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November 17, 2003

"Leaks in the Wi-Fi Bubble"

By Nancy Gohring

The San Jose Business Journal looks at cut backs at Trapeze and Vivato, referring to the setbacks as “leaks in the Wi-Fi bubble”: The story also looks at Cometa’s scaled down ambitions and is the fist place I’ve seen a Cometa spokesperson note that the company’s original plans were overly optimistic. Cometa has gotten some flack for delivering on a slower pace but not admitting that its plans had changed.

The story also notes that Vivato has 40 customers, which is more than I thought.

I think the piece unfairly picks on Trapeze for requiring customers to use its proprietary APs—all the WLAN switch vendors require customers to use their APs. Otherwise they couldn’t offer all their whiz-bang features.

But ultimately those whiz-bang features may not be worth it for customers who don’t want to replace existing APs or who don’t like to feel forced to buy only a certain AP. I keep reading about increasing sales at companies like Bluesocket and Reefedge which both offer beefed-up security solutions to customers regardless of the APs they use.

Posted by nancyg at November 17, 2003 10:23 AM

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