Wi-Fi Hotspot Pricing Still Expensive
Posted: 09th Sep, 2006 By: MarkJ
The business development director of Connect Spot (supplies operators with directory services), Mark Carter, has lashed out at the cost of UK Wi-Fi Hotspots. He said that prices should be half what they are today:
Mark Carter, the business development director of Connect Spot, told ZDNet UK on Friday that pre-pay access which continues to dominate the market due to users wanting to use the nearest hot spot regardless of the operator should be priced at between £2-£3 per hour rather than the current £5-£6.
"Corporate customers want effective communications when they can get it at a price they can justify," Carter said. He added that "effective bundling" in terms of convergence was still a way off, but cited BT's Fusion service as a step in that direction.
Carter suggested that the Wi-Fi market was reaching maturity, as providers began to consolidate, footprints began to cross over and companies increasingly turned to installing wireless networks with free "touchdown" points outside the company firewall for visitors and contractors.
Naturally providers disagree with Mr Carter's point of view, although that doesn't mean to say he's wrong. Cost has long been a prohibitive factor in commercial Wi-Fi access. More @ ZDNet.
Mark Carter, the business development director of Connect Spot, told ZDNet UK on Friday that pre-pay access which continues to dominate the market due to users wanting to use the nearest hot spot regardless of the operator should be priced at between £2-£3 per hour rather than the current £5-£6.
"Corporate customers want effective communications when they can get it at a price they can justify," Carter said. He added that "effective bundling" in terms of convergence was still a way off, but cited BT's Fusion service as a step in that direction.
Carter suggested that the Wi-Fi market was reaching maturity, as providers began to consolidate, footprints began to cross over and companies increasingly turned to installing wireless networks with free "touchdown" points outside the company firewall for visitors and contractors.
Naturally providers disagree with Mr Carter's point of view, although that doesn't mean to say he's wrong. Cost has long been a prohibitive factor in commercial Wi-Fi access. More @ ZDNet.
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