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> | READY FOR THIRD REVISION | | | A proposal to live in a free mobile telecommunications world | | | Nowadays, the most used technology to perform phone calls by advanced mobile operators and phone service providers over the Internet, such as Skype, is Voice over IP (VoIP? ), also called Internet Telephony, which transforms voice into data packets that travel through the Internet to its destination. Given this, it is technically possible that we do not need mobile network operators to process our phone calls if we can be connected to a giant Wi-Fi network and have Wi-Fi enabled mobile devices.
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> | My proposal is to use of Wi-Fi enabled VoIP? phones under super Wi-Fi environments, which is coherent with actual's trend to shift from voice towards data. However, mobile network operators have opposed Wi-Fi environment's promotion and related discoveries, because they considered that it would represent a serious threat for their voice revenues. For example, 2010 AT&T's and Sprint's voice revenue were US$28,315 millions and 2,249 millions, respectively. | | | | |
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> | Super Wi-Fi network is the concept of turning entire cities into wireless access zones by means of wireless mesh networks. A mesh in this concept is a series of radio transmitters that are able to communicate with at least two others, creating a cloud of radio signals around a city. Municipal Wireless Networks are among the most discussed projects in this field during the past years. Many local governments around the world have done various initiatives to build citywide Wi-Fi networks and fortunately some of them had been successfully deployed. Even so, it is true that this project requires technological improvements to obtain a high quality product, since poor quality or lose of signal can be generated by immense amount of traffic in the bandwidth or by bad climate conditions, as well as by limited signal strength. Regarding the latter, the possibility to use higher power levels is needed to penetrate buildings and cover large populated areas; therefore, only a change in the current regulatory framework could allow this to happen. | | | | |
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In respect to the financial matters, the business model of local governments may vary between projects, but generally the service is rendered based on a fixed minimum payment that is proportionally divided according to each citizen’s income and that could be paid monthly or jointly with the annual tax payment. Then, the consumer’s economical advantage over this scheme is the possibility to make local and long distance calls by just paying a minimum fixed fee for high-speed Internet access.
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< | In spite of these positive attributes, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) opposed this scheme due to their concern for the possibility of generating (i) unfair competition among private and public sectors in the wireless industry and (ii) harmful interferences to local TV stations. The U.S. government dramatically changed its position on this topic when in 2006 FTC listed Wi-Fi first on its list of major technologies used to provide citywide wireless Internet access; in 2010 FCC, in its National Broadband Plan, referred to Wi-Fi only as an important complement to licensed fixed and mobile networks. What happened between these years was a great pressure from mobile telecommunications companies, so much so that even several states passed laws restricting public Wi-Fi. Moreover, some courts, deferring to FCC’s interpretation, have ascertained that it has the regulatory authority over wireless Internet access points mounted on utility poles. This is another legal barrier to avoid the deployment of citywide Wi-Fi networks, because of its power to change the actual standards. | >
> | In spite of these positive attributes, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) opposed this scheme due to their concern for the possibility of generating (i) unfair competition among private and public sectors in the wireless industry and (ii) harmful interferences to local TV stations. The U.S. government dramatically changed its position on this topic when in 2006 FTC listed Wi-Fi first on its list of major technologies used to provide citywide wireless Internet access; in 2010 FCC, in its National Broadband Plan, referred to Wi-Fi only as an important complement to licensed fixed and mobile networks. What happened between these years was a great pressure from mobile telecommunications companies, so much so that even several states passed laws restricting public Wi-Fi. Moreover, some courts, deferring to FCC’s interpretation, have ascertained that it has the regulatory authority over wireless Internet access points mounted on utility poles. This is another legal barrier to avoid the deployment of citywide Wi-Fi networks, because of its power to change the actual standards. | | | | |
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Eric M. Fraser, A Postmortem look at Citywide WIFI, Journal of Internet Law (2010) (http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1682088) | | | 2.2 Wi-Fi Phones
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< | Wi-Fi enabled phones, like computers, use VoIP? technology to make calls. This means that they do not need to be supported over the classical mobile networks architecture, they only need to be in a Wi-Fi covered area to function. However, user’s experience under this new environment will be different for the moment, since Internet routing is more unstable and slower than traditional mobile network routing when persons are moving. Moreover, mobile companies rejection of super Wi-Fi networks has delayed pure Wi-Fi phones’ production and the development of advanced Wi-Fi software that can be installed in actual GSM, CDMA or WCDMA devices. In that order of ideas, once the construction of super Wi-Fi networks starts in large scales, the most important manufactures of mobile devices are going to turn towards this new field and build new mobile phones that will be supported by the Internet network. | >
> | Wi-Fi enabled phones, like computers, use VoIP technology to make calls. This means that they do not need to be supported over the classical mobile networks architecture, they only need to be in a Wi-Fi covered area to function. However, user’s experience under this new environment will be different for the moment, since Internet routing is more unstable and slower than traditional mobile network routing when persons are moving. Moreover, mobile companies rejection of super Wi-Fi networks has delayed pure Wi-Fi phones’ production and the development of advanced Wi-Fi software that can be installed in actual GSM, CDMA or WCDMA devices. In that order of ideas, once the construction of super Wi-Fi networks starts in large scales, the most important manufactures of mobile devices are going to turn towards this new field and build new mobile phones that will be supported by the Internet network. | | | | |
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It seems to me that you
veer off course here, at the end, by opening a new subject at the
moment that your outline should have called for a conclusion in line
with the rest of the essay.
Information sources
Please do get rid of this. If there are links that should be made, they should have a place to be linked from the text.
VoIP technology
- http://transition.fcc.gov/voip/
- http://www.technologybloggers.org/voip/the-future-of-telecommunication-belongs-to-mobile-voip/
- http://www.itproportal.com/2008/05/19/3-skypephone-mobile-phone-review-future-mobile-voip/
- http://www.truphone.com/en-US/
- http://www.fring.com/what-is-fring
Super Wi-Fi networks
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wi-Fi
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Municipal_wireless_network
- http://drdobbs.com/mobility/202600424
- http://computer.howstuffworks.com/municipal-wifi.htm
- http://www.wirelessphiladelphia.org/
- http://news.cnet.com/The-citywide-Wi-Fi-reality-check/2100-7351_3-5722150.html
- http://www.ftc.gov/opa/2006/10/muniwireless.shtm
- http://www.ftc.gov/os/2006/10/V060021municipalprovwirelessinternet.pdf
- http://www.broadband.gov/download-plan/
- http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2010/10/super-wif/#ixzz12OMKNRty
- http://www.mediapost.com/publications/article/136391/
- http://legal.tmcnet.com/topics/legal/articles/220453-fcc-rules-limit-use-super-wi-fi-populated.htm
- http://www.technologyreview.com/communications/38635/?nlid=nldly&nld=2011-09-20
- http://www.fcc.gov/blog/fcc-announces-public-testing-first-television-white-spaces-database
- http://www.muniwireless.com/2011/10/19/european-commission-seeks-9-billion-for-broadband
- http://www.technologyreview.com/blog/mimssbits/25819/?nlid=3598
- http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1682088
- http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/191325/why_the_fcc_national_broadband_plan_should_include_public_wifi.html
- http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/technology/2007/09/wheres_my_free_wifi.html
Wi-Fi phones
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobile_VoIP
- http://www.pcworld.com/article/129114/new_voip_service_for_cell_phones.html
- http://communication.howstuffworks.com/ip-telephony9.htm
- http://www.pcworld.com/article/129114/new_voip_service_for_cell_phones.html
- http://electronics.howstuffworks.com/wifi-phone3.htm
- http://www.laptopmag.com/advice/how-to/Turn-Your-Cell-into-a-VoIP-Phone.aspx
- http://www.portfolio.com/views/columns/dual-perspectives/2009/04/20/The-End-of-the-Cell/
- http://technostreak.com/web/mobile-voip-technology-and-its-future-affects-on-cell-phones/
- http://ezinearticles.com/?The-Present-and-Future-of-WiFi-VOIP-Phone-Technology&id=2197854
- http://www.broadvoice.com/wifi_voip_phone.html
- http://gigaom.com/2004/07/04/review-zyxel-voip-wifi-phone/
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yft47G0328w
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4hUtbUkBGpE&feature=related
- http://www.amazon.com/Locktec-WP04-WiFi-Wireless-Phone/dp/B003ZW920O
Cell phone operators
- http://news.cnet.com/8301-10784_3-9962474-7.html
Technological utopianism
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Techno-utopianism
ITU Statistics and operators information
- http://www.itu.int/ITU-D/ict/material/FactsFigures2010.pdf
- http://www.itu.int/ITU-D/ict/statistics/
- http://www.att.com/Common/about_us/annual_report/pdfs/ATT2010_Full.pdf
- http://newsroom.sprint.com/article_display.cfm?article_id=1796
- http://www.t-mobile.mk/public/mk/documents/report2010en.pdf
- http://www22.verizon.com/investor/app_resources/interactiveannual/2010/index.html
It would be helpful to
put links into the body of the text, where they support individual
statements, in addition to tossing together a source list at the end. Such a list is more useful if you comment on the sources, to help people to decide what to read.
