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By: andy w

andy w — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 17:23:11 +0000

As someone working in the mobile content arena I have a different mindset, perhaps that is what put me off the “bandwidth hog” part of your comment.

Here in Argentina I know many people who own iPhones but do not activate the EDGE capabilities due to how expensive it is to purchase all that bandwidth at retail rates.

They all use WiFi with pleasure, of course…

By: Martin Varsavsky

Martin Varsavsky — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 17:13:41 +0000

@ andy w: It is not sarcastic. Yes, I had a tough meeting with Steve Jobs and I found him very hard to deal with, but he is the most innovative CEO on the planet and I really mean it when I say that the WiFi world is greateful to him.

By: jp

jp — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 15:49:31 +0000

I don’t believe this has anything to do with technology. Comparing WiFi and W-CDMA/HSPA is basically comparing 100m a marathon runners. Is Samuel Wanjiru better than Usain Bolt? Maybe we should ask Usain to run the marathon and see how far he gets?

By: andy w

andy w — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 11:10:35 +0000

Wow. I knew you didn’t like Steve, but this post is *really* sarcastic.

By: Arthur

Arthur — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 10:56:51 +0000

Hi Martin,

This is all great validation for WiFi; especially that Operators will need to offload data-intensive traffic from 3G cellular network to cheaper and faster WiFi networks.

I am curious what the source of this quote is?

“It is estimated that it costs 85% less to send traffic through WiFi than through 3G.”

Cheers, Arthur

By: Lucas

Lucas — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 06:06:03 +0000

I would love to get your take on the FCC white space approval.

By: fonero

fonero — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 23:20:34 +0000

so it seems very logical to sell FON to whom?). Can you tell us?