[opendtv] Re: VC kills fund because technology not worth the effort
- From: John Willkie <johnwillkie@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2006 17:29:48 -0700 (GMT-07:00)
The Burger King in downtown Tijuana also offers it for free as do other nearby
locations. $5 for a whopper combo, free drink refills, and free wifi.
Those who talk of the "investment costs" haven't paid much time to the low cost
of entry, declining eq and line costs, and the abundance of free sources.
Btw, the third HDTV station signed on last week in Tijuana, with more to follow
in short order. More available in Tijuana now than all of Europe today. And,
all of them wasting bits, in the Eurosclerosis sense.
John Willkie
-----Original Message-----
>From: Tom Barry <trbarry@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>Sent: Oct 10, 2006 2:23 PM
>To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: [opendtv] Re: VC kills fund because technology not worth the effort
>
>Indeed. Similarly I've been checking prices for various wifi hot spots
>at coffee shops & restaurants recently. At first it seemed Starbucks
>with T-Mobile might be interesting, and even profitable for them. But
>at $10 per day it's hard to figure out how they can do business when
>places like McDonald's, Taco Bell, and Panera Bread are offering wifi
>for free.
>
>Though they do have good coffee.
>
>- Tom
>
>
>John Shutt wrote:
>> With city after city planning to build out their own *free* Wi-Fi nets,
>> why would anyone invest in companies that plan building and charging for
>> the same thing?
>>
>> John
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Manfredi, Albert E"
>> <albert.e.manfredi@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> To: <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Sent: Tuesday, October 10, 2006 10:56 AM
>> Subject: [opendtv] VC kills fund because technology not worth the effort
>>
>>
>>> I've always had my doubts about these public metro area Wi-Fi nets,
>>> specifically based on IEEE 802.11. This article, however, seems to imply
>>> that what infrastructure needs to be built has been built, and that now
>>> the problem is to provide services to make these viable.
>>
>>
>>
>>
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