PolarBear
The bear formerly known as aaron8301
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| reply to mike12806
Re: Good for everyone - Except Landline Providers
said by mike12806  :It's too bad something like T-Mobile's UMA, which uses wi-fi, can't be integrated at the phone level, thereby allowing the phone to use any wifi network as it's "backhaul". That would eliminate the need for femtocell hardware or the UMA router that T-Mobile provides. (Most) homes already have wifi, right? You haven't studied T-mo's UMA service very well. T-mo's UMA phones CAN use any wi-fi network. You don't HAVE to use their special router, they only provide it for convenience. I've had T-mo's UMA service for a year and a half, and it works fine on my Linksys running DD-WRT. Works great at my friends' houses too. If the wi-fi is secure, I just get the key from the friend and type it into the phone. |
