Daniel Tharp

Retail's Black Friday vs. Broadband's Cyber 24/7/365

There's an assumption that a national 25MHz band would catch on. It's not a "flick the switch, everyone has wi-fi" thing, end-users would require additional adapters and receivers which most people wouldn't buy, due to (wait for it) the economy. To put it differently, those that have the money to buy the receiver don't need it as they've already got something comparable, and those that want it likely don't have money to spend on it. Sad but unfortunately I think that's rather accurate.

I'd prefer to see what WiMax does before rolling out another wireless network.

Microsoft's Cashback Program is Working: 15% Uptick in June Searches

While I agree with 228966 I'm gonna play devil's advocate for a moment. MS has money to burn, and they really could manage this long term (MS Games should be all I have to say on the subject). While I agree that it's completely unrealistic in the long-term, if they maintain that rate of growth (more than likely it would increase even past 15% as more everyday people hear about it) for, say, a year, don't you think they could stand to take a pretty substantial chunk of the search engine market?