Comments on: Everyone bullish on Wi-Fi – with a few big exceptions http://gigaom.com/2011/11/09/everyone-bullish-on-wi-fi-%e2%80%93-with-a-few-big-exceptions/ Thu, 23 May 2013 05:18:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Kevin Fitchard http://gigaom.com/2011/11/09/everyone-bullish-on-wi-fi-%e2%80%93-with-a-few-big-exceptions/#comment-673622 Thu, 10 Nov 2011 00:28:08 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=436216#comment-673622 Thanks Steve, it’s good to be here. I agree with you entirely on point 2. If we get the 30X to 60X increase in mobile data traffic in the next few years that Cisco and everyone else is predicting, most of that additional traffic will have to be carried on Wi-Fi/small cell networks. LTE may be good but it’s not that good. By that logic the macro network will soon become minor when it comes to total load.

250,000 access points? That’s a hotspot for every two customers, right? (smirk)

]]> By: Steve Crowley http://gigaom.com/2011/11/09/everyone-bullish-on-wi-fi-%e2%80%93-with-a-few-big-exceptions/#comment-673609 Thu, 10 Nov 2011 00:09:15 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=436216#comment-673609 Welcome to GigaOm Kevin. I have three comments: 1) In addition to the technologies you mention, I think the HotSpot 2.0 initiative and fast initial link setup work in IEEE 802.11ai will make Wi-Fi more cellular like, 2) some studies say we’re indoors most of the time now and that time indoors is predicted to increase; maybe Wi-Fi (or femtocells) becomes the main mode of connecting with the operator, and the macrocell becomes a backup, and 3) at the FCC’s small cell forum on October 28, a representative from Ruckus said KDDI will ultimately deploy 250,000 Wi-Fi hotspots in Japan (with Ruckus having a role); the 100,000 is an initial deployment.

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