Rodent Regatta

Clay Shirky has written an excellent article describing why wireless networking technologies such as Wi-Fi will ultimately replace third generation (3G) cellular technologies that feature phone service as well as wireless, roaming Internet and email access.

One of the challenges in the technology field today is explaining technology to the uninitiated, but interested customer. Unfortunately, the technology field calls these people ”users.” Wireless means so many things to so many different people. Few really want to understand the difference in the underlying technologies that make a cell phone so different from a PC ”connected wirelessly” at an airport. This article takes a run at explaining the current state of affairs.