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Shirky: Permanet vs Nearlynet

Yet another Shirky essay to shake the blogosphere, essentially arguing that Wi-Fi is/will eat 3G's lunch. The crux of the argument is the age old CS "worse is better" story. Crappy and cheap spreads faster and evolves quickly enough to put good and expensive out of business.

Alternatively, people's communication patterns resemble camels rather than fish.

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