BiggA
join:2005-11-23
EARTH | reply to pnh102
Re: Wi-Fi Won't Squeeze Carriers, Ever Wifi isn't available in a lot of places. That's the whole point of a smartphone over an iPod Touch. Maybe wifi will erode overages above and beyond the $30 plans for *some* users, but overall, it's not that much. |
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 JuggernautIrreverent or irrelevant?Premium
join:2006-09-05
Everywhere
kudos:1 | No, paid data is not the point of a smart phone.
Available to people? Yes. Mandatory? No. Free Wifi is everywhere. |
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BiggA
join:2005-11-23
EARTH Reviews:
 ·Comcast
| Free wifi is not everywhere. The point of a smartphone is that it has an omnipresent data connection, regardless of if you happen to be near a wifi hotspot. This whole free wifi everywhere thing is a wonderful, warm, fuzzy idea in concept, but it has no connection to reality. Reality is mostly 3G/4G with occasional wifi offloading. |
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JuggernautIrreverent or irrelevant?Premium
join:2006-09-05
Everywhere
kudos:1 | You must be a city dweller if you think cell service is 'omnipresent'. |
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BiggA
join:2005-11-23
EARTH Reviews:
·Comcast
| It basically is in every halfway civilized place nationwide. With AT&T, I can drive through tiny towns and highly exurban areas and maintain a fantastic fake 4G connection. If anything, because of congestion they are worse in the cities. However, wifi would be even more scarce out in the boonies. |
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