Comments on: Weekly Contest – Wi-Fi and Carriers

By: tjhood

tjhood — Sun, 12 Aug 2007 02:46:05 +0000

I paid for the phone which contains the Wi-Fi chip.
I paid for the wireless router.
I paid for the internet connection.

but my cellular service provider wants a cut of the deal. for what I ask.

From another angle,

I pay for a laptop
I have a Wi-Fi capability in my laptop
I purchase a PCMCIA phone card for my laptop

I’m sitting at home using my Wi-Fi browsing the net over my router threw a completely different service.

should my cell phone service provider get a cut.
It is just ignorant, they aren’t providing a service. If I use there network then yea but I’m not paying someone for something they aren’t doing anything to gain. It’s like the mafia. Seriously that should be criminal.

So do I buy the Blackberry Curve which has a camera or do I purchase a 8820 without a camera and a Wi-Fi battery eatting feature ultimately has been crippled by greed.

Oh no they are going to charge us for each picture we take now I bet.. I’m giving them ideas.

By: tjhood

tjhood — Sun, 12 Aug 2007 02:46:00 +0000

I paid for the phone which contains the Wi-Fi chip.
I paid for the wireless router.
I paid for the internet connection.

but my cellular service provider wants a cut of the deal. for what I ask.

From another angle,

I pay for a laptop
I have a Wi-Fi capability in my laptop
I purchase a PCMCIA phone card for my laptop

I’m sitting at home using my Wi-Fi browsing the net over my router threw a completely different service.

So do I buy the Blackberry Curve which has a camera or do I purchase a 8820 without a camera and a Wi-Fi battery eatting feature ultimately has been crippled by greed.

Oh no they are going to charge us for each picture we take now I bet.. I’m giving them ideas.

By: tjhood

tjhood — Sun, 12 Aug 2007 02:46:00 +0000

I paid for the phone which contains the Wi-Fi chip.
I paid for the wireless router.
I paid for the internet connection.

but my cellular service provider wants a cut of the deal. for what I ask.

From another angle,

I pay for a laptop
I have a Wi-Fi capability in my laptop
I purchase a PCMCIA phone card for my laptop

I’m sitting at home using my Wi-Fi browsing the net over my router threw a completely different service.

So do I buy the Blackberry Curve which has a camera or do I purchase a 8820 without a camera and a Wi-Fi battery eatting feature ultimately has been crippled by greed.

Oh no they are going to charge us for each picture we take now I bet.. I’m giving them ideas.

By: Jason

Jason — Sat, 21 Jul 2007 22:51:14 +0000

I think that this is an alarming topic. I’m against making suggestions to companies about how they can charge me more. T-Mobile system for WIFI, only charges you if you’re using their ‘hotspot’ is my understanding. This makes it free if you never connect to them. This seems to be the most fair. If I don’t use your connection I shouldn’t have to pay to use a feature of my phone. . .I already paid for that at the begining.

By: Jason

Jason — Sat, 21 Jul 2007 22:51:00 +0000

By: Bob Kosin

Bob Kosin — Sat, 21 Jul 2007 01:00:15 +0000

This will only enhance in-home coverage providing another opportunity to access carrier supported data $ites. It’s no longer about voice.

By: Bob Kosin

Bob Kosin — Sat, 21 Jul 2007 01:00:00 +0000

This will only enhance in-home coverage providing another opportunity to access carrier supported data $ites. It’s no longer about voice.

By: JEF

JEF — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 17:08:11 +0000

Initially the carriers will try to charge extra for it, but I don’t think that will last long. Competition ultimately drives prices down to marginal cost and that’s what I expect to happen here too. Look at SMS. They were once very expensive and now you get unlimited messages for $10 a month or less.

Also, WiFi may ultimately benefit the carriers by lowering their costs. Think about using WiFi VOIP on the weekends or at night. Who really benefits at that time since we get unlimited minutes anyway? The consumer gets no benefit but the carrier reduces the load on the network.

WiFi is just one more factor driving the market to a pay one price for unlimited minutes/text/data model.

By: JEF

JEF — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 17:08:00 +0000

WiFi is just one more factor driving the market to a pay one price for unlimited minutes/text/data model.