  pnh102Reptiles Are Cuddly And PrettyPremium
join:2002-05-02
Mount Airy, MD | Wi-Fi Won't Squeeze Carriers, Ever As long as carriers are allowed to require data plans with smartphones, there will never be any real problem with Wi-Fi "squeezing" carriers.
Too bad this isn't really an option, I wouldn't mind having a smartphone plan that *only* charged per MB (I could turn off the cellular data connection) and then use Wi-Fi for most of my data needs.
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join:2005-11-23
EARTH | Re: Wi-Fi Won't Squeeze Carriers, Ever Wifi isn't available in a lot of places. That's the whole point of a smartphone over an iPod Touch. Maybe wifi will erode overages above and beyond the $30 plans for *some* users, but overall, it's not that much. | |
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join:2006-09-05
Everywhere | Re: Wi-Fi Won't Squeeze Carriers, Ever No, paid data is not the point of a smart phone.
Available to people? Yes. Mandatory? No. Free Wifi is everywhere. | |
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join:2005-11-23
EARTH Reviews:
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| Re: Wi-Fi Won't Squeeze Carriers, Ever Free wifi is not everywhere. The point of a smartphone is that it has an omnipresent data connection, regardless of if you happen to be near a wifi hotspot. This whole free wifi everywhere thing is a wonderful, warm, fuzzy idea in concept, but it has no connection to reality. Reality is mostly 3G/4G with occasional wifi offloading. | |
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join:2006-09-05
Everywhere | Re: Wi-Fi Won't Squeeze Carriers, Ever You must be a city dweller if you think cell service is 'omnipresent'. | |
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join:2005-11-23
EARTH Reviews:
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| Re: Wi-Fi Won't Squeeze Carriers, Ever It basically is in every halfway civilized place nationwide. With AT&T, I can drive through tiny towns and highly exurban areas and maintain a fantastic fake 4G connection. If anything, because of congestion they are worse in the cities. However, wifi would be even more scarce out in the boonies. | |
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