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EPS

join:2008-02-13
Hingham, MA

reply to dBandHz
Re: Irony

Hm, the problem is that as wireless starts to catch up with DSL and DOCSIS 1.1, new wireline technologies like DOCSIS 3, VDSL, and BPON/GPON will continue to make wireline superior in capacity.

The question is if we're reaching the point where that capacity becomes irrelevant, and wireless' always-on and wider coverage areas give it the advantage- this is already happening with phone service, since people are willing to put up with the lower sound quality (which isn't even always the case) of a cell phone and drop landlines altogether for telephone...
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