Daniel,
I understand where you are coming from. Your point is precisely
what I am trying to advocate as in my last posting.
Bon
On Wed, 14 Aug 2002, Daniel Thor Kristjansson wrote:
>
> I have no desire to enter into this flamewar, but I wasn't aware that
> Verizon even offered high speed wireless. I've used the sprint wireless
> stuff and it was too slow to be useful and had 2-3 sec latencies. not
> really useful for ssh unless you want to be reminded of a Citatel BBS
> with a 300 baud modem. It did have great coverage though.
>
> But 1-2 mbs is an entirely different beast, I've been able to run X over
> my wireless connection at home. So I guess my question is isn't it
> quality(nycw) vs coverage(verizon/sprint).
>
> Not that I'm trying to compete with either, I just think it's fun to set
> up a node, and it feels good to help people, plus others have donated
> bandwidth and AP's in places I like to hang out.
>
> -- Daniel
>
> On Wed, 14 Aug 2002, Bon sy wrote:
> ]On Wed, 14 Aug 2002, Terry Schmidt wrote:
> ]
> ]> In comparison though some things move faster, and we have more integration and
> ]> communication than large companies. NYCwireless has more nodes in the metro
> ]> area than all the commercial 802.11 providers combined.
> ]>
> ]
> ]Are you sure about this? Do you count subscribers of even just Verizon
> ]wireless? It would be great if you can elaborate the sources the statement
> ]is based.
> ]
> ]But I personally think this is not an issue since the targeted
> ]audience would be different (namely, one is willing to pay for the service
> ]in return for quality and reliability, vs one is good for something for
> ]free). Please correct me if I am wrong.
> ]
> ]Bon
> ]
> ]
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