Comments on: Qualcomm co-founder: No tax dollars for Wi-Fi

Company chairman says private companies should be the ones that blanket cities with wireless networks.

[stigskov]

What a jerk!!!!

Of cause tax $$$ needs to go to CDMA, EVDO, MediaFLO and all these FLOPS!!!!

Qualcomm is the reason that we will NEVER have a World Wide Cell Network - NOT USA!!!!

[jacomo]

He need's to say that

Why are we surprised with these comments. He is merely trying desperately to protect the investment that his Carrier/Customers (Sprint & Verizon Wireless) are making in EV-DO etc. as well as the market there Narrowband Data networks want to address.
WHat these folks are all afraid of is not a muni based Network it is the Partnership of the muni with a viable Mesh Network Private net provider that will eventually deploy and rule the Metro/Urban market with true Broadband services.
Even more relevant is the fact that these Private/Gov. partnerships deploying a Mesh WLAN solution will be able to use an massive installed base of off the shelf (802.11a/b/g) Customer Access devices (already paid for and waiting for the Broadband Local connections). Can you say 5-20Mbps per Subscriber using free Unlicensed spectrum delivered to a Portable and Fixed devices vs "at best" a 500Kbps connection under the tower for the CDMA carriers using expensive Licensed spectrum and a $300-400 Smartphone someone has to pay for.
Can you say Rural Market support for EV-DO with hand off to WLAN Private/Muni Mesh Networks.

Jacomo

Why subsidize Sports Arenas but not Wi-Fi?

Why can municipalities subsidize a new Sports Arena but, not a Wi-Fi network which helps to make connectivity universal?