Touring in New York Metropolis to talk on the Morgan Joseph Convention. Realizing I hadn’t but booked a lodge room, I made a pit cease at a espresso store to refuel and search lodges.com on my 3G-enabled iPad. Usually, I like the liberty related to planning on-the-go, because of trendy expertise. However alas, the web page wouldn’t load. I have to’ve pressed “Refresh” ten instances earlier than lastly accepting that I simply couldn’t maintain a session on AT&T’s 3G community. This was worse than dial-up! I wanted another, and quick earlier than the higher lodge rooms have been snatched up.

As a few of you could know, Towerstream has been experimenting with Wi-Fi deployment in New York Metropolis, so I used to be capable of rapidly hop onto the Towerstream community and e book a lodge room in seconds. The distinction in pace was exceptional. Since I simply purchased my new iPad, this was my first actual expertise with the 3G community congestion downside that many appear to be experiencing day by day.

With 4 instances extra iPhones offered than different smartphones and iPads flying off cabinets, AT&T’s community issues are 4 instances as dangerous. It appears everybody who is aware of something about wi-fi is rapidly realizing that it’s inconceivable for ISPs to get forward of the info thirst by utilizing conventional cell applied sciences. Furthermore, I found that my downtown New York espresso store was positioned in an understated space of the town, another excuse I skilled a deadspot in connectivity. This begs the query: Is Wi-Fi the way forward for cell Web? As extra cell gadgets launch and information utilization continues to surge, will Wi-Fi turn into a extra logical contender in dealing with visitors? And if that’s the case, how do you construct and energy a ubiquitous Wi-Fi community? We’d like to know what you consider all this or if in case you have the same anecdote

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