WiFi in your limo !!!!

Imagine this...

Your sitting in your limo or taxi cab at the Halifax Airport, waiting endless hours for your next fare.

Since you're bored, you get out your laptop and start surfing the Internet. Maybe pay some bills, check your e-mail, listen to some Internet Radio from who-knows-where, download some pr0n, make some VoIP calls to your cousin...

Finally, you get a fare.

As the tired businessman settles in for the 30-minute drive into downtown, you mention, "Sir, if you want, there's a WiFi Hotspot in this car. Feel free to use your laptop..."

The fare, bug-eyed with disbelief, "Did you say that this car has Internet access? Do you mean high speed?"

You reply, "Yep. You'll probably get between 1 and 2 megabits per second. And the system is specified to work at ground speeds of up to 160 km/h too, but I'll try not to test that tonight... He he he. Yeah, it's WiFi enabled with EV-DO, a cell phone technology. Just scan for WiFi networks, look for XXX-NNN, and the password is xxxxxx. Help yourself, it is unlimited; but it costs me a fair amount [$94] per month to provide this extra service for my passengers... So, ah, if you'd like to take that into account with your tip then that would be helpful."

If you make an extra $100 per month in tips by providing high speed Internet, then you're financially ahead on the deal (on a month-to-month basis). Plus, you get to use it when you're not driving.

The future is here, now. Welcome to it.