Or I'll put it another way ...

[matthew_heusser at mcgraw-hill.com]

If a small business has 10 employees that use the wireless
web for collaboration/data storage ...

Let's say they are a pest inspection company.  They do an inspection
report on a PDA (that's separate from the phone, but we'll assume), obtain
a digital signature, and upload the results to the a server via the verizon
phone.  They can also get emails about changes in route/appointments
via email, and not interrupt customers during a visit.

For 10 employees to reasonably use verizon wireless, that's a tab of
about $2,600/month, plus they'd have to pay for application development
to make that work.  Even with economy of scale, where it's a chain & the
corporate HQ pays for the app dev cost, the monthly fees are still prohibitive.
(My figures came from Joel S. at
http://www.joelonsoftware.com/stories/storyReader$148)

Comments?

Matt H.