Quote:
Originally Posted by Cinisajoy
Or the ever popular assumption wifi is EVERYWHERE free.
Now I will grant where you live, wifi probably is pretty ubiquitous.
|
Pretty much. There are McDonalds, Starbucks and the like in walking distance that offer it.
But if I'm out and about, I am likely on my way to/from something, and not trying to use Wifi. And if I am someplace else I am likely busy doing something and not needing to be online as I do it.
Quote:
Where I live, only the big box stores and only a limited number of restaurants offer wifi.
Now we do have pretty good 3g service here but if you drive an hour west, well keep driving. You will hit a cell tower in a few more hours.
There are many places out here that technology is not very useful.
But then the area I live in is roughly the size of NYC. Total population is about 1/2 million. I am talking in the entire Permian Basin and half of that is centered in about a 30 miles long by maybe 10 miles wide area.
|
This stuff is very much geographic.
Underlying the whole "Everyone has fast broadband" notion is a deeper one that everyone lives in a urban area. It's increasingly but far from universally true.
______
Dennis