Is Public WiFi Sustainable?
November 6, 2008 by Rico Mossesgeld
Filed under Ramblings of a Gadget Geek, Services
On a recent trip to Singapore, I was taken aback when a random Chinese guy approached me. He realized, through casual observation, that I was trying to access the public WiFi network, which was apparently accessible throughout the city. “Don’t bother”, he said with a thick accent, “it’s really slow, and good luck connecting”
That made me wonder: is free public WiFi sustainable? No doubt, it can be a great help for an increasingly net-savvy populace, and especially me right now, as I compose a post for this blog (offline on E71) while waiting for a my girlfriend. Public and free …read more
