Comments on: Cablevision Wi-Fi Cloud Is Getting Easier, Smarter & Busier

By: sunny H

sunny H — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 01:28:55 +0000

cablevision is dropping so many good cahnels tha tthere will be no reason to want to log into it.

By: Marshall Brown

Marshall Brown — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 19:10:27 +0000

Well the big gotcha here for AT+T and Cablevision is that Cablevision has minimal Manhattan presence, where the need for this kind of Wi-Fi offload is greatest for AT+T. I can't speak to how well or poorly AT+T does in the Bronx, Brooklyn, and Queens, where Cablevision has a footprint, but in Manhattan the AT+T network is really oversubscribed.

If either Cablevision or AT+T or both want Manhattan Wi-Fi, I'd gladly build a network for both of them, having just lit Times Square for Yahoo, and Union Square and Rockefeller Plaza for NBC/Syfy. The carriers need to think seriously about what Andrew Garcia in eWeek today called 'muni lite' Wi-Fi deployments if they are to address the explosion of demand for mobile data, which is slated to grow at 129% CAGR over the next six years.

By: Tariq

Tariq — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 12:24:38 +0000

Interesting article Om. French ISP 'Free' is an interesting case study as well: the Successful ISP (Some might say Wunderkind) was awarded a Mobile License (Fourth in France) and must reach 25% population coverage within 2 years (Would then be able to negotiate 2G roaming with incumbent MNOs)

The company will be compelled to adopt an innovative approach to network coverage: Free already enabled an open WiFi system with their ADSL boxes, as WiFi is available to other Free Subscribers (Available Bandwith only, opt-out feature).

On top of that, Free is the only company holding a national WiMAX license (Only available for sedentary use, no hand-over allowed)

Of course, WiFi and WiMAX Femtocells come to mind: Necessity is the mother of invention they say...