Rodent Regatta

IT’S ALL COMING TOGETHER NOW
Wifi in the last mile, Ray Ozzie’s ubiquitous and inexpensive Wifi notebook and VoIP

Kevin Werblog says Voice over IP coupled with Wi-Fi is the killer app: David Sifry’s blog pointed me to Kevin’s post. David expands on Kevin’s point by expanding the notion to public spaces. There are products that do PBX-based VOIP with any Wi-Fi network from SpectraLink and now Vocera. But the real issue in public spaces is authentication and billing: how do you handle a captive portal login from a telephone or badge interface? Obviously, you partner with aggregators to integrate authentication in the phone through corporate IT configuring systems. Boingo + VOIP = VOIPo? [80211b News]