Over the last couple of weeks I have been travelling extensively between Mumbai, Delhi, Hyderabad, Chennai and Bangalore. Since most of the traveling is on short notice I end up with Air Deccan tickets, which almost everytime means that I am stuck at the city airports with two to three hours to kill. Till a few months ago this delay would mean that I would buy a few mags and read them, now with a wifi enabled wireless laptop I can get on to the net at Hyderabad, Bangalore, Chennai and Delhi (Mumbai is still in the backwaters).
I suppose very soon we will have sify, vsnl, bsnl wifi networks which cover every major building and maybe even cities. That brings us to some wonderful ideas:
1. If I am a VSNL wifi customer can I access a sify wifi network? Not yet, but imagine if such a thing was possible - it is possible if we build the system ( stupid!!) and extend it to roaming like we have in the cell phone domain. It would be wonderful to be online always via a laptop and be able to access information on a 15 inch monitor instead of a measly 4 inch Treo. I wish this happens asap and then it will open possibilities galore.
2. If there is a wifi network covering the entire city then why do i need a cell phone? can I have a handset which connects to the net via wifi? Have a skype equivalent on the handset ( some techies say that it is possible to build such a software) and lo and behold you can dial and speak to anyone using VOIP.
Is this the reason Google is investing in wireless networks in some cities? Can you begin to imagine what is going to happen?
2 comments:
Not just a skype equivalent, even Google talk can be used !
The Google Wifi plan (at least what I have gathered reading Om Malik's blog) is to offer free wifi that's advertising supported..
Think adsense with location sense also !
So if you are stuck in the Hyderabad airport, and are searching for food on google then an ad for Paradise restaurant appears !
To quote from Outlook Business
- Gartner forecasts Rs. 27000 crore plus revenues from wireless data by 2010
- Mysore city is completely wi-fi today
- Current market size 34 million subscribers will grow to 150 million by 2010
- WiMax is next gen access post wi-fi for it provides high throughput broad band connections over long distances and Intel is championing its cause
- Then Mobile-fi which promises speeds beyond WiMax
- Cellphone companies are rolling out 3G networks to offer net access on handheld devices.
the world is wireless and it coming to a device that is next to you.
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