Predicting The Future (continued)

I have been a fan of free wifi as a public utility since the early days of this blog.

In Frank Barnako's Internet Daily, he quotes Kevin McKenzie, chief executive officer of JiWire.com, who says:

"Wi-Fi is going to be ubiquitous. You're going to see more municipal hot zones going from announcement to reality. We've seen a huge increase in shops offering free Internet access as a way to get people in their doors."

Free and ubiquitous wifi is important because it makes access available to anyone with a wifi enabled device, levels the playing field in a host of ways, and makes wifi based telephony a reality.

I can't wait to see it happen.

Comments

[Brad]

I agree, but what do you think people will do with it? The importance of geographic and time based data will be an entirely new opportunity for innovation. Any business models you are looking out for?