Some technical issues should be identified. Handing off phone calls
from cell to cell when the handset is moving (potentially rapidly)
during a call involves routing activity that is not the same as that
provided by the ordinary Internet routing protocols. Higher power
levels than those that are within the regulatory framework for 802.11
can be required in order to reach handsets without special antennas
in sparsely populated landscape.
The nature of the economic disruption involved can probably be
indicated by a couple of sentences summarizing the earnings of mobile
network providers. The political consequences can also be summarized
briefly, so that the reader can see why you confidently expect
governments to be uninterested in freeing personal telecomms.
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You are entitled to restrict access to your paper if you want to. But we all derive immense benefit from reading one another's work, and I hope you won't feel the need unless the subject matter is personal and its disclosure would be harmful or undesirable. |
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-- By DiegodelaPuente - 29 Sep 2011 | | | By the end of 2010 there were approximately 5.3 billion mobile subscribers according to the International Telecommunication Union. This reflects that mobile network owners have an immense control and power over the life of millions who must submit to their wills and rules. Therefore, I argue that the actual scheme must be changed in society's favor and that technology advances are the way to achieve it. Unfortunately, mobile network operators and the U.S. government have opposed any change to the actual scheme through the years.
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to be standing apart, as though it weren't a link? How about what
I've done above? Doesn't that make it easier to read, without the
flow-disruption of the URL? Writing for the web is actually natural,
and you should do it. Instead you first produce a reference list that
requires the reader to scroll up and down like a madman to follow your
references, and then create visual blockage by putting URLs in the
text. A moment's effort gives you text that's clean, simple, and
informative. Hypertext is better text. You need the exercise of
finishing the transformation. | | | | |
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< | Nowadays, the most used technology to perform phone calls by advanced mobile operators and phone service providers over the Internet, such as Skype, is Voice over IP (VoIP? ), also called Internet Telephony, which transforms voice into data packets that travel through the Internet to its destination. Given this, it is technically possible that we do not need mobile network operators to process our phone calls if we can be connected to a giant Wi-Fi network and have Wi-Fi enabled mobile devices. | >
> | Nowadays, the most used technology to perform phone calls by advanced mobile operators and phone service providers over the Internet, such as Skype, is Voice over IP (VoIP? ), also called Internet Telephony, which transforms voice into data packets that travel through the Internet to its destination. Given this, it is technically possible that we do not need mobile network operators to process our phone calls if we can be connected to a giant Wi-Fi network and have Wi-Fi enabled mobile devices. | | | | |
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My proposal is to use of Wi-Fi enabled VoIP? phones under super Wi-Fi environments, which is coherent with actual's trend to shift from voice towards data. However, mobile network operators have opposed Wi-Fi environment's promotion and related discoveries, because they considered that it would represent a serious threat for their voice revenues. For example, 2010 AT&T’s and Sprint’s voice revenue were US$28,315 millions and 2,249 millions, respectively. |
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> | By the end of 2010 there were approximately 5.3 billion mobile subscribers according to the International Telecommunication Union. This reflects that mobile network owners have an immense control and power over the life of millions who must submit to their wills and rules. Therefore, I argue that the actual scheme must be changed in society's favor and that technology advances are the way to achieve it. Unfortunately, mobile network operators and the U.S. government have opposed any change to the actual scheme through the years. | | | | |
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> | Why does the link have
to be standing apart, as though it weren't a link? How about what
I've done above? Doesn't that make it easier to read, without the
flow-disruption of the URL? Writing for the web is actually natural,
and you should do it. Instead you first produce a reference list that
requires the reader to scroll up and down like a madman to follow your
references, and then create visual blockage by putting URLs in the
text. A moment's effort gives you text that's clean, simple, and
informative. Hypertext is better text. You need the exercise of
finishing the transformation. | | |
Nowadays, the most used technology to perform phone calls by advanced mobile operators and phone service providers over the Internet, such as Skype, is Voice over IP ( VoIP? ), also called Internet Telephony, which transforms voice into data packets that travel through the Internet to its destination. Given this, it is technically possible that we do not need mobile network operators to process our phone calls if we can be connected to a giant Wi-Fi network and have Wi-Fi enabled mobile devices. | | | | |
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veer off course here, at the end, by opening a new subject at the
moment that your outline should have called for a conclusion in line
with the rest of the essay. | | | Information sources | |
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> | Please do get rid of this. If there are links that should be made, they should have a place to be linked from the text. | | | VoIP technology
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> | We have identified that freedom does not exist with today’s mobile network operators; therefore, unless we foster the modification of current telecom regulatory policies, this situation will remain for many years, because it favors both mobile operators and the U.S. government. We must not forget that telecommunications history in the U.S. reveals that governments have relied on private mobile networks, such as AT&T, to render phone services and build nationwide telecom infrastructures. Recently, this relationship has strengthened, particularly due to the confidential information provision about subscribers that mobile companies' have given to the government. The most controversial and evident case about this relationship occurred in July 2008, when Congress passed a law granting AT&T and Verizon full and retroactive immunity for any violations of the laws against spying Americans. | | | | |
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< | By the end of 2010 there were approximately 5.3 billion mobile subscribers according to the International Telecommunication Union. This means that mobile network owners have an immense power and control over the life of millions who must submit to their will and rules. Therefore, I argue that a change is needed and that technology advances are the way to achieve it. Unfortunately, mobile network operators and the U.S. government have opposed this change through the years and will continue to do so. | >
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By the end of 2010 there were approximately 5.3 billion mobile subscribers according to the International Telecommunication Union. This reflects that mobile network owners have an immense control and power over the life of millions who must submit to their wills and rules. Therefore, I argue that the actual scheme must be changed in society's favor and that technology advances are the way to achieve it. Unfortunately, mobile network operators and the U.S. government have opposed any change to the actual scheme through the years.
