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Went skiing. Several folks to wrote to wonder what was up. I was out of town skiing for a few days, and although I was reading wireless news from all over, nothing of great import happened this week -- so far. Okay, Larry Brilliant, as expected, is no longer Cometa's CEO; he was always interim. Some products were introduced. But everyone must have been tuckered out from CTIA.
Site visit: FatPort: I visited the folks at FatPort at their world headquarters in Vancouver, British Columbia, on my way back from the Whistler, BC, ski area. FatPort has a retail space in a landmark downtown building in which they've set up a help area, a display of products, and some tables. There are also tables in a central area near the exterior glass elevators that take you up to the view at the top of the building.
Because FatPort's offices are right there, hidden out of sight, they can always have someone manning the desk in the front, answering questions and selling cards and service.
FatPort's model is bottom up in a different way, though. The retail space and the hot spot venues they've worked to deploy directly are just part of the education mission. The larger goal is that they want folks to buy their hardware platform to deploy hot spots; FatPort gets a piece of the action and needs no venue deals.