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Cable Provider Wages War Against Wi-Fi Freeloaders

July 14, 2002

Telephony “End-user innovation is outpacing the business model plans many companies had in mind for broadband,” said Kurt Scherf, vice president of research for Parks Associates. “With the number of software solutions and access points out there, end users have gotten ahead of ISPs.”

From the article "Cable Provider Wages War Against Wi-Fi Freeloaders," by Kelly Carroll.

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