ITU mobile subscribers statistics: http://www.itu.int/ITU-D/ict/statistics/ | | | | |
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< | Nowadays, the most used technology to perform phone calls is Voice over IP (VoIP? ), also called Internet Telephony, which transforms voice into data packets that travel through the Internet to its destination. Almost all mobile operators and phone service providers over the Internet, such as Skype, are using VoIP? . Given this, we do not need mobile network operators if we could have the possibility to be connected to a giant Wi-Fi network and make mobile phone calls everywhere. | >
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Nowadays, the most used technology to perform phone calls by advanced mobile operators and phone service providers over the Internet, such as Skype, is Voice over IP ( VoIP? ), also called Internet Telephony, which transforms voice into data packets that travel through the Internet to its destination. Given this, it is technically possible that we do not need mobile network operators to process our phone calls if we can be connected to a giant Wi-Fi network and have Wi-Fi enabled mobile devices.
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< | My proposal is to use of Wi-Fi enabled VoIP? phones under super Wi-Fi environments. Unsurprisingly, mobile network operators have opposed this idea through the years, because they considered that it would represent a serious threat for their revenues. Instead, I consider this a threat to their existence. | >
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My proposal is to use of Wi-Fi enabled VoIP? phones under super Wi-Fi environments, which is coherent with actual's trend to shift from voice towards data. However, mobile network operators have opposed Wi-Fi environment's promotion and related discoveries, because they considered that it would represent a serious threat for their voice revenues. For example, 2010 AT&T’s and Sprint’s voice revenue were US$28,315 millions and 2,249 millions, respectively.
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Super Wi-Fi network is the concept of turning entire cities into wireless access zones by means of wireless mesh networks. A mesh in this concept is a series of radio transmitters that are able to communicate with at least two others, creating a cloud of radio signals around a city. Municipal wireless networks are among the most discussed projects in this field during the past years. Many local governments around the world have done various initiatives to build citywide Wi-Fi networks and fortunately some of them had been successfully deployed. Even so, it is true that this project requires technological improvements to obtain a high quality product, since poor quality or lose of signal can be generated by immense amount of traffic in the bandwidth or by bad climate conditions, as well as by limited signal strength. Regarding the latter, the possibility to use higher power levels is needed to penetrate buildings and cover large populated areas; therefore, only a change in the current regulatory framework could allow this to happen.
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Municipal wireless networks: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Municipal_wireless_network | | | | |
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FTC's and FCC's comments on municipal wireless networks: http://www.ftc.gov/opa/2006/10/muniwireless.shtm / http://www.ftc.gov/os/2006/10/V060021municipalprovwirelessinternet.pdf / http://www.broadband.gov/download-plan / http://www.technologyreview.com/blog/mimssbits/25819/?nlid=3598 / http://legal.tmcnet.com/topics/legal/articles/220453-fcc-rules-limit-use-super-wi-fi-populated.htm
Eric M. Fraser, A Postmortem look at Citywide WIFI, Journal of Internet Law (2010) (http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1682088) | | | 2.2 Wi-Fi Phones | |
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Wi-Fi enabled phones, like computers, use VoIP? technology to make calls. This means that they do not need to be supported over the classical mobile networks architecture, they only need to be in a Wi-Fi covered area to function. However, user’s experience under this new environment will be different for the moment, since Internet routing is more unstable and slower than traditional mobile network routing when persons are moving. Moreover, mobile companies rejection of super Wi-Fi networks has delayed pure Wi-Fi phones’ production and the development of advanced Wi-Fi software that can be installed in actual GSM, CDMA or WCDMA devices. In that order of ideas, once the construction of super Wi-Fi networks starts in large scales, the most important manufactures of mobile devices are going to turn towards this new field and build new mobile phones that will be supported by the Internet network.
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We have identified that freedom does not exist with today’s mobile network operators. Unless we try to change the regulatory policies, this situation will remain for many years, because it favors both mobile operators and the U.S. government. Telecommunications history reveals that United States governments had always relied on private companies, such as AT&T, to perform phone services and consequently, avoid investing in infrastructure. Furthermore, in recent years, the relation between the government and mobile networks has strengthened because of spying activities.
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- http://www.itproportal.com/2008/05/19/3-skypephone-mobile-phone-review-future-mobile-voip/ | | | - http://www.truphone.com/en-US/
- http://www.fring.com/what-is-fring
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A proposal to live in a free mobile telecommunications world | | | Nowadays, the most used technology to perform phone calls is Voice over IP (VoIP? ), also called Internet Telephony, which transforms voice into data packets that travel through the Internet to its destination. Almost all mobile operators and phone service providers over the Internet, such as Skype, are using VoIP? . Given this, we do not need mobile network operators if we could have the possibility to be connected to a giant Wi-Fi network and make mobile phone calls everywhere. | |
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My proposal is to use of Wi-Fi enabled VoIP? phones under super Wi-Fi environments. Unsurprisingly, mobile network operators have opposed this idea through the years, because they considered that it would represent a serious threat for their revenues. Instead, I consider this a threat to their existence. | | | We have identified that freedom does not exist with today’s mobile network operators. Unless we try to change the regulatory policies conducted by the U.S. government by showing an interest in this matter, this situation will remain for many years, because it favors mobile operators’ power and income increase.
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Technological utopianism
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A proposal to live in a free mobile telecommunications world
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> | 1. Open your mind
By the end of 2010 there were approximately 5.3 billion mobile subscribers according to the International Telecommunication Union. This means that mobile network owners have an immense power and control over the life of millions who must submit to their will and rules. Therefore, I argue that a change is needed and that technology advances are the way to achieve it. Unfortunately, mobile network operators and the U.S. government have opposed this change through the years and will continue to do so. | | | | |
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< | By the end of 2010 there were approximately 5.3 billion mobile subscribers according to the International Telecommunication Union. In our world, this means that mobile network owners have an immense power and control over the daily life of millions who must submit to the will and rules of Carlos Slim or his colleagues. Therefore, I considered that a change is needed and technology advances are the way to achieve it.
Unfortunately, since there are economical and political interests related to this industry, mobile network operators and the U.S government have opposed to this change through the years and will continue to do so.
Lets get started!
The first step to reach this objective is to understand that the world will not collapse when network operators disappear, because you will have the possibility to make mobile phone calls, but in a different manner.
Technological improvements have forced mobile operators to use Voice over IP (VoIP? ), also called Internet Telephony, to process phone calls. In this scenario voice is transformed into data packets that travel through the Internet to its destination. This is the same technology used by Skype or similar to perform calls between computers or other devices.
In that sense, it is necessary to ask why do we need mobile network operators if we already perform phone calls via other means like the Internet? Can you imagine having the possibility to connect to a giant Wi-Fi network and use a phone everywhere by just paying a minimum fee for the Internet access? | >
> | Nowadays, the most used technology to perform phone calls is Voice over IP (VoIP? ), also called Internet Telephony, which transforms voice into data packets that travel through the Internet to its destination. Almost all mobile operators and phone service providers over the Internet, such as Skype, are using VoIP? . Given this, we do not need mobile network operators if we could have the possibility to be connected to a giant Wi-Fi network and make mobile phone calls everywhere. | | | 2. How to achieve the change? | |
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< | Foster the usage of Wi-Fi enabled VoIP? phones under super Wi-Fi environments. My intention is to gather two of the most advanced improvements in science for a bigger purpose. Unsurprisingly, mobile network operators have underestimated this idea through the years; on the ground that they considered that it would represent a serious threat for their revenues. Instead, I consider this as a threat for their existence.
