logicalthought

It Seems Mobile Broadband Is Becoming a Fixed Line Replacement

I'm not sure about what a "virtual hardware" product is, but just to be clear, you *can* stream video today over a 3G mobile network and it looks okay on a small screen. (And the new 4G LTE network that Verizon will start rolling out next year will supposedly be 100x faster, and thus easily suitable for HD video.) But last time I streamed video over my cellular card, it used data at the rate of over 100 mb/hour, which would give me 50 hours of usage (around 1.7 hours/day) for the month before the massive overage charges would've kicked in. (And I'm sure that HD video would be massively MORE data-intensive.) So, if the future of TV and movie delivery is the internet, it won't be over cellular networks unless the pricing plan is completely restructured.


On Mar 03 03:21 PM paultaut wrote:

> L: I stand corrected, For a while anyway.
>
> I read some where, about the ability to create Virtual Hardware via
> software. When installed on a Mobile or cell phone, it would be able
> to simulate the creation of Mobile Hardwired Networks.
>
> Would something like this work in re the requirements necessary for
> heavy graphics streaming.

It Seems Mobile Broadband Is Becoming a Fixed Line Replacement

You're talking about "voice", IM, etc... I'm talking about heavy streaming data (particularly, video). I've been using wireless broadband cards with my laptops since Verizon had a product years ago with a 16k throughput speed. While my (current) EVDO Rev A card works more like slow-speed DSL (typically, 300k-1 meg), all the carriers recently put a 5 gig per month limit on how much data you're allowed to access without paying massive overage charges. As long as this is the case (and I'm sure they do it because they're somewhat bandwidth-constrained)... cellular broadband will never be able to replace fixed-line broadband for home users.


On Mar 03 09:17 AM paultaut wrote:

> Logical: Mobile Is the product of choice in The New European marketplace.
> Telephone poles do not dot the landscape.
>
> In Lithuania, when I was there 10 years ago, Mobile Telephones were
> anchored to steel poles for Public use.
>
> Phone cards giving xyz worth of time to different locations was the
> norm. Cell phones and Mobile phones were being used in every home
> that could afford it.
>
> The Old Soviet had centralized all of the Utilities and all roads
> led to "Rome"...so to speak. Privacy is a Big Issue, it is something
> that they prize. Mobile phones and Cell phones provide what they
> require.
>
> So, maybe Mobile will not be a Big issue here, at least not until
> the Nationwide Broadband Grid is established, it certainly has a
> following in New Europe.

It Seems Mobile Broadband Is Becoming a Fixed Line Replacement

I don't see how mobile can replace fixed if the cellular carriers continue to impose 5 GB per month data limits; that gets used up pretty damn quickly if you start streaming video.