Everybody Wi-Fi wants investment, but is there enough there there: The constant theme of Wi-Fi investment is that a) the market is growing but b) which market? Wi-Fi services -- installing and maintaining wireless LANs in companies and for public venues -- is clearly large and getting larger. Sales of equipment continue to grow as margins shrink. Competition among chipmakers is huge, but the pie is too thin for that many.
Frank Catalano, a veteran tech reporter, also gets a great quote: where $6 an hour is seen as a possible hot spot rate today, a buck an hour is really where it's going, says one analysis.