The wireless carrier business model is based on expensive cellular data. If Wifi reaches near ubiquity why won't we all just switch to cheaper Wifi options? BTW 62% of all video on smartphones is done on Wifi today.
I'm not sure about cheaper, as opposed to reasoning of use. WiFi is incredibly ubiquitous in Europe, I would say in part because of the proximity of so many different countries. Imagine if your phone got exponentially more expensive to use between Georgia and Alabama (or if it just stopped working all together). I don't know how well this will play in the US beyond a physical space like the Stadium that's mentioned.
Comcast considering a wifi powered mobile service that would work using a combination of Comcast's million+ wifi hotspots and leased cellular capacity from other operators.
I'm flagging this as it shows that it's currently possible to auto hand-off cellular service to Wifi. What happens when Wifi is faster and more pervasive since most revenue is cellular-data based?
If you haven't noticed I think this Wifi phone thing is big. Why? The remaining 30% of people with dumb phones (late majority & laggards) will want low prices and will have low data needs. This is one way the the carriers could lower their plans (just like Sprint and T-mobile are already doing).
some LA coffee shops are taking WiFi "off the menu" to preserve a friendly vibe and get people out of their shops that stick around all day with only one cup of joe
interesting that this is happening as starbucks has started offering free WiFi. I think they will keep it going but this offers more niche coffee shops an opportunity to compete in different ways
Plex + DropBox = cloudSync. Does this not already work like this? I feel like I already stream from Plex on the road. I guess not literally in my car, on the road, but I can over wifi when not at home. Hmm?
