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In a post about a lot of little things, Ted Leung points out - in passing - just how truly ubiquitous network access is becoming:
Also, today was the first day that I was actually able to use the Wifi network on the ferry. The WSF isn't quite ready to declare the system ready for use, but the Mobilisa folks let me register for an account, and have answered my tech support queries, so I figure I' m beta testing. So far I've used the network in the Seattle terminal, the Seattle terminal parking area (very important) and on the Tacoma and Wenatchee. Unfortunately the network didn't work in the Bainbridge Island parking area (very bad). And for some reason unknown to me and to SpeakEasy, my DSL provider, I can't access the servers at my house from the ferry network. The Mobilisa folks haven't figured that out either, yet, otherwise I would have posted from the ferry.
Now, put that together with Clemens Vasters' post from yesterday - posted from 36,000 feet via Connexion. We are rapidly approaching the always on world. It wasn't that long ago that there really wasn't a network (for most people, most of the time) - when I started at ParcPlace in 1993, I had dialup access to email, and that was about it. In just 12 years we've gone from that to always on. This is a huge change, and it's one that I don't see a lot of discussion on in the "traditional" media.
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