I wish I knew where DDEV fits into the wireless web world, but at least there's evidence that the wireless web is close. An exerpt from an old article about it is below.
- Charles
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PC Week August 2, 1999
"The Internet is driving [wireless] adoption because of mobile workers," said Roberta Wiggins, an analyst at Boston-based consultancy The Yankee Group Inc. "Data is becoming more a part of our business lives. We use the Internet so much as a resource tool, so mobile workers in the field need the same access to information."
Fueling wireless's momentum, key vendors such as Microsoft Corp., Apple Computer Inc., Sprint Corp. and MCI WorldCom Inc. have begun to invest
Connection speeds for mobile Internet service are poised to increase in the next few months and years. Cellular and personal communications services carriers such as AT&T Wireless Services Inc., Bell Atlantic Mobile and GTE Corp.'s GTE Wireless subsidiary are moving to increase wireless network data speeds from today's typical 14.4K bps and lower to 384K bps over the next three to five years. Speeds could reach 64K bps in the next year, said Yankee's Wiggins.
And while providers of mobile wireless Internet access push for higher speeds, fixed services are already connecting users at speeds rivaling T-1 lines, DSL and cable, often for a lot less money. Fixed wireless services are often termed "DSL in the sky" or "wireless cable." Deployments so far, however, have been mostly only regional.
Where fixed wireless Internet access is available, some IT managers have turned to it as an alternative to the high cost of a T-1 line or in lieu of DSL or cable, which often are not available in their locations. |
