Is City-Wide Wi-Fi a Dead Idea? 259
An anonymous reader writes "Remember all those projects to cover cities with Wi-Fi? The BBC wants to know what happened to them. When it comes to underground wireless data access, there are obvious issues regarding implementing a wireless infrastructure in underground stations and tunnels, but above ground the BBC suggests that it may be other advancements, such as Wimax, that have made Wi-Fi a less attractive solution. PCMag, on the other hand, suggests that public Wi-Fi isn't dead at all and will make a comeback due to the increasing popularity of Wi-Fi-enabled smartphones. So, will city-wide Wi-Fi make a real comeback, or have other technologies, such as Wimax or 4G, killed the concept for good?"
I hope it is dead. (Score:5, Funny)
I am allergic to Wi-Fi.
And it causes cancer.
It probably contributes to global warming too.
Dying, dying, dead. (Score:5, Funny)
On a parallel topic, practically every home router now comes with WPA2 on by default.
I'm surrounded by a sea of BT home hubs which are probably idle, and can't even connect.
Outrageous.
Re:59 square miles (Score:3, Funny)
Goddamn. I kept waiting for that to happen when I was living there, right smack in the middle of the coverage area ... and it looks like they got it up and running just after I left.
How about a little reporting (Score:3, Funny)
The BBC wants to know what happened to [city wide Wi-Fi].
Shouldn't a news organization like the BBC do some reporting and find out? Certainly more than simply phoning up someone at BT.
Re:Wifi is effectively dead (Score:1, Funny)
Ok got the basic's covered now you need to pay for an 'unlimited' text message plan, but don't worry about mms messages as they aren't supported (what a joke). Oh and you have to pay to use 'voice' dialing too, whatever that costs it was like 10 or 20 bucks.
But hey look it's got a 'digital' compass, that makes up for everything!!