Super Wi-Fi Isn't Really Wi-Fi 145
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adeelarshad82 writes "As reported yesterday lucky residents of Wilmington, N.C., will be the first in the nation to have access to a 'Super Wi-Fi' network. However, the only issue is that Super Wi-Fi isn't really Wi-Fi: Mobile analyst Sascha Segan explains the difference and also gets into why it's incorrectly being dubbed as Super Wi-Fi."
I see a flaw... (Score:5, Funny)
It could become a real threat to cell phone carriers' 3G data monopoly, and could *snip*
They're deploying this in the US, right? Ok. It's doomed. Move along folks, nothing to see here. Like they'd ever let you have something cutting edge that wasn't owned by a mega corporation. ha ha ha. You're so funny, slashdot.
Re:This just in... (Score:5, Funny)
Being as you are "Anonymous Coward", the first user here, you should already know that Slashdot is all about a subfield of Social Steganography where the challenge is to write something meaningful and truthful that is perceived by the reader as the rant of an idiot.
Re:Tape for boo-boos? (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Apparently not even compatible? (Score:5, Funny)
Ok then, call it Wi-Far! :)
The Most Confusing Service In The World (Score:4, Funny)
I don't always use WiFi, but when I do, I use SUPER WiFi.
Tech ignorance is worse than you think (Score:2, Funny)
[Posting AC, for semiobvious reasons....]
Overheard in a local McDonald's (TM) restaurant:
Customer: I want my free wiffee.
Clerk: Your free what?
Customer: My free wiffee.
[....iterate four or five times....]
Clerk: Can you show me where we have a 'wiffee' on our menu?
Customer, pointing to 'Free Wi-Fi' sign: See! A Free wiffee! Does it come in small, medium, and large?
Clerk: Oh, that's WiFi, rhymes with SciFi, and it's used to get to the Internet.
Customer: Oh. Thanks.
Re:oh please, there's no problem (Score:5, Funny)
Maybe they can change from WiFi to "WyFy".
Then it would appeal to the masses.