The principal advantage that can be obtained by this proposal is free local and long distance calls paying a minimum fixed fee for high-speed Internet access. | >
> | My proposal is to use of Wi-Fi enabled VoIP? phones under super Wi-Fi environments. Unsurprisingly, mobile network operators have opposed this idea through the years, because they considered that it would represent a serious threat for their revenues. Instead, I consider this a threat to their existence. | | | 2.1 Super Wi-Fi networks | |
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> | Super Wi-Fi network is the concept of turning entire cities into wireless access zones by means of wireless mesh networks. A mesh in this concept is a series of radio transmitters that are able to communicate with at least two others, creating a cloud of radio signals through the city. Municipal wireless networks are among the most discussed projects in this field during the past years. Many local governments around the world have done various initiatives to build citywide Wi-Fi networks and fortunately some of them had been successfully deployed. Even so, it is true that technological improvements are needed to obtain a high quality product, since poor quality or lose of signal can be generated by immense amount of traffic in the bandwidth or by bad climate conditions. | | | | |
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< | This is the concept of turning entire cities into wireless access zones and could be achieved by means of wireless mesh networks. A mesh in this concept is a series of radio transmitters that are able to communicate with at least two others, creating a cloud of radio signals through the city.
Mainly and among the most discussed projects during the past years for the construction of wireless mesh networks are municipal wireless networks. Many local governments from around the world have done various initiatives to build citywide Wi-Fi networks and fortunately some of them had a successful deployment. Even though, it is certain to admit that technological improvements are needed to obtain a high quality product, since poor quality or lost of signal can be generated by immense amount of traffic in the bandwidth or by bad climate conditions.
In respect with the financial matters, the business model of local governments may vary between projects, but generally the service is rendered based on a fixed minimum payment that is adequately and proportionally divided according to each citizen’s income and that could be paid monthly or jointly with the annual tax payment. | >
> | In respect to the financial matters, the business model of local governments may vary between projects, but generally the service is rendered based on a fixed minimum payment that is proportionally divided according to each citizen’s income and that could be paid monthly or jointly with the annual tax payment. Then, the consumer’s economical advantage over this scheme is the possibility to make local and long distance calls by just paying a minimum fixed fee for high-speed Internet access. | | | | |
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The U.S. government dramatically changed its position about this topic when in 2006 FTC listed Wi-Fi first in its list of major technological used to provide citywide wireless Internet access, and then in 2010 FCC, in its National Broadband Plan, referred to Wi-Fi only as an important complement to licensed fixed and mobile networks. What happened between these years? There was a great pressure from telecommunications companies that even achieved that several states such as Pennsylvania passed laws restricting public Wi-Fi.
Moreover, some courts deferring to FCC’s interpretation, have ascertained that it has the regulatory authority over wireless Internet access points mounted on utility poles. This is another legal barrier to avoid the deployment of citywide Wi-Fi networks, because of its power to change the actual standards. | >
> | In spite of these positive attributes, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) opposed this scheme due to their concern for the possibility of generating (i) unfair competition among private and public sectors in the wireless industry and (ii) harmful interferences to local TV stations. The U.S. government dramatically changed its position on this topic when in 2006 FTC listed Wi-Fi first on its list of major technologies used to provide citywide wireless Internet access; in 2010 FCC, in its National Broadband Plan, referred to Wi-Fi only as an important complement to licensed fixed and mobile networks. What happened between these years was a great pressure from mobile telecommunications companies, so much so that even several states passed laws restricting public Wi-Fi. Moreover, some courts, deferring to FCC’s interpretation, have ascertained that it has the regulatory authority over wireless Internet access points mounted on utility poles. This is another legal barrier to avoid the deployment of citywide Wi-Fi networks, because of its power to change the actual standards. | | | 2.2 Wi-Fi Phones | |
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The rejection of mobile companies to this initiative have delayed the massive production of pure Wi-Fi phones or the development of new software that can be used in actual GSM, CDMA or WCDMA to allow the performance of phone calls over the Internet without having to be realized in a mobile network. Nonetheless, you can buy a Linksys, Locktec or ZyXEL? phone with an open protocol for approximately US$90.00.
I believe that once the construction of super Wi-Fi networks start, the most important manufactures of mobile devices are going to turn their eyes into this new filed and build hundreds of new models of phones that will be supported only in the Internet network. I can guarantee that when that day arrives mobile networks will face its end. | >
> | Mobile companies’ rejection of the super Wi-Fi network has delayed the massive production of pure Wi-Fi phones or the development of new software that can be used in actual GSM, CDMA or WCDMA to allow the performance of phone calls over the Internet without having to be realized in a mobile network. Nonetheless, anyone can buy a Linksys, Locktec or ZyXEL? phone with an open protocol for approximately US$90.00. In that order of ideas, once the construction of super Wi-Fi networks starts, the most important manufactures of mobile devices are going to turn their eyes toward this new field and build thousands of new models of mobile phones that will be supported only by the Internet network. I can guarantee that when that day arrives mobile networks will face their end. | | | 3. Conclusion | |
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Unless we try to change the regulatory policies conducted by the U.S. government by showing an evident interest in this matter, this situation would remain for many years, because it favors mobile operators power and income increase. You can try to cooperate to achieve my proposal or continue living submitted to the will of the owners of mobile networks. That is your choice. | >
> | We have identified that freedom does not exist with today’s mobile network operators. Unless we try to change the regulatory policies conducted by the U.S. government by showing an interest in this matter, this situation will remain for many years, because it favors mobile operators’ power and income increase. | | | Information sources
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> | It would be helpful to
put links into the body of the text, where they support individual
statements, in addition to tossing together a source list at the end. Such a list is more useful if you comment on the sources, to help people to decide what to read.
Some technical issues should be identified. Handing off phone calls
from cell to cell when the handset is moving (potentially rapidly)
during a call involves routing activity that is not the same as that
provided by the ordinary Internet routing protocols. Higher power
levels than those that are within the regulatory framework for 802.11
can be required in order to reach handsets without special antennas
in sparsely populated landscape.
The nature of the economic disruption involved can probably be
indicated by a couple of sentences summarizing the earnings of mobile
network providers. The political consequences can also be summarized
briefly, so that the reader can see why you confidently expect
governments to be uninterested in freeing personal telecomms.
