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What are You Going to Do With Your New Network?

Here's a new website, KillerApp.com, that's worth taking a look at. The folks at Broadband Properties are producing this new resource.

According to Wikipedia (and the it's MetroNetIQ glossary entry), a "killer app" is what drives adoption.

Killer App - This term was devised to explain what happens when a computer application is so popular that it leads consumers to adopt a new technology in droves. For instance, e-mail and the Netscape web browser are described as killer apps with regard to the early days of dial-up Internet access. In more current terms, I have described VOIP, or Voice over Internet Protocol, and its accompanying voice applications and services as a Killer App for metropolitan networks.

I like this focus because applications are what really float my boat. While some of my friends, especially those more technically inclined, get into all the gory details of wireless internet technologies, I view all of this as simply a means to an end. As fascinating as it is, infrastructure is what is going to enable all the added value and experience we talk about. As I've frequently said on this page (and on my other websites WikiMetroNet and MetroNanoNet) - the real fun begins when we start using these networks to do new and exciting things.

Check it out - www.killerapp.com - hard to believe that URL was available!

Posted on July 12, 2006 at 04:15 PM

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