A Discomforting Precedent For WiFi "Hot Spots"

rob.sharp writes: "The BBC have some history lessons for wireless networks ...", pointing to an article about a wireless phone service called Rabbit, which relied on access areas similar in concept to the WiFi "hot spots" ISPs and business are experimenting with around the globe right now. ("Subscribers to the service, backed by Hutchison Whampoa, could make mobile calls when they were within 100 metres of a Rabbit transmitter.") Rabbit didn't work out well, though, and the article questions whether 802.11 access providers can do any better.

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[jasonditz]

Study compares apples and oranges. Discovers oranges make bad pies. Finding none to encouraging for apple enthusiasts.

Re:Rabbit was a glorified payphone

[NeuroUk]

Rabbit makes WAP look well designed