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To: Maurice Winn who wrote (27831)	5/23/2010 11:42:25 PM
From: pcstel	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 29986

People have wifi already built in to their devices Yes, seems simple doesn't it.. Just find a WiFi hotspot and start enjoying free Broadband Internet. Of course.. Finding an open WiFi Hotspot can be like finding a needle in a haystack. Where I sit now. There are 11 WiFi networks that show up on my network list.. Of course.. Not one of them is available for anonymous log on's. It's great having ADSL and fibre all over the place... But, of course.. It doesn't do me a bit of good if I can't log on to it. Heck, this laptop I have has built in EVDO. But, I can't log in because I don't have an account. i.e. I don't know the Seckret Handshake. Yes, multimode, multiband devices are great and many have a variety of spectrum options. Of course.. Most of which are not available if you don't PAY. People don't care what frequency their device uses - they just want it to connect fast, and download fast, and for it to be cheap. Well, now that's the trick now isn't it Maurice. Currently your choice is to either PAY to have fat, fast friction-free pipe. Or you can spend an hour hunting around on the off chance you will run across a open access WiFi network somewhere. 4 years ago.. Open Networks were easy to find. Now, it is quite hard. Unless you are in Mountain View, CA.. You would be amazed at the number of people that are willing to pay good money for terrestrial broadband service. Sure they could spend a couple hours driving around looking for a WiFi hotspot. But, that number is a small percentage of the overall population. 10¢ per Mhz/POP is pretty cheap. If you are not interested.. I am sure someone else will be in the future. PCSTEL