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

[Matthew Ford]

An interesting recent development of relevance to Christian’s point below:

http://5gwnews.com/90-r/230-at-t-china-telecom-dt-ft-excluding-all-competition-from-lte-u

Regards,
Mat

> On 17 Apr 2015, at 12:57, Christian de Larrinaga <cdel at firsthand.net> wrote:
> 
> Who is running their own IP layer over LTE 1/2 layer carrier?
> 
> C
> 
> 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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