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Originally posted by cageyjames
I should be able to get WiFi access in every airport, every hotel and every coffee shop without having to subscribe to hundreds of services. Why is that so hard?
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I don't think that we should be very surprised that WiFi isn't easier to find, access, or deal with. Compare it to cellphone usage. The first cellular systems came on line in the early 1980s. It's been over twenty years, and there are STILL plenty of places where you can't get cellular access -- and that doesn't even consider the fact that there are a number of competing systems (Verizon, Sprint, Cingular, Nextel, etc.) whose equipment is often (usually?) incompatible.