http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/taipei-gets-1-000-strong-fleet-of-wimax-equipped-taxis/ Engadget Comments for Taipei gets 1,000-strong fleet of WiMAX-equipped taxis http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/taipei-gets-1-000-strong-fleet-of-wimax-equipped-taxis/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/taipei-gets-1-000-strong-fleet-of-wimax-equipped-taxis/Mar 4th 2010 6:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/taipei-gets-1-000-strong-fleet-of-wimax-equipped-taxis/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/taipei-gets-1-000-strong-fleet-of-wimax-equipped-taxis/Mar 4th 2010 8:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/taipei-gets-1-000-strong-fleet-of-wimax-equipped-taxis/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/taipei-gets-1-000-strong-fleet-of-wimax-equipped-taxis/Mar 4th 2010 6:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/taipei-gets-1-000-strong-fleet-of-wimax-equipped-taxis/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/taipei-gets-1-000-strong-fleet-of-wimax-equipped-taxis/Mar 4th 2010 6:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/taipei-gets-1-000-strong-fleet-of-wimax-equipped-taxis/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/taipei-gets-1-000-strong-fleet-of-wimax-equipped-taxis/Mar 4th 2010 6:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/taipei-gets-1-000-strong-fleet-of-wimax-equipped-taxis/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/taipei-gets-1-000-strong-fleet-of-wimax-equipped-taxis/This is wisely? how long is the average taxi cab? long enough to even get plugged into this thing? anyone who needs/wants internet that readily available will already have a 3g phone]]>Mar 4th 2010 6:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/taipei-gets-1-000-strong-fleet-of-wimax-equipped-taxis/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/taipei-gets-1-000-strong-fleet-of-wimax-equipped-taxis/
cough! Smartphones. Cough! cough!!!]]>Mar 4th 2010 6:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/taipei-gets-1-000-strong-fleet-of-wimax-equipped-taxis/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/taipei-gets-1-000-strong-fleet-of-wimax-equipped-taxis/
Have you ever seen traffic on cities like that? its horrendous not to mention we have no idea how the carrier will run it. they may use each car like a mobile mobile tower eventually covering the entire city without buying/taking land and space from citizens.

Eventually I could see alot of taxi's here in the US offering this because the only time the majority of Americans use taxi's is for the 30+ minute drive to and from the airport. I would be way more satisfied if I could pay $10 more and use my netbook to play a little Starcraft online on the way to the airport.]]>Mar 4th 2010 6:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/taipei-gets-1-000-strong-fleet-of-wimax-equipped-taxis/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/taipei-gets-1-000-strong-fleet-of-wimax-equipped-taxis/
The average American's taxi ride is 5-10 minutes.

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&safe=off&q=average+taxi+trip+length&aq=f&aqi=&aql=&oq=]]>Mar 4th 2010 7:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/taipei-gets-1-000-strong-fleet-of-wimax-equipped-taxis/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/taipei-gets-1-000-strong-fleet-of-wimax-equipped-taxis/
What are you talking about??? the 3rd link on your list was the Taxi statistics, 1st quarter 2007-4th quarter 2008 which says "An average taxi trip took 28 minutes in 2008 compared with 25 minutes in 2007" ]]>Mar 4th 2010 7:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/taipei-gets-1-000-strong-fleet-of-wimax-equipped-taxis/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/taipei-gets-1-000-strong-fleet-of-wimax-equipped-taxis/Mar 5th 2010 4:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/taipei-gets-1-000-strong-fleet-of-wimax-equipped-taxis/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/taipei-gets-1-000-strong-fleet-of-wimax-equipped-taxis/Mar 5th 2010 4:09AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/taipei-gets-1-000-strong-fleet-of-wimax-equipped-taxis/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/taipei-gets-1-000-strong-fleet-of-wimax-equipped-taxis/Mar 4th 2010 6:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/taipei-gets-1-000-strong-fleet-of-wimax-equipped-taxis/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/taipei-gets-1-000-strong-fleet-of-wimax-equipped-taxis/Mar 4th 2010 6:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/taipei-gets-1-000-strong-fleet-of-wimax-equipped-taxis/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/taipei-gets-1-000-strong-fleet-of-wimax-equipped-taxis/
Tailgate? Dude, there's going to be a thousand hotspots cruising around the city. You don't have to be in a car to get online.

*facepalm.]]>Mar 4th 2010 8:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/taipei-gets-1-000-strong-fleet-of-wimax-equipped-taxis/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/taipei-gets-1-000-strong-fleet-of-wimax-equipped-taxis/Mar 4th 2010 8:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/taipei-gets-1-000-strong-fleet-of-wimax-equipped-taxis/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/taipei-gets-1-000-strong-fleet-of-wimax-equipped-taxis/Mar 4th 2010 6:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/taipei-gets-1-000-strong-fleet-of-wimax-equipped-taxis/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/taipei-gets-1-000-strong-fleet-of-wimax-equipped-taxis/
http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/1026413/the-inq-guide-to-using-taipeis-city-wide-wifi]]>Mar 4th 2010 8:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/taipei-gets-1-000-strong-fleet-of-wimax-equipped-taxis/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/taipei-gets-1-000-strong-fleet-of-wimax-equipped-taxis/Mar 5th 2010 4:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/taipei-gets-1-000-strong-fleet-of-wimax-equipped-taxis/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/taipei-gets-1-000-strong-fleet-of-wimax-equipped-taxis/Mar 5th 2010 4:07AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/taipei-gets-1-000-strong-fleet-of-wimax-equipped-taxis/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/taipei-gets-1-000-strong-fleet-of-wimax-equipped-taxis/
Yeah... but the one in Singapore is totally free anywhere within the city limits.

@TheLostSwede

It was supposed to end a few years ago, but it has already been extended (twice I think). My guess is when the FTH starts this year, it is likely the free Wi-Fi will be extended in both range and expiry.]]>Mar 5th 2010 4:45AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/taipei-gets-1-000-strong-fleet-of-wimax-equipped-taxis/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/taipei-gets-1-000-strong-fleet-of-wimax-equipped-taxis/Mar 4th 2010 6:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/taipei-gets-1-000-strong-fleet-of-wimax-equipped-taxis/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/taipei-gets-1-000-strong-fleet-of-wimax-equipped-taxis/Mar 4th 2010 7:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/taipei-gets-1-000-strong-fleet-of-wimax-equipped-taxis/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/taipei-gets-1-000-strong-fleet-of-wimax-equipped-taxis/Who said it was a third world country?]]>Mar 4th 2010 7:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/taipei-gets-1-000-strong-fleet-of-wimax-equipped-taxis/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/taipei-gets-1-000-strong-fleet-of-wimax-equipped-taxis/Mar 4th 2010 8:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/taipei-gets-1-000-strong-fleet-of-wimax-equipped-taxis/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/taipei-gets-1-000-strong-fleet-of-wimax-equipped-taxis/
The US has about 5 big cities, the rest of them are tiny.]]>Mar 4th 2010 8:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/taipei-gets-1-000-strong-fleet-of-wimax-equipped-taxis/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/taipei-gets-1-000-strong-fleet-of-wimax-equipped-taxis/Mar 4th 2010 8:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/taipei-gets-1-000-strong-fleet-of-wimax-equipped-taxis/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/taipei-gets-1-000-strong-fleet-of-wimax-equipped-taxis/Mar 4th 2010 8:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/taipei-gets-1-000-strong-fleet-of-wimax-equipped-taxis/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/taipei-gets-1-000-strong-fleet-of-wimax-equipped-taxis/http://bit.ly/blhojw).]]>Mar 4th 2010 9:17PM