Glenn Fleishman points to a PC World report on Google’s WiFi network in Mountain View. \
My new Nokia 770 Tablet is perfect in this public environment of what I call for casual qwik look up and fast hits on the web. With the addition of Gizmo, and eventually a functional GTalk things become very disruptive.
This means a cheap WiFi phone for local only use could become something very meaningful very quickly and impact the cell carriers.
Whose at risk first? Well for starter the prepaid cellular carriers who sell into the lower stratas of phone users who don’t really travel and who use the cell as their primary telephone. Those people, who tend to not own computers may finally with the advent of an inexpensive browser and phone combination are likely the most attractive, untapped market for this kind of "free" service.
Imagine saving the forty dollars a month because google gives you the ad supported services you need.
This clearly falls into the over the top play the carriers have been concerned about coming from Google and it’s so, so possible.