Why so different from iPass Wi-Fi stats?
I spoke to Jim Baker (founder of Moovera, now chief marketing officer of Icomera after the Moovera acquisition) about the success of Wi-Fi in public transport and how the Icomera data compare with recent statistics provided by iPass (http://www.ipass.com/pressroom/pressroom_wifi.html). (1) Wi-Fi versus 3G: Jim says they’ve seen significant growth in the use of Wi-Fi on trains, buses and ferries, defying predictions by wireless industry analysts that 3G dongles will take the wind out of Wi-Fi’s sails. While business subscribers are indeed reaching for dongles in droves, they and many others who don’t have them still prefer to use free Wi-Fi if and when it’s available. I also think public transport users tend to be younger and therefore less likely to have expensive 3G data plans subsidized by employers. (2) Icomera metrics look very different from the iPass Mobile Broadband Index, which was updated by iPass in late September: http://www.ipass.com/pressroom/pressroom_wifi.html A lot of t