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> | By the end of 2010 there were approximately 5.3 billion mobile subscribers according to the International Telecommunication Union. In our world, this means that mobile network owners have an immense power and control over the daily life of millions who must submit to the will and rules of Carlos Slim or his colleagues. Therefore, I considered that a change is needed and technology advances are the way to achieve it. | | | | |
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> | Unfortunately, since there are economical and political interests related to this industry, mobile network operators and the U.S government have opposed to this change through the years and will continue to do so. | | | Lets get started! | |
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< | The first step to reach this objective is to understand that the world will not collapse when the network operators loose their power and that you are going to be able to make your mobile phone calls as always and maybe with better quality or other advantages. | >
> | The first step to reach this objective is to understand that the world will not collapse when network operators disappear, because you will have the possibility to make mobile phone calls, but in a different manner. | | | | |
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< | Technological improvements have forced mobile operators to start using Voice over IP (VoIP? ), also called Internet Telephony in order to process phone calls. In this scenario voice is transformed into data packets that travel through the Internet to its destination where it is change back to voice. This is the same technology used by Skype or Google Talk to perform their calls between computers or other devices. | >
> | Technological improvements have forced mobile operators to use Voice over IP (VoIP? ), also called Internet Telephony, to process phone calls. In this scenario voice is transformed into data packets that travel through the Internet to its destination. This is the same technology used by Skype or similar to perform calls between computers or other devices. | | | | |
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< | In that order of ideas, it might be a good question to ask why does we need a mobile operators if we are performing phone calls via Internet without their networks? Can you imagine having the possibility to be connected to a giant Wi-Fi network and be able to use a phone everywhere by just paying a minimum fee for the Internet access? | >
> | In that sense, it is necessary to ask why do we need mobile network operators if we already perform phone calls via other means like the Internet? Can you imagine having the possibility to connect to a giant Wi-Fi network and use a phone everywhere by just paying a minimum fee for the Internet access? | | | 2. How to achieve the change? | |
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< | Foster the usage of Wi-Fi enabled VoIP? phones (Wi-Fi phones) under super Wi-Fi environments. My intention is to gather technological improvements for a bigger purpose. Unsurprisingly, mobile network operators have underestimated this idea through the years, because they considered that it would represent a serious threat for their revenues. I consider this is a threat for their existence as we now know. | >
> | Foster the usage of Wi-Fi enabled VoIP? phones under super Wi-Fi environments. My intention is to gather two of the most advanced improvements in science for a bigger purpose. Unsurprisingly, mobile network operators have underestimated this idea through the years; on the ground that they considered that it would represent a serious threat for their revenues. Instead, I consider this as a threat for their existence. | | | | |
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> | This is the concept of turning entire cities into wireless access zones and could be achieved by means of wireless mesh networks. A mesh in this concept is a series of radio transmitters that are able to communicate with at least two others, creating a cloud of radio signals through the city. | | | | |
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> | Mainly and among the most discussed projects during the past years for the construction of wireless mesh networks are municipal wireless networks. Many local governments from around the world have done various initiatives to build citywide Wi-Fi networks and fortunately some of them had a successful deployment. Even though, it is certain to admit that technological improvements are needed to obtain a high quality product, since poor quality or lost of signal can be generated by immense amount of traffic in the bandwidth or by bad climate conditions. | | | In respect with the financial matters, the business model of local governments may vary between projects, but generally the service is rendered based on a fixed minimum payment that is adequately and proportionally divided according to each citizen’s income and that could be paid monthly or jointly with the annual tax payment. | |
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On the other hand, Freedom Box project is in full development through the promotion of their creators and in addition to the benefits listed for municipal wireless networks, among others, also avoids access and tracking user information and there is only a one-payment requirement to buy the equipment and not a monthly payment for the service.
2.2 Wi-Fi Phones | >
> | In contrast to benefit from its positive attributes, referring to the U.S. government as an example, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) opposed to this scheme, among others, due to their concern for the possibility to generate unfair competition among private and public sectors in the wireless industry and harmful interferences to local TV stations. | | | | |
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> | The U.S. government dramatically changed its position about this topic when in 2006 FTC listed Wi-Fi first in its list of major technological used to provide citywide wireless Internet access, and then in 2010 FCC, in its National Broadband Plan, referred to Wi-Fi only as an important complement to licensed fixed and mobile networks. What happened between these years? There was a great pressure from telecommunications companies that even achieved that several states such as Pennsylvania passed laws restricting public Wi-Fi. | | | | |
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< | Particularly because of the rejection from mobile companies, diverse and massive production of pure Wi-Fi phones has not arrived to the markets. Nonetheless, you can buy a Linksys, Locktec or ZyXEL? phone with an open protocol for approximately US$90.00. | >
> | Moreover, some courts deferring to FCC’s interpretation, have ascertained that it has the regulatory authority over wireless Internet access points mounted on utility poles. This is another legal barrier to avoid the deployment of citywide Wi-Fi networks, because of its power to change the actual standards. | | | | |
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The two most important advantages and disadvantages from my proposal are the following.
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> | Wi-Fi phones likewise computers use VoIP? technology to make calls. This means that they do not need to be supported over the classical mobile networks architecture, they only need to be in a Wi-Fi covered area to start functioning. | | | | |
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> | The rejection of mobile companies to this initiative have delayed the massive production of pure Wi-Fi phones or the development of new software that can be used in actual GSM, CDMA or WCDMA to allow the performance of phone calls over the Internet without having to be realized in a mobile network. Nonetheless, you can buy a Linksys, Locktec or ZyXEL? phone with an open protocol for approximately US$90.00. | | | | |
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> | I believe that once the construction of super Wi-Fi networks start, the most important manufactures of mobile devices are going to turn their eyes into this new filed and build hundreds of new models of phones that will be supported only in the Internet network. I can guarantee that when that day arrives mobile networks will face its end. | | | | |
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You have identified that freedom does not exist with today’s mobile network operators. | | | | |
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> | Unless we try to change the regulatory policies conducted by the U.S. government by showing an evident interest in this matter, this situation would remain for many years, because it favors mobile operators power and income increase. You can try to cooperate to achieve my proposal or continue living submitted to the will of the owners of mobile networks. That is your choice. | | | | |
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For the reasons stated above you have identified that freedom does not exist in today’s mobile telecommunications world. | | | | |
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> | 1. Open your mind and start the revolution | | | | |
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< | According to the International Telecommunication Union by the end of 2010, there were approximately 5.3 billion mobile subscribers. | >
> | By the end of 2010 there were approximately 5.3 billion mobile subscribers according to the International Telecommunication Union. In our world, this means that mobile network owners have an immense power and control over the daily life of millions who must submit to the will and rules of Carlos Slim or his colleagues. Therefore, I considered that a change of the scheme is needed and technology advances are the way to achieve it. | | | | |
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> | Unfortunately, since there are diverse economical and political interests related to this industry, mobile network operators and the U.S government have opposed to this change through the years and will continue to do so this journey is not going to be easy. | | | | |
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< | (i) The majority of the globe habitants depend excessively on mobile services; and | >
> | Lets get started!
The first step to reach this objective is to understand that the world will not collapse when the network operators loose their power and that you are going to be able to make your mobile phone calls as always and maybe with better quality or other advantages. | | | | |
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< | (ii) Owners of mobile companies have an immense power on the daily life of millions and consequently, mobile subscribers have to submit to the will and rules imposed by Carlos Slim or other mobile networks owners. | >
> | Technological improvements have forced mobile operators to start using Voice over IP (VoIP? ), also called Internet Telephony in order to process phone calls. In this scenario voice is transformed into data packets that travel through the Internet to its destination where it is change back to voice. This is the same technology used by Skype or Google Talk to perform their calls between computers or other devices. | | | | |
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< | Could technology help free ourselves from mobile companies? This is an adventurous question, because for the most part since Bell and Edison times persons have become dependent on telecommunications companies to render fixed and afterwards mobile services. | >
> | In that order of ideas, it might be a good question to ask why does we need a mobile operators if we are performing phone calls via Internet without their networks? Can you imagine having the possibility to be connected to a giant Wi-Fi network and be able to use a phone everywhere by just paying a minimum fee for the Internet access? | | | | |
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< | I will demonstrate that we have technological alternatives to change the mobile telecommunications industry and break our actual conception of the mobile environment. Unfortunately, because there are diverse economical and political interests related with this industry, mobile companies and the U.S government have opposed to this change through the years, as you will discover herein. | >
> | 2. How to achieve the change? | | | | |
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> | Foster the usage of Wi-Fi enabled VoIP? phones (Wi-Fi phones) under super Wi-Fi environments. My intention is to gather technological improvements for a bigger purpose. Unsurprisingly, mobile network operators have underestimated this idea through the years, because they considered that it would represent a serious threat for their revenues. I consider this is a threat for their existence as we now know. | | | | |
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< | You might think that the process of a mobile phone call is the simple sequence of speaking to a phone, afterwards the voice is send to the closest antenna, then to the next antenna or pipe through dedicated circuits for each call and so on until finally, it addressed its destination. Do you need a mobile company to do that for you?
Another way to process a mobile phone call is by using Voice over IP (VoIP? ), also called Internet Telephony. In this scenario voice is transformed into data packets that travel through the Internet to its destination where it will transform into voice again. Does this sound similar to what Skype does?
