Rodent Regatta

Today in a meeting with several people who are considering the ”end-game” in wireless networking and bandwidth sharing arrangements, it became clear that no one seems to have broken the code on how these networks pay for themselves or make money. If you read The Wireless Commons and the Community Wireless Definition, you get some sense of how Wi-Fi might become a ”last mile” solution. However, what if your office is next door to mine and I get my Wi-Fi by hitch-hiking on your network? What happens if your network goes down or you move?

The concept of Wi-Fi everywhere is appealing. However, someone must fund the capital cost as well as the ongoing operating costs of such an ambitious undertaking. Otherwise the infrastructure becomes much too fragile for most vital business tasks.