Yes Adam, you are on exactly the right track!
This is the exact area that we are exploring with our 802.11b project at Novell … this is right on track!

Is the Payphone Dead? [via Slashdot: News for nerds, stuff that matters] Why not let local citizens (who live near a booth) pay a minimum monthly fee to receive a 802.11b wireless card for their PC, place a base station in the phone cell…..last mile problem solved 🙂 [Adam Curry: CurryDotCom]