A Hotspot that Roams

The New York Times covers the Junxion Box, a Wi-Fi access point that uses cellular data networks as its back haul carrier. It's endorsed by Willie Nelson's tour manager, so you know it's good. Once they add WPA to this thing (and support Cingular's EDGE card), I'll place my order.
One more fun item from the article, where once again, Verizon doesn't get it. Jeffrey Nelson, executive director for corporate communications at Verizon Wireless, says:
These are really cool machines. They finally give users a reason to buy our overpriced data plans, so we're working on a way to shut them down. We hate our customers.
Well, maybe he didn't say exactly that, but it's how I interpreted his actual comments, "We're not surprised that people are building services like this and trying to attach them to our network. It verifies how cool and how important our network is. We're going to protect that investment." Hopefully what he really meant is that Verizon will work to support this kind of use rather than trying to prevent it.
By Chris on July 14, 2005 10:11 AM |