2006 Predictions

[Rock Steady]

I sent in some of these predictions in response to a newpaper article on High-Tech Predictions. Looks like I have more work to do on one prediction that I just pulled out of my ass.

Thanks for your predictions.

I'd like to use one of them: number 5, on wireless Internet access.

To meet my rule, however, you'd need to rewrite your prediction to include some specific detail -- such as the number of households that will be using municipal Wi-Fi at the end of 2006 -- so that we can look back in a year to see if you were right or wrong.

Do you want to make such a revision? If so, I need it by noon Tuesday.


EDIT: Here is the revision that I submitted:

Free Wireless Internet Access challenges home wired access.

By the end of 2006, of 570,000 residential households in Santa Clara County, 200,000 households will have access to free Wi-Fi Internet connections within their homes. Over 20,000 households will have people that use the service at home for convenience. Perhaps as many as 2,000 households will use the free Wi-Fi as the only Internet connection in their home.