Orange provided the WiFi coverage at the LeWeb conference and turned what should have been a triumph into a mess. With more than 600 of the participants fighting for bandwidth, the network infrastructure was always going to be challenged. Based on the frustration expressed by some, I bet the folks at Orange wish they’d never agreed to provide WiFi coverage to LeWeb. Still, it’s better than WiFi access I see back in Australia. I’ve trued the Telstra PCMCIA card and gave up on that. Then I switched to the Optus PCMCIA card and it’s no better. In a world where we’re more and more needing to be always on wireless access has to be addressed – it’s a business requirement if Australian businesses are to remain competitive.
When you travel in the US, most airports have free WiFi. Here – ha!