I don't care what it is... I want my damn network independence... as does a growing class of business and personal users... and sooner or later one of the carriers is going to leap out a head in offering it and that's going to open a crack that's going to quickly widen into a torrent. This is the precedent that's being set with Apple's support of A/V podcasting support... there will be hundreds and hundreds of devices on the market in 2006... someone will put an aggregator on one of these devices... someone will make it wifi... and someone will make it go cellular... experimentation will go in all directions, but only if we keep building out the infrastructure, the services, the content... and building demand. Oh, and btw, that bit from Josh Kinberg and Bill Streeter about the Wired article... about the social, political and business factors being the driving factors NOT the technology... that's right on... but we all need a constant reminder... (especially myself). Sometimes the path looks so clear for a technological breakthrough... often whole companies are built with business plans to deliver tech that fails because of political or social issues... but I also want to instill a sense of optimism... we're very much in and age and in a market that's completely consumer driven... we are that market... we're the ground floor... and yet we also have tremendous resources. Building infrastructure, making media, and building momentum and critical mass is all part of the game. Let's just not through up our hands and say "U.S. cellular carriers suck" let's keep plugging away at the issues... here and in public... and by hacking the tech.... it's media hacktivism at it's finest. The open source / hacker ethic. Never take no for an answer. Never accept the norm. Peace, -Mike mmeiser.com evilvlog.com mefeedia.com
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