Comments on: The Silicon Valley Going To Get 1,500 Sq. Miles Of Wireless Coverage http://www.crunchgear.com/2006/09/07/the-silicon-valley-going-to-get-1500-sq-miles-of-wireless-coverage/ Gadgets, gear and computer hardware. Fri, 09 Jan 2009 07:58:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Peter http://www.crunchgear.com/2006/09/07/the-silicon-valley-going-to-get-1500-sq-miles-of-wireless-coverage/#comment-2372 Peter Fri, 08 Sep 2006 20:39:33 +0000 http://crunchgear.com/2006/09/07/the-silicon-valley-going-to-get-1500-sq-miles-of-wireless-coverage/#comment-2372 Oh great!!! I'm glad they decide to do this after I've moved away...although I highly doubt I'd get service where I used to live...it was a vortex I tell ya! Oh great!!! I’m glad they decide to do this after I’ve moved away…although I highly doubt I’d get service where I used to live…it was a vortex I tell ya!

]]> By: Tony Leach http://www.crunchgear.com/2006/09/07/the-silicon-valley-going-to-get-1500-sq-miles-of-wireless-coverage/#comment-2203 Tony Leach Thu, 07 Sep 2006 17:59:26 +0000 http://crunchgear.com/2006/09/07/the-silicon-valley-going-to-get-1500-sq-miles-of-wireless-coverage/#comment-2203 This is great news for everyone who lives in the bay area. For most, DSL will become obsolete, as the wireless service will provide sufficient bandwidth to replace existing service. People will be able to access the service everywhere, not just in their own homes. Once nationalized, this can not only replace DSL, but cellular as well. I've called this Wireless 2.0. I like that companies and governments across the country are seeing the value of ubiquitous Internet access, and are taking action upon themselves rather than waiting for Telco's to catch up. I can't wait until applications start to take advantage of this kind of functionality, reducing all of our dependencies on cell phones for mobile computing. Mobile versions of Google Maps and other localized services could actually start being useful once they're removed from the cellular world. This is great news for everyone who lives in the bay area. For most, DSL will become obsolete, as the wireless service will provide sufficient bandwidth to replace existing service. People will be able to access the service everywhere, not just in their own homes. Once nationalized, this can not only replace DSL, but cellular as well. I’ve called this Wireless 2.0.

I like that companies and governments across the country are seeing the value of ubiquitous Internet access, and are taking action upon themselves rather than waiting for Telco’s to catch up. I can’t wait until applications start to take advantage of this kind of functionality, reducing all of our dependencies on cell phones for mobile computing. Mobile versions of Google Maps and other localized services could actually start being useful once they’re removed from the cellular world.

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