| Cell Phone Providers are hot spot providers Sooner or later the Cell phone providers are going to realize that they are only another hot spot. If cell phone providers want to compete they MUST realize that they are becoming broad band providers same as the rest. Their advantage is that they are wireless and if I can have true broad band via that versus a land line then I’ll buy their service. Cell phone carriers will continue to be useful in rural areas where wifi spots are rare and installing cable is costly.
Their "special" place in the sun is being eaten up by every corner shop that offers 'free' wifi access. At home you'll run your own SIP server and connect to whatever you want via your broadband connection. Linksys already makes such a product (Linksys PAP2-NA Analog Adapter).
Packet shaping won't affect that either via laws that rule in favor of a 'flat' network or hacks that avoid the packet filters and shaping attempts. |
