June 28, 2002
Directory Service for Wireless
Directory Service for Wireless Hotspots?
Joshua Allen says:
It is not hard to imagine someone setting up a WAP or GPRS/GSM accessible service with automatic location-based lookup of the nearest hotspot, so that travellers could quickly use their cell phone to find the nearest free connection. But then, it's not clear if anyone would go through all of that trouble if they already had a GPRS/GSM device they could connect their laptop/tablet through. Sometimes "free" isn't worth the cost. On the other hand, if you could count on reliable wireless bootstrap, you could discontinue your cellphone service completely and use voice over IP.
Someone could create a Tellme voice app that works like the Tellme movie listings. Say a City and State, or a Zip code, and it starts listing hotspot addresses...
2002-06-28 09:14:59