Now that you understand that almost everything in telecommunications is data transportation and fortunately, nowadays almost everyone is used to perform interactive conversations from a computer through Internet; can you imagine having the possibility to be connected to a giant Wi-Fi network and to use a phone everywhere by just paying a minimum fee?
It is true; I can grant that Skype or similar can be use in mobile devices, but in this case you are still under the mobile companies’ control and consequently subjected to the data services payments?
3. My proposal
Foster the usage of Wi-Fi enabled VoIP? phones (Wi-Fi phones) under super Wi-Fi environments. My intention is to gather technological improvements for a bigger purpose. Mobile companies have underestimated this idea through the years, because they considered that it would represent a serious threat for their revenues.
3.1 Super Wi-Fi networks | >
> | 2.1 Super Wi-Fi networks | | | This is the concept of turning entire cities into wireless access zones and could be achieved by means of wireless mesh networks (WMN). A mesh in this concept is a series of radio transmitters that are able to communicate with at least two others, creating a cloud of radio signals through the city. | | | On the other hand, Freedom Box project is in full development through the promotion of their creators and in addition to the benefits listed for municipal wireless networks, among others, also avoids access and tracking user information and there is only a one-payment requirement to buy the equipment and not a monthly payment for the service. | |
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> | 2.2 Wi-Fi Phones | | | Wi-Fi phones likewise as computers use VoIP? technology to make calls over an Internet Protocol network, instead of the ordinary Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN), but with the advantage that they are a lot more portable.
Particularly because of the rejection from mobile companies, diverse and massive production of pure Wi-Fi phones has not arrived to the markets. Nonetheless, you can buy a Linksys, Locktec or ZyXEL? phone with an open protocol for approximately US$90.00. | |
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> | 2.3 Advantages and disadvantages | | | The two most important advantages and disadvantages from my proposal are the following.
Advantages | | | - VoIP? usage in phones limits the possibility to determine the precise location of a person who calls emergency services. | |
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> | 3. Conclusion | | | For the reasons stated above you have identified that freedom does not exist in today’s mobile telecommunications world.
Unless we try to change it, this situation would remain for many years, because it favors mobile companies power and incomes increase. You can try to cooperate to achieve my proposal or continue living submitted to the will of the owners of mobile companies. That is your choice. |
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Are you really living in a free mobile telecommunications world? | | | In contrast from the positive previous statements, the Federal Trade Commission and the Federal Communications Commission of U.S. have opposed this scheme due to their concern for the possibility to generate (i) unfair competition among private and public sectors in the wireless industry; and (ii) harmful interferences to local TV stations. | |
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> | On the other hand, Freedom Box project is in full development through the promotion of their creators and in addition to the benefits listed for municipal wireless networks, among others, also avoids access and tracking user information and there is only a one-payment requirement to buy the equipment and not a monthly payment for the service. | | | 3.2 Wi-Fi Phones
Wi-Fi phones likewise as computers use VoIP? technology to make calls over an Internet Protocol network, instead of the ordinary Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN), but with the advantage that they are a lot more portable. | |
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> | Particularly because of the rejection from mobile companies, diverse and massive production of pure Wi-Fi phones has not arrived to the markets. Nonetheless, you can buy a Linksys, Locktec or ZyXEL? phone with an open protocol for approximately US$90.00. | | | | |
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> | 3.3 Advantages and disadvantages
The two most important advantages and disadvantages from my proposal are the following. | | | | |
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Herein I am going to enumerate the most important advantages and disadvantages from our proposal.
4.1 Advantages | | | - Free local and long distance calls. | |
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> | - Minimum payment for high-speed Internet access for the citizens. | | | | |
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- Poor quality or lost of signal because of the immense amount of traffic in the bandwidth shared. Solution: with the adequate hardware and software, a hotspot can separate and prioritize the voice traffic, treating it as a separate signal and providing better voice quality. | >
> | - Poor quality or lost of signal because of immense amount of traffic in the bandwidth or bad climate conditions. | | | | |
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> | - VoIP? usage in phones limits the possibility to determine the precise location of a person who calls emergency services. | | | | |
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< | - VoIP? usage limits the possibility to determine the precise location of a person who calls 911. | >
> | 4. Conclusion
For the reasons stated above you have identified that freedom does not exist in today’s mobile telecommunications world. | | | | |
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The time that is going to be needed to develop this alternative depends on you. You can try to cooperate to foster its development or continue living submitted to the will of the owners of mobile companies. | >
> | Unless we try to change it, this situation would remain for many years, because it favors mobile companies power and incomes increase. You can try to cooperate to achieve my proposal or continue living submitted to the will of the owners of mobile companies. That is your choice. | | | Information sources
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Are you really living in a free mobile telecommunications world? | | | Could technology help free ourselves from mobile companies? This is an adventurous question, because for the most part since Bell and Edison times persons have become dependent on telecommunications companies to render fixed and afterwards mobile services. | |
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< | I will demonstrate that we have a technological alternative to change the mobile telecommunications industry and break our actual conception of the mobile environment. Unfortunately, because there are diverse economical and political interests related with this industry, mobile companies and the U.S government have opposed to this change through the years, as you will discover herein. | >
> | I will demonstrate that we have technological alternatives to change the mobile telecommunications industry and break our actual conception of the mobile environment. Unfortunately, because there are diverse economical and political interests related with this industry, mobile companies and the U.S government have opposed to this change through the years, as you will discover herein. | | | 2. Review your telecommunications knowledge and open your mind | | | Another way to process a mobile phone call is by using Voice over IP (VoIP? ), also called Internet Telephony. In this scenario voice is transformed into data packets that travel through the Internet to its destination where it will transform into voice again. Does this sound similar to what Skype does? | |
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< | Now that you understand that almost everything in telecommunications is data transportation and fortunately, nowadays almost everyone is used to perform interactive conversations from a computer through Internet; can you imagine having the possibility to be connected to a giant Wi-Fi network and to use a phone everywhere and for free? | >
> | Now that you understand that almost everything in telecommunications is data transportation and fortunately, nowadays almost everyone is used to perform interactive conversations from a computer through Internet; can you imagine having the possibility to be connected to a giant Wi-Fi network and to use a phone everywhere by just paying a minimum fee? | | | It is true; I can grant that Skype or similar can be use in mobile devices, but in this case you are still under the mobile companies’ control and consequently subjected to the data services payments? | |
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> | 3. My proposal | | | | |
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< | Foster the usage of Wi-Fi enabled VoIP? phones (Wi-Fi phones) under super Wi-Fi environments administered by local governments. | >
> | Foster the usage of Wi-Fi enabled VoIP? phones (Wi-Fi phones) under super Wi-Fi environments. My intention is to gather technological improvements for a bigger purpose. Mobile companies have underestimated this idea through the years, because they considered that it would represent a serious threat for their revenues. | | | | |
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< | My intention is to gather technological improvements for a bigger purpose. Mobile companies have underestimated this idea through the years, because they considered that it would represent a serious threat for their revenues. | >
> | 3.1 Super Wi-Fi networks | | | | |
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< | Moreover and particularly regarding the possibility that local governments could run Wi-Fi networks, the Federal Trade Commission and the Federal Communications Commission have opposed this scheme due to their concern for (i) unfair competition among private and public sectors in the wireless industry; and (ii) harmful interference to local TV stations. | >
> | This is the concept of turning entire cities into wireless access zones and could be achieved by means of wireless mesh networks (WMN). A mesh in this concept is a series of radio transmitters that are able to communicate with at least two others, creating a cloud of radio signals through the city. | | | | |
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> | Mainly and among the most discussed projects during the past years for the construction of wireless mesh networks are (i) municipal wireless networks and (ii) the Freedom Box. | | | | |
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> | Many local governments from around the world have done various initiatives to build citywide Wi-Fi network and fortunately in almost every continent there has been a successfully deployment. Further and recently considering its importance, the European Commission had submitted to the European Parliament a proposal to spend almost 9.2 billion euros from 2014 to 2020 on pan-European projects to give citizens access to high-speed broadband networks. | | | | |
