San Francisco • 11 Sep 2008 09:56 • MobLog
Again, the big topic is "open", the unfettered access that carriers dread but every consumer wants. Carriers defend their position with their need to maintain "control" and "stewardship" in order to guarantee quality of service. While there is some truth in this, the networks and the devices that run on them can be adapted to support open access. In the device area, this transformation is already happening. I would like to pose a a question to carrier executives about how often they use the Internet. Founded on the principal of unfettered access but with technology some 40 years old, the Internet actually works despite the lack of control and stewardship. Yes we have SPAM and the occassional denial of service attacks but it works most all the time. And if that's not a good enough example, look at WiFi. It's totally unregulated but yet