Hey all - I'm starting to get curious about what kinds of things we might anticipate people doing/wanting to do with a ubiquitous citywide wi-fi network that's different from what they do at hotspots today... Surfing the web, checking mail, etc.
Mobile VoIP phones, etc of course. But are there experiments, or discussions going out there that are taking this whole municipal wireless debate to the higher level? I'm coming at this from 2 angles - 1-I think the muni wireless advocates only have a compelling case because of slow wired bband rollout and low cost. It would be nice if there were some compelling, unique use cases 2-I think the entry of municipal governments has sucked a lot of the innovative and creative energy out of the community wireless movement. Its all become about infrastructure, when before this muni wireless surge started, it was starting to become all about creative applications. I want to refocus some attention on new applications Thanks
