Joltage
Well, this is embarrassing: here's a prognostication I got completely wrong. Joltage, a company I raved about in a column, is closing down. The company had a clever idea: a grassroots Wi-Fi network with a referral marketing strategy; every access point an internet service provider. But the company never attracted more than a handful of access points, even in Manhattan, its home.
Joltage Calls It Quits [Internetnews.com]
A pipe-dream fires up [Guardian] #

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