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< | There have been many initiatives from local governments around the world to build citywide Wi-Fi network and fortunately many of them have been executed successfully. | >
> | In respect with the financial matters, the business model of local governments may vary between projects, but generally the service is rendered based on a fixed minimum payment that is adequately and proportionally divided according to each citizen’s income and that could be paid monthly or jointly with the annual tax payment. | | | | |
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< | Regarding the technological aspect the usage wireless mesh networks (WMN) is recommended. A mesh in this concept is a series of radio transmitters that are able to communicate with at least two others, creating a cloud of radio signals through the city, allowing you Internet access from every part of the city. | >
> | In contrast from the positive previous statements, the Federal Trade Commission and the Federal Communications Commission of U.S. have opposed this scheme due to their concern for the possibility to generate (i) unfair competition among private and public sectors in the wireless industry; and (ii) harmful interferences to local TV stations. | | | | |
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< | In the financial matters, the business models of local governments may vary, but I considered that Wi-Fi coverage could be rendered for free based on the economical theory that people who are no longer spending money on a high-speed connection will be able to put that money back into the local economy and therefore, generate more incomes to the city via tax collection. | | | 3.2 Wi-Fi Phones | |
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> | Wi-Fi phones likewise as computers use VoIP? technology to make calls over an Internet Protocol network, instead of the ordinary Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN), but with the advantage that they are a lot more portable. | | | | |
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Are you really living in a free mobile telecommunications world? | | | I will demonstrate that we have a technological alternative to change the mobile telecommunications industry and break our actual conception of the mobile environment. Unfortunately, because there are diverse economical and political interests related with this industry, mobile companies and the U.S government have opposed to this change through the years, as you will discover herein. | |
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2.1 Review your knowledge about how mobile services are rendered
Without having much technological knowledge you might think about it as the simple sequence of speaking to a phone, afterwards the voice is send to the closest antenna, then to the next antenna or pipe through dedicated circuits or channels for each phone call and finally to the mobile device of person to whom you want to speak. | >
> | 2. Review your telecommunications knowledge and open your mind | | | | |
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> | You might think that the process of a mobile phone call is the simple sequence of speaking to a phone, afterwards the voice is send to the closest antenna, then to the next antenna or pipe through dedicated circuits for each call and so on until finally, it addressed its destination. Do you need a mobile company to do that for you? | | | | |
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< | There is another technological way to do that and is called Voice over IP (VoIP? ) or Internet Telephony. Voice is transformed in data packets and they travel through the Internet to their final destination, where they will transform again into voice. Does it sound similar as something called Skype? | >
> | Another way to process a mobile phone call is by using Voice over IP (VoIP? ), also called Internet Telephony. In this scenario voice is transformed into data packets that travel through the Internet to its destination where it will transform into voice again. Does this sound similar to what Skype does? | | | | |
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Now you understand that almost everything in telecommunications is data transportation and fortunately you are used to have interactive conversations through a PC that may be connected to the Internet via Wi-Fi or other source of Internet access. | >
> | Now that you understand that almost everything in telecommunications is data transportation and fortunately, nowadays almost everyone is used to perform interactive conversations from a computer through Internet; can you imagine having the possibility to be connected to a giant Wi-Fi network and to use a phone everywhere and for free? | | | | |
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< | Question: can you imagine being connected to a giant Wi-Fi network and having the possibility to use a mobile phone to speak to others for free? | >
> | It is true; I can grant that Skype or similar can be use in mobile devices, but in this case you are still under the mobile companies’ control and consequently subjected to the data services payments? | | | | |
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> | 3. My alternative | | | | |
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My alternative is to incentive the usage of Wi-Fi enabled VoIP? phones (Wi-Fi phones) under super Wi-Fi environments administered by local governments. | >
> | Foster the usage of Wi-Fi enabled VoIP? phones (Wi-Fi phones) under super Wi-Fi environments administered by local governments. | | | | |
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< | This scenario is not my creation but has been underestimated through the years particularly by the big wireless companies, on the ground that they considered it a serious threat for their revenues. | >
> | My intention is to gather technological improvements for a bigger purpose. Mobile companies have underestimated this idea through the years, because they considered that it would represent a serious threat for their revenues. | | | | |
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< | Moreover and curiously, the Federal Trade Commission and the Federal Communications Commission have opposed to allow large scale Wi-Fi coverage respectively, by their concern for (i) competition among private and public sectors in the wireless industry and (ii) harmful interference to local TV stations. | >
> | Moreover and particularly regarding the possibility that local governments could run Wi-Fi networks, the Federal Trade Commission and the Federal Communications Commission have opposed this scheme due to their concern for (i) unfair competition among private and public sectors in the wireless industry; and (ii) harmful interference to local TV stations. | | | | |
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> | 3.1 Super Wi-Fi networks | | | This is the concept of turning entire cities into wireless access zones. | | | In the financial matters, the business models of local governments may vary, but I considered that Wi-Fi coverage could be rendered for free based on the economical theory that people who are no longer spending money on a high-speed connection will be able to put that money back into the local economy and therefore, generate more incomes to the city via tax collection. | |
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> | 3.2 Wi-Fi Phones | | | Wi-Fi phones use the same wireless network technology as computers, but with the advantage that they are a lot more portable. Likewise as computers, these phones use VoIP? technology to make calls over an Internet Protocol network, instead of the ordinary Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN). | | | An important thing to bear in mind is that you need to buy a Wi-Fi phone with open protocol to not be related to a particular network or service provider in order to be able to contact with others in a free way. | |
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> | 4. Advantages and disadvantages | | | Herein I am going to enumerate the most important advantages and disadvantages from our proposal. | |
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> | 4.1 Advantages | | | - Free local and long distance calls.
- Free high-speed Internet access to the general population.
- The city will become more attractive to businesses and tourists. | |
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> | 4.2 Disadvantages | | | - Poor quality or lost of signal because of the immense amount of traffic in the bandwidth shared. Solution: with the adequate hardware and software, a hotspot can separate and prioritize the voice traffic, treating it as a separate signal and providing better voice quality.
- Climate conditions can adversely affect the signal strength sensitivity.
- VoIP? usage limits the possibility to determine the precise location of a person who calls 911. | |
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> | 5. Conclusion | | | The time that is going to be needed to develop this alternative depends on you. You can try to cooperate to foster its development or continue living submitted to the will of the owners of mobile companies.
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-- By DiegodelaPuente - 29 Sep 2011
1. Facts and thoughts | |
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> | According to the International Telecommunication Union by the end of 2010, there were approximately 5.3 billion mobile subscribers. | | | | |
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> | This number reveals two clear and correlated facts: | | | | |
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> | (i) The majority of the globe habitants depend excessively on mobile services; and | | | | |
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> | (ii) Owners of mobile companies have an immense power on the daily life of millions and consequently, mobile subscribers have to submit to the will and rules imposed by Carlos Slim or other mobile networks owners. | | | | |
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Subscribers have to submit to the will and rules imposed by Carlos Slim or other mobile networks owners? I disagree. I consider that freedom really exists only when you have a choice. | >
> | Could technology help free ourselves from mobile companies? This is an adventurous question, because for the most part since Bell and Edison times persons have become dependent on telecommunications companies to render fixed and afterwards mobile services. | | | | |
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> | I will demonstrate that we have a technological alternative to change the mobile telecommunications industry and break our actual conception of the mobile environment. Unfortunately, because there are diverse economical and political interests related with this industry, mobile companies and the U.S government have opposed to this change through the years, as you will discover herein. | | | | |
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Technology can help us replace cell phones and avoid depending on mobile telecommunications companies to render the service.
