Where To Place Hot Spots?

3 March 2003

Saturday and Sunday Glenn Fleishman provided information about some restaurant chains and some hotel chains. In each case he provided the chain’s name and the number of locations they have around the country.

As I understand this, there are a couple of objectives. One is to speculate about where Cometa Networks might put their Wi-Fi hot spots. The second is to discuss where business people might find hot spots to be useful.

Why aren’t office buildings considered a prime location for hot spots? Why aren’t we thinking about Wi-Fi in the same context that we need and use electricity? Oh, by the way, one of the chains with a very high location count in the U.S. is Radio Shack. I still don’t see business people seeking out a nearby Radio Shack just to retrieve email, but if you somehow provided ”drive-in” hot spots where email gets retrieved while sitting in the parking lot, then you might have something! Side Smiley Face

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