where basestations are quite common. I even wonder if the ubiquity of broadband in places like SF is helped by having various levels of access available at different “prices” — you can war drive for free but your reliability will suck, you can share with roommates but it might make having servers running tricky, or you can have your own connection/IP and have complete control. And this “price differentiation” emerges without intervention from the phone/cable companies. Why do cell phone companies [telcos] think they should be any different?
The Verizon guy sez “Giving things away for free doesn’t work anymore. It never did.” Well, locking people into a service or making it more trouble than its worth never has either.
Now playing: To Hell With Poverty! by Gang of Four from the album “Another Day, Another Dollar”
[composed and posted with ecto]