Dustin et al, This represents a positive move in the industry. Whether it is a marketing ploy or otherwise, Verizon does have a substantial user base in the NYC area, and their customers are getting a great service, at no additional cost, thanks to the APs they have so far installed.
It is important to note, that while these companies are giving it away for free, the community networking groups should continue contributing by building more open nodes. Reasons: 1. While Verizon is placing APs all over the city, these are only locations they have deemed fit. A significant portion of the city, particularly in the outer boroughs have limited wi-fi options. 2. Verizon is only allowing their customers access to their networks. Most of the city does not subscribe to Verizon DSL, and community nodes are free and open to all. Hence, you are benefitting everyone. 3. There is no guarantee Verizon is going to keep their nodes free. They may be attempting to create a market for themselves by installing wi-fi nodes without charging customers, getting them used to the service and then convert it into a for-pay service, or they will charge a fee for "Premium" access while everyone else using their nodes will be limited to 128kbps, etc. Jacob ----- Original Message ----- From: "dgoody" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, May 27, 2003 11:34 AM Subject: Re: [nycwireless] Re: Verizon Only Network > They probably payed for the entire network out of the DSL marketing budget. > > - Dustin - > > Timothy Johnson wrote: > > > Personally i am happy as a clam. I have had Verizon DSL for a year and 2 > > months and am actually pretty happy ( compared to my year and a half of AOL > > DSL ), they lowered my 1.5 mbps plan to 29.99 and now they are opening an > > additional 1000 AP's ( 300 hundred up now). Hey its all pluses for me so > > far. > > > > > > Hooray for now! > > > > Tim > > -- > > NYCwireless - http://www.nycwireless.net/ > > Un/Subscribe: http://lists.nycwireless.net/mailman/listinfo/nycwireless/ > > Archives: http://lists.nycwireless.net/pipermail/nycwireless/ > > > -- > NYCwireless - http://www.nycwireless.net/ > Un/Subscribe: http://lists.nycwireless.net/mailman/listinfo/nycwireless/ > Archives: http://lists.nycwireless.net/pipermail/nycwireless/ > -- NYCwireless - http://www.nycwireless.net/ Un/Subscribe: http://lists.nycwireless.net/mailman/listinfo/nycwireless/ Archives: http://lists.nycwireless.net/pipermail/nycwireless/
