So what are the quantitative facts behind this claimed "degraded service"? Is there some sort of known algorithm for determining reduction in bandwidth/throughput based on the signal strength of overlapping base stations at a certain point?
Thanks, Nathan On Tue, 20 Aug 2002, Christopher Mc Carthy wrote: > <lol>, The Register's picked it up :) > > http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/6/26747.html > > Starbuck's sells free WiFi access > By Thomas C Greene in Washington > Posted: 20/08/2002 at 09:23 GMT > > If they can sell burnt, ruined coffee at premium prices, why not wireless > Web access one could have for free? So goes the reasoning behind Starbucks' > decision to offer WiFi at $30.00 a month in Portland, Oregon's Pioneer > Square, where free access is already provided by grassroots outfit Personal > Telco. > > According to this item in The Oregonian, Starbuck's is muscling in on the > same channel already taken by PT, with the result that users of both > services are enjoying degraded performance -- only those going through > Starbuck's are enjoying it at a premium price. > > The company is using T-Mobile, a VoiceStream outfit, as their provider. > Those who desire access outside the downtown 'WiFi free zone' are welcome to > shell out $50.00 a month for coverage in airports and other Starbuck's > stores. > > As the turf war warms up, we have to wonder if PT can give away what a slick > marketing illusionist like Starbuck's can sell. > > If they can make billions hustling the worst coffee I've ever tasted outside > institutional settings, well, no doubt this initiative will go quite nicely. > � > > -----Message d'origine----- > De : Christopher Mc Carthy [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Envoy� : 20 August 2002 11:42 > � : [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Objet : "Starbucks Clashes With WiFi Hobbyists Over Airwaves" > > > 'Lifted' off slashdot - <http://yro.slashdot.org/yro/02/08/20/0431202.shtml? > tid=98> , of potential major interest... > > A little quote from the article <<"If we take the stance that we're the > little guy and start hopping around, what happens when there are no channels > left?" Shand said.>> Hear hear, way to go :)) > > Your Rights Online: Starbucks Clashes With WiFi Hobbyists Over Airwaves > Posted by timothy on Tuesday August 20, @03:29AM > from the dr-evil-at-play dept. > fobbman writes: "Portland Oregon's Pioneer Square (the heart of downtown) > has had free WiFi access provided since February by Personal Telco, which > is a local group of computer hobbyists. Now Starbuck's is planning on > offering the same service on the same band in the same area for $29.95 a > month, according to this story in the local fishwrap > <http://www.oregonlive.com/news/oregonian/index.ssf?/xml/story.ssf/html_sta > ndard.xsl?/base/front_page/102975810817580.xml>. Without regulation or > licensing, and with WiFi growing, this could become a common problem." > > > -- > NYCwireless - http://www.nycwireless.net/ > Un/Subscribe: http://lists.nycwireless.net/mailman/listinfo/nycwireless/ > Archives: http://lists.nycwireless.net/pipermail/nycwireless/ > -- NYCwireless - http://www.nycwireless.net/ Un/Subscribe: http://lists.nycwireless.net/mailman/listinfo/nycwireless/ Archives: http://lists.nycwireless.net/pipermail/nycwireless/
