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

[Christian de Larrinaga]

Who is running their own IP layer over LTE 1/2 layer carrier?

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Carlos M. Martinez wrote:
> LTE is a L1-L2 technolgy for us Internet folk. It´s no more a walled
> garden than Ethernet. It´s the use you make of it that matters.
> 
> 
> On 4/16/15 9:33 AM, Christian de Larrinaga wrote:
>> 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
>>
>>
>> -- 
>> Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity.
>>
>>
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