>> Wait, what situation are the airports "caught in"? > > You should know best Jim, coming from Wayport. > > Airports are run by port authorities, which exist to make money. Don't > tell me Wayport wheeled-n-dealed itself rights to wire(less) up an(y) > airport for free? They either want some insane amount of royalties, > profit sharing or monthly stipend. I blame the cellular industry; > landlords are now accustomed to $5000/mo 1/antenna deals.
It seems that you've come to feel my (former, very former) pain in some depth. It wasn't Wayport/Mobilestar that salted the field at airports, but rather some combintion of the cellular industry, crossed by (ahem), "others" who are trying to play in the space, (No names mentioned (cough).) and a few "consultants" who convinced the airports that they'ld have a fine time sucking money out of the dot.coms. Never mind the airlines who thought they'ld do it all themselves. There are free airports in the world. You've been in them. > How do commercial 802.11 players convince building management that > they're not a telco carrier or HAM shack group with antennas; but > somewhere in between? they form coalitions, nee 'Pass-one', or the align themselves with carriers, or the duck into airports alongside another concession. But all of this is a situation that the airports created for themselves. Jim p.s. the first (public) wireless 802.11b in any airport anywhere *was* free. -- general wireless list, a bawug thing <http://www.bawug.org/> [un]subscribe: http://lists.bawug.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless
