[Chapter-delegates] Fighting Homelessness, One Smartphone at a Time

[Christian de Larrinaga]

LTE is cell model for MITM and walled garden. Just check out VoLTE. 

Has a role to play but like its predecessor IMS. Is not about neutral carrier. 

On 16 April 2015 12:34:43 BST, Olivier MJ Crepin-Leblond <ocl at gih.com> wrote:
>Dear Christian,
>
>one of the paragraphs in your response particularly intrigued me and I
>wonder if I can ask for clarification:
>
>On 15/04/2015 11:16, Christian de Larrinaga wrote:
>> My preference for promoting a platform that would be truly
>> transformative over wireless would not be cell but wireless Internet
>> services. That is the only effective way to bring the power of
>> application and service innovation to the people locally. It's the
>> difference between being dependent (on cell) to being in the driving
>> seat (Internet data network) both from enabling new networks to be
>set
>> up by people themselves to their developing and deploying
>applications.
>
>What do you mean by wireless Internet services? Via WIFI?
>
>I am personally "sold" on LTE. Having used it in extensively in
>Singapore at 100Mb/s download AND upload, whether outside, in a hotel,
>in a taxi, underground, on a subway train. I have no idea how they did
>this but LTE worked everywhere. Implemented correctly, LTE really
>opened
>my mind to understand ubiquitous connectivity. I stopped thinking "do I
>have Internet?" and made constant use of my mobile to help me find my
>way in an unknown environment - so much so that I felt like I
>"belonged"
>there. I can see the benefit of such service for trade and exchange at
>all levels, both in developed and in developing economies.
>All to say that I have real concerns about another technology gap
>opening: reliable, fast LTE or not.
>
>To summarise, I really believe the mobile Internet is an opportunity
>for
>all countries but in the current arms race where "faster is better"
>whilst the principles are great, the infrastructure costs are going to
>put a serious strain on developing country economies.
>Kind regards,
>
>Olivier
>
>-- 
>Olivier MJ Crépin-Leblond, PhD
>http://www.gih.com/ocl.html

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