Comments on: Silicon Valley throwing in towel on pan-WiFi project? http://venturebeat.com/2007/09/19/silicon-valley-throwing-in-towel-on-pan-wifi-project/ News About Tech, Money and Innovation Mon, 23 Nov 2009 21:25:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: SkyPilot Networks gets $3.4M for municipal WiFi » VentureBeat http://venturebeat.com/2007/09/19/silicon-valley-throwing-in-towel-on-pan-wifi-project/comment-page-1/#comment-807420 SkyPilot Networks gets $3.4M for municipal WiFi » VentureBeat Wed, 30 Apr 2008 22:53:18 +0000 http://venturebeat.com/2007/09/19/silicon-valley-throwing-in-towel-on-pan-wifi-project/#comment-807420 [...] WiFi just won’t die. The scheme has failed in city after city, even stumbling in tech-heavy Silicon Valley, yet companies have continued, on and off, to get funding. The latest is SkyPilot Networks, with a [...] [...] WiFi just won’t die. The scheme has failed in city after city, even stumbling in tech-heavy Silicon Valley, yet companies have continued, on and off, to get funding. The latest is SkyPilot Networks, with a [...]

]]> By: Dave http://venturebeat.com/2007/09/19/silicon-valley-throwing-in-towel-on-pan-wifi-project/comment-page-1/#comment-553492 Dave Wed, 26 Sep 2007 16:59:49 +0000 http://venturebeat.com/2007/09/19/silicon-valley-throwing-in-towel-on-pan-wifi-project/#comment-553492 Joint Venture: Silicon Valley Network is a network of people, not a project. It has no authority to grant rights of any sort for the proposed project. They bit off more than they could chew with this one. Joint Venture: Silicon Valley Network is a network of people, not a project. It has no authority to grant rights of any sort for the proposed project. They bit off more than they could chew with this one.

]]> By: toutratus http://venturebeat.com/2007/09/19/silicon-valley-throwing-in-towel-on-pan-wifi-project/comment-page-1/#comment-542502 toutratus Thu, 20 Sep 2007 14:01:40 +0000 http://venturebeat.com/2007/09/19/silicon-valley-throwing-in-towel-on-pan-wifi-project/#comment-542502 And what about trying another solution like Whisher, where private would share their Wifi acess? If only a small percentage of the population would share its network, you'd get ubiquitous access fore free... And what about trying another solution like Whisher, where private would share their Wifi acess? If only a small percentage of the population would share its network, you’d get ubiquitous access fore free…

]]> By: Egfrow http://venturebeat.com/2007/09/19/silicon-valley-throwing-in-towel-on-pan-wifi-project/comment-page-1/#comment-542432 Egfrow Thu, 20 Sep 2007 12:21:08 +0000 http://venturebeat.com/2007/09/19/silicon-valley-throwing-in-towel-on-pan-wifi-project/#comment-542432 <i> ...but they never clarified how exactly it would work, and who was going to pay for it.</i> That's how most not-for-profit pipe dreams end up, they forget to figure out who's going to pay for it. …but they never clarified how exactly it would work, and who was going to pay for it.

That’s how most not-for-profit pipe dreams end up, they forget to figure out who’s going to pay for it.

]]> By: Wireless: Silicon Valley, you don’t deserve free Wi-Fi either  »TechAddress http://venturebeat.com/2007/09/19/silicon-valley-throwing-in-towel-on-pan-wifi-project/comment-page-1/#comment-541536 Wireless: Silicon Valley, you don’t deserve free Wi-Fi either  »TechAddress Wed, 19 Sep 2007 20:53:30 +0000 http://venturebeat.com/2007/09/19/silicon-valley-throwing-in-towel-on-pan-wifi-project/#comment-541536 [...] project, which, as the name suggests, aims to blanket Silicon Valley with free Internet signal, is no longer confident it can pull it off. “We’re prepared to scrap the whole project,” said Joint Venture CEO Russ [...] [...] project, which, as the name suggests, aims to blanket Silicon Valley with free Internet signal, is no longer confident it can pull it off. “We’re prepared to scrap the whole project,” said Joint Venture CEO Russ [...]

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