Re: MagicJack introducing cheap "femtocell"

[Robert Portvliet <robert.portvliet () gmail com>]

"Borislow said the device is legal because wireless spectrum licenses
don't extend into the home."

Is this true?



On Sat, Jan 9, 2010 at 6:52 PM, Rob, grandpa of Ryan, Trevor, Devon &
Hannah <rMslade () shaw ca> wrote:
> First the fun.  Geekly speaking, this is cool.
>
> http://bit.ly/7qiZou  (AP)
>
> Three parts to the sec.
>
> a)  Cheap interception devices?
>
> b)  Wanna drive the telcos out of business?
>
> c)  If we do b, we got lots of sec to talk about ...
>
>
> For some time, I have been idly exploring the possibilities of marrying dynamic re-
> routing capabilities to cell phones, along with, essentially, a femtocell-like
> function included with every phone.  In contrast to the current contention model
> for communications (the more phones in an area the worse the
> bandwidth/communications function), when you use protocols like CDMA2000
> (where the closer the devices are to each other, the higher the data rates) you get
> a situation where the more phones there are in an area the greater the bandwidth,
> and the better the communications.
>
> Once you reach a certain critical mass (and address some issues for long distance--
> not insurmountable), the central telco becomes irrelevant.  And redundant ...
>
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