On Feb 23, 2005, at 11:20 PM, Michael Thompson wrote:
Legitimate question regarding wireless internet:
Isn't technology changing rather rapidly? I thought it was. Why are we
investing public money in an area that is going to be obsolete in X number
of years?
Hmmm, if we follow that logic, none of us would be on this list. After all, the computer we bought earlier was sure to be made obsolete by the computer that we could buy in another six months ... except that computer will be obsolete in yet another six months ... and that one in another year or so ... and so on.
Maybe there's some new technology that's waiting in the wings that will be cheaper but I suspect that wireless would be a reasonable way to go without getting "paralysis by analysis."
It would be great if the entire metro area could be made to operate this way rather than just one city. But it needs to start somewhere greater than Dunn Bros, Brueggers, etc that offer free wireless.
Rick Mons (sending this at a Dunn Bros in Roseville) Shoreview - Tanglewood n'hood
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