Wi-Fi: Is it worth the effort?(Focus)

RCR Wireless News, April, 2003

Byline: ELIZABETH V. MOONEY The Wi-Fi race is on in earnest in the United States, but it is too soon to tell who will win and whether the prize will prove worth the effort. "The whole landscape today is very fragmented, with mobile operators, wholesalers like Cometa Networks and many (about 1,500) small WISPs (wireless Internet service providers).

That makes it very difficult for end users,'' said Monica Paolini, a Santa Clara, Calif.-based researcher for Analysys. "Eventually, there will be fewer players, but there will not be just one. The question has come up of whether Cometa will end up the only player, but I don't believe so because not all hot spots are created equal.'' In the trial-and-error process of creating a business model...

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