someone tell me am clueless about the broadband and hotspot thing since if am right then we have a big big problem, doesn't those two items determine the economic direction of the human race, i mean doesn't it seem like a critical aspect of what we will ultimately become, a species that communicates in real time and with unlimited bandwidth. Thats what i think, but then why are so few public places not going out of the way to set up few hotspots, i would figure any public place would find it an obvious smart move to set up a free hotspot. Not only do you attract a more aware if only afluent clientele with that capability and am sure it costs less for the average business to set up a hotspot than it takes to set up the music system that blasts hip hop into the unfortunate cistomers ears.
ummm now am sitting at the corner of 35th street and seventh avenue - at the starbucks which opens later than the one block up, i still haven't found a place in manahattan like paris on the platte in denver, and even paris closes at 2:00 am, something is very wrong with this lack of "internet in the air " picture. I am sure its related to the whole messed up telecoms industry situation. i feel like am part of an untapped , misunderstood opportunity. I miss houston and Barrett Canon who i personally think is a revolutionary on the scale of Ben Franklin. Based on my few experiences i think houston wireless is undoubtedly the most progressive and effective community wifi network promoters ever. They have focus and for that reason , most of houston is fairly covered with over 100 free nodes.
I am still trying to explore/assess NYC wireless and their famed 587 Locations, and 8990 Total Nodes. currently i have not found any one of those nodes and am in the middle of manhattan so am wondering whether nodedb is not the best way to make folks aware of hotspot locations or whether the specific communities should come up with a more get folks to use the AP's strategy. I guess most folks have understood Metcalfe but haven't yet figured out Reed's Law. The story now is not about doing networks, that's a given and thats really a lower level communal function. The tricks is building a more value based thing and communities do that. Its easy to link folks together, in fact me and all the folks having this 3 dollar mochas are a kind of network, but am not sure you can call us a community, there is little group forming here, though i confess i am sometimes by nature anti social , but i really would rather do digital communities than real life communities