[NTLUG:Discuss] Mobile internet with sprintpcs

[Robert Pearson]

Chris Cox wrote:
> With Sprint it's sorta mandatory.  You can't get Sprint without
> SprintVision AFAIK (at least that's what they tell you now).
> I used to have a more normal phone, when I upgraded, I didn't
> want the Vision thing... but they told me I had no choice.
> 

Below is one view on the world scene for Broadband and Wireless. How
does this relate to Linux? I'm not sure but Wireless, Broadband and
network technology are Linux enabling technologies and very popular
topics in the IT world. I would love to have a Bluetooth connected
personal world and to try it as a Information connectivity solution in
an Enterprise IT environment.

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Here is this months IEEE CTS Chapter ComSoc / Signal Processing
announcement. I think its an interesting topic on broadband across the
globe.

   Topic :

  The choice and comparison internationally of Fiber vs DSL over Copper vs
  Cable TV in providing Triple Play, IP  Broadband  Services VOIP, DATA and
  IP-TV Video  in  the Last Mile.

  Presentor:  David Burnstien, Editor of DSL Prime Newsletter, NYC, NY.
  (www.dslprime.com)

  Abstract:

  What's real, and where.

  Will Austin ever catch up with Paris, Shanghai, and Seoul?

  Will have three parts, with questions throughout.
[rdp note - Read this and weep]
  1- Remarkable results around the world
  Japan is $22 for 15 meg.
  Korea's at 70% and upping speeds to 50 meg+.
  4G wireless is coming to Korea.
  Paris is 30 euros for 5 meg DSL + phone + TV.
  Wimax at 30 meg exciting Arizona.

[rdp note - wasn't there a big discussion about this on NTLUG?]
  The BBC is about to offer, for free to anyone in the U.K., every
  show from last week or taped to run over the air next week. Bit Torrent
  brings down the cost.

  2- What's real, and where. 100 meg DSL, 30-100 meg wireless, DOCSIS cable
  at 200 down, 100 up. HD TV compressed to fit, and distributed
  inexpensively.

  3- Making it real, here. Why Verizon is installing fiber, and SBC isn't.
  What could change that? Will high speed wireless change everything?

   Biography:

  David Burnstein, editor of DSL Prime Newsletter (www.dslprime.com), says,
  "I've reported the birth of an industry, the boom and bust in the
U.S., and the
  shift to a lead in Asia. It's a great job; I get to go around the
world and ask
  questions of the best in the business. I've learned a fair amount that way,
  wrote a book (DSL, Wiley 2000, with Jennie Bourne), and seen my work
  picked up in government reports and all."

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You can read Dave's summary at
http://isp-planet.com/cplanet/tech/2004/prime_letter_041027_dave.html