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On Monday 23 May 2005 3:32 pm, John Chambers wrote: > It would have been a "drop ?dead" ?requirement, ?and ?would ?have ?in > effect ?outlawed the sale of cell-phone service. ?Very nice if you're > one of their competitors. ?Most companies, especially ?those ?holding > legal ?monopolies, ?would ?love ?to ?see ?the government outlaw a new > technology that introduces competition into their pseudo-market. ?The > best ?way ?to ?do this would be to legally require something that the > new technology can't do. 10 years ago you and I talked about people using cell phones as their only phone to replace POTS. Today this is a reality although cell phones were not marketed as replacements for POTS. Why??? First, the network was not set up for the volume. Second, the POTS phone companies (NYNEX, SW BELL, ...) were the cell phone companies. This is not 100% true today, but both Verizon wireless and Cingular are still tightly tied to their POTS counterpart. Some of the more recent advertising by both Sprint and by T-Mobile are strongly implying the use of cell phones at home. The FCC is being pushed pretty hard by the POTS people to regulate VOIP. But, also remember that cell phones must all contain GPS technology at the insistence of the FCC. Putting GPS technology in the cell phone makes sense since on a cell, when dialing a number, it may be physically dialed from miles away. -- Jerry Feldman <gaf at blu.org> Boston Linux and Unix user group http://www.blu.org PGP key id:C5061EA9 PGP Key fingerprint:053C 73EC 3AC1 5C44 3E14 9245 FB00 3ED5 C506 1EA9
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