Comments on: Intel, Google, Cable co’s in $3bn Mobile Internet investment http://www.umpcportal.com/2008/05/intel-google-cable-cos-in-3bn-mobile-internet-investment/ Fri, 16 May 2008 10:28:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: aerialviews007 http://www.umpcportal.com/2008/05/intel-google-cable-cos-in-3bn-mobile-internet-investment/#comment-1340 aerialviews007 Wed, 07 May 2008 22:38:01 +0000 http://www.umpcportal.com/2008/05/intel-google-cable-cos-in-3bn-mobile-internet-investment/#comment-1340 Clearwire is already operating WiMax networks in select metropolitan areas. Their pricing is comparable to traditional carriers. I'm tempted to sign up when I move to Raleigh, NC in June to give a good rundown on the WiMAX service. Clearwire is already operating WiMax networks in select metropolitan areas. Their pricing is comparable to traditional carriers. I’m tempted to sign up when I move to Raleigh, NC in June to give a good rundown on the WiMAX service.

]]> By: Hans http://www.umpcportal.com/2008/05/intel-google-cable-cos-in-3bn-mobile-internet-investment/#comment-1335 Hans Wed, 07 May 2008 16:12:08 +0000 http://www.umpcportal.com/2008/05/intel-google-cable-cos-in-3bn-mobile-internet-investment/#comment-1335 Ahem. Wimax will require sign on. This means that it can be charged out at whatever incremental rate the telcos desire. As opposed to regular wifi... The reason that most phones in the US don't have wifi capability is because the telcos can't charge for that. AND, anonymity is lost. Some anonymity is a necessary component (nay, a precondition) of a free state. Hans Ahem.

Wimax will require sign on. This means that it can be charged out at whatever incremental rate the telcos desire. As opposed to regular wifi…

The reason that most phones in the US don’t have wifi capability is because the telcos can’t charge for that.

AND, anonymity is lost. Some anonymity is a necessary component (nay, a precondition) of a free state.

Hans

]]> By: umpcfuture http://www.umpcportal.com/2008/05/intel-google-cable-cos-in-3bn-mobile-internet-investment/#comment-1332 umpcfuture Wed, 07 May 2008 13:41:15 +0000 http://www.umpcportal.com/2008/05/intel-google-cable-cos-in-3bn-mobile-internet-investment/#comment-1332 Two questions that I have yet to find an answer for. When, and how much? Two questions that I have yet to find an answer for. When, and how much?

]]> By: JC http://www.umpcportal.com/2008/05/intel-google-cable-cos-in-3bn-mobile-internet-investment/#comment-1325 JC Wed, 07 May 2008 10:43:39 +0000 http://www.umpcportal.com/2008/05/intel-google-cable-cos-in-3bn-mobile-internet-investment/#comment-1325 The appealing thing about WiMax in the United States is not the technology, but the business model Sprint proposed. It's supposed to be like what you have in Europe with HSDPA. i.e., there is no lock-in. I hope that with this new coalition, they don't retreat back to a US-style model where they dictate which devices you can use with which company's networks. The appealing thing about WiMax in the United States is not the technology, but the business model Sprint proposed. It’s supposed to be like what you have in Europe with HSDPA. i.e., there is no lock-in. I hope that with this new coalition, they don’t retreat back to a US-style model where they dictate which devices you can use with which company’s networks.

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