My point was that most folks will pay for convenience. Most folks will pay
for a Linspire or Mandriva edition because it has all the conveniences built
in (i.e. an autoplay DVD player, etc.). As far as marketing crap I believe
you way oversimplified it. If people will pay for it you now have a
If you had a choice to buy gas for $3.35/gallon right down the street on
King Street or drive to Millilani (if you live in town) and pay
$3.09/gallon, where would you most like fuel up? A large majority would go
to the more expensive station out of convenience.
I think you'll find they're
On Jun 6, 2006, at 5:13 AM, Maddog wrote:
My point was that most folks will pay for convenience. Most folks
will pay for a Linspire or Mandriva edition because it has all the
conveniences built in (i.e. an autoplay DVD player, etc.). As far
as marketing crap I believe you way
You've just proved the validity of his analogy. Now compute the cost of
installing your own codec versus buying a package with the codec
installed. Be sure to include the value of your time. You
definitely have to drive a lot further when you do it yourself.
apt-get install w32codecs
On Jun 6, 2006, at 6:47 AM, Tim Newsham wrote:
If you had a choice to buy gas for $3.35/gallon right down the
street on King Street or drive to Millilani (if you live in town)
and pay $3.09/gallon, where would you most like fuel up? A large
majority would go to the more expensive station
I know plenty about the cost of bandwidth. I also know about the cost of
deploying wireless equipment and maintaining the network. It is not viable
to offer free wi-fi unless you can pay for the costs.
MD
Bandwidth and equipment cost money and I don't see any companies lining
up to donate
I'm sorry, but a single AP in your coffee shop/mcdonalds/lunch
counter/ will cost you less than $100.
Hotels (on the mainland) have figured out that people will
preferentially stay where there first was WiFi and now folks will
stay where its free.
This is especially true in the 3 star
I'm not talking about putting a Linksys et. al, AP in you hotel hallway, I
am talking about a commercial Wi-Fi deployment. You are not going to deploy
that crappy equipment in Waikiki and expect not to be over run by the guys
already there using much more powerful equipment.
C'mon Jim. We are
On Jun 6, 2006, at 3:07 PM, Maddog wrote:
I'm not talking about putting a Linksys et. al, AP in you hotel
hallway, I am talking about a commercial Wi-Fi deployment. You are
not going to deploy that crappy equipment in Waikiki and expect not
to be over run by the guys already there using
And it will change. I've been doing hotel WiFi in various guises since
1998. Wayport had over 1,000 hotels when I left. It will change in
Hawaii slower than elsewhere because there is no business requirement
driving the hotels here. Hawaii is a resort destination. People come
here
On Tuesday, June 6, 2006, at 07:43 PM, Maddog wrote:
And it will change. I've been doing hotel WiFi in various guises
since 1998. Wayport had over 1,000 hotels when I left. It will
change in Hawaii slower than elsewhere because there is no business
requirement driving the hotels
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