> > From: jtd <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Use a gprs / cdma cell phone. You can never hope in
> hell to get a
> better price, availability and service which would
> be the exact
> opposit of any custom 802.11 device which a person
> has to carry
> merely to find dirctions that he may require
> occasionally.
Devilish thought.
I can just see thousands of liberated visually
handicapped people roaming free in the city - and
becoming totally helpless the next time some babu
decides to shut down cell services because some cop
discovers there is a village in Maharashtra named
Pakistan Pada, and they fear a riot.
Essentially, any switch-based service is at the mercy
of a central controller. I don't know how the
wifi/rfid concept will pan out, but it has the
enormous advantage of being unstoppable.
I do believe we are debating new ideas, not old ideas
in a new wrapping.
---
Vickram
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