2.2 Objective
Demonstrate that you have a choice by means of a concrete technological alternative to change the actual mobile telecommunication industry and benefit from it.
3. How to achieve the change?
3.1 Review your knowledge about how mobile services are rendered | >
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2.1 Review your knowledge about how mobile services are rendered | | | Without having much technological knowledge you might think about it as the simple sequence of speaking to a phone, afterwards the voice is send to the closest antenna, then to the next antenna or pipe through dedicated circuits or channels for each phone call and finally to the mobile device of person to whom you want to speak.
Question: do you need a mobile company to do that for you?
There is another technological way to do that and is called Voice over IP (VoIP? ) or Internet Telephony. Voice is transformed in data packets and they travel through the Internet to their final destination, where they will transform again into voice. Does it sound similar as something called Skype? | |
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According to the International Telecommunication Union by the end of 2010, approximately 5.3 billion persons had something in common: they were mobile subscribers.
This number reveals two clear and correlated messages:
(i) The majority of the globe habitants rely excessively on mobile services; and therefore,
(ii) Owners of mobile companies have an immense control of the daily life of millions.
Consequently what is freedom in the mobile telecommunications industry?
Subscribers have to submit to the will and rules imposed by Carlos Slim or other mobile networks owners? I disagree. I consider that freedom really exists only when you have a choice.
2. Thesis and objective
2.1 Thesis
Technology can help us replace cell phones and avoid depending on mobile telecommunications companies to render the service.
2.2 Objective
Demonstrate that you have a choice by means of a concrete technological alternative to change the actual mobile telecommunication industry and benefit from it.
3. How to achieve the change?
3.1 Review your knowledge about how mobile services are rendered
Without having much technological knowledge you might think about it as the simple sequence of speaking to a phone, afterwards the voice is send to the closest antenna, then to the next antenna or pipe through dedicated circuits or channels for each phone call and finally to the mobile device of person to whom you want to speak.
Question: do you need a mobile company to do that for you?
There is another technological way to do that and is called Voice over IP (VoIP? ) or Internet Telephony. Voice is transformed in data packets and they travel through the Internet to their final destination, where they will transform again into voice. Does it sound similar as something called Skype?
3.2 Open your mind
Now you understand that almost everything in telecommunications is data transportation and fortunately you are used to have interactive conversations through a PC that may be connected to the Internet via Wi-Fi or other source of Internet access.
Question: can you imagine being connected to a giant Wi-Fi network and having the possibility to use a mobile phone to speak to others for free?
Ok, I grant you the amazing idea that you can use Skype or similar in a mobile device, but are not you still in a mobile network and consequently paying for the data services?
4. My alternative
My alternative is to incentive the usage of Wi-Fi enabled VoIP? phones (Wi-Fi phones) under super Wi-Fi environments administered by local governments.
This scenario is not my creation but has been underestimated through the years particularly by the big wireless companies, on the ground that they considered it a serious threat for their revenues.
Moreover and curiously, the Federal Trade Commission and the Federal Communications Commission have opposed to allow large scale Wi-Fi coverage respectively, by their concern for (i) competition among private and public sectors in the wireless industry and (ii) harmful interference to local TV stations.
4.1 Super Wi-Fi networks
This is the concept of turning entire cities into wireless access zones.
There have been many initiatives from local governments around the world to build citywide Wi-Fi network and fortunately many of them have been executed successfully.
Regarding the technological aspect the usage wireless mesh networks (WMN) is recommended. A mesh in this concept is a series of radio transmitters that are able to communicate with at least two others, creating a cloud of radio signals through the city, allowing you Internet access from every part of the city.
In the financial matters, the business models of local governments may vary, but I considered that Wi-Fi coverage could be rendered for free based on the economical theory that people who are no longer spending money on a high-speed connection will be able to put that money back into the local economy and therefore, generate more incomes to the city via tax collection.
4.2 Wi-Fi Phones
Wi-Fi phones use the same wireless network technology as computers, but with the advantage that they are a lot more portable. Likewise as computers, these phones use VoIP? technology to make calls over an Internet Protocol network, instead of the ordinary Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN).
Mainly because of the rejection of the mobile companies, the diverse and massive production of pure Wi-Fi phones has not arrived to the markets. Nonetheless, you can buy a ZyXEL? , Locktec or Linksys model for approximately US$75.00.
An important thing to bear in mind is that you need to buy a Wi-Fi phone with open protocol to not be related to a particular network or service provider in order to be able to contact with others in a free way.
5. Advantages and disadvantages
Herein I am going to enumerate the most important advantages and disadvantages from our proposal.
5.1 Advantages
- Free local and long distance calls.
- Free high-speed Internet access to the general population.
- The city will become more attractive to businesses and tourists.
5.2 Disadvantages
- Poor quality or lost of signal because of the immense amount of traffic in the bandwidth shared. Solution: with the adequate hardware and software, a hotspot can separate and prioritize the voice traffic, treating it as a separate signal and providing better voice quality.
- Climate conditions can adversely affect the signal strength sensitivity.
- VoIP? usage limits the possibility to determine the precise location of a person who calls 911.
6. Conclusion
The time that is going to be needed to develop this alternative depends on you. You can try to cooperate to foster its development or continue living submitted to the will of the owners of mobile companies.
Information sources
- http://transition.fcc.gov/voip/
- http://communication.howstuffworks.com/ip-telephony9.htm
- http://www.truphone.com/en-US/
- http://www.pcworld.com/article/129114/new_voip_service_for_cell_phones.html
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Techno-utopianism
- http://www.techdirt.com/search.php?tid=Predictions
- http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20070215/002923.shtml
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobile_VoIP
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- http://www.fring.com/what-is-fring
- http://www.laptopmag.com/advice/how-to/Turn-Your-Cell-into-a-VoIP-Phone.aspx
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- http://electronics.howstuffworks.com/wifi-phone2.htm
- http://www.broadvoice.com/wifi_voip_phone.html
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- http://www.itu.int/ITU-D/ict/material/FactsFigures2010.pdf
- http://www.jthtl.org/content/articles/V9I1/JTHTLv9i1_Lemley.PDF
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- http://gigaom.com/2004/07/04/review-zyxel-voip-wifi-phone/
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yft47G0328w
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4hUtbUkBGpE&feature=related
- http://www.amazon.com/Locktec-WP04-WiFi-Wireless-Phone/dp/B003ZW920O
- http://computer.howstuffworks.com/municipal-wifi.htm
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Municipal_wireless_network
- http://www.wirelessphiladelphia.org/
- http://news.cnet.com/The-citywide-Wi-Fi-reality-check/2100-7351_3-5722150.html
- http://www.ftc.gov/opa/2006/10/muniwireless.shtm
- http://www.ftc.gov/os/2006/10/V060021municipalprovwirelessinternet.pdf
- http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2010/10/super-wif/#ixzz12OMKNRty
- http://www.mediapost.com/publications/article/136391/
- http://legal.tmcnet.com/topics/legal/articles/220453-fcc-rules-limit-use-super-wi-fi-populated.htm
- http://www.technologyreview.com/communications/38635/?nlid=nldly&nld=2011-09-20 | | | | |
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2.1 Advantages
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4.1 Technical requirements: High speed internet connection (WiFi? ) /
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3.1 Advantages
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4.1 Technical requirements: High speed internet connection (WiFi? ) /
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