Looking at technologies today. WLAN provides the best bandwidth in respect to pricing. The main drawback is wide scale deployments of the magnitude seen with cell networks.
One interim solution is the use of Mesh networks, but this in my opinion seem to fit mostly campus type scenarios such as Universities and small cities.
With the coming of WIMAX, maybe the early stage would be an hybrid solution of using WiMAX as the backhaul and WLAn for client access. This will make sense since there is a large install base of WLAN client cards already in the market.
While its good to have options, it may not be easy to support dual or triple mode cards to get the best service where ever. Some service will need to stand out as the main connectivity option eventually
Maybe the next step is looking at practical applications of internet everywhere. I remember a few years ago, bluetooth was pushed as the way to connect everywhere, meaning you go to the gas station and to get gas but there would be connectivity to get directions and basic information using a wireless client.
What prevents this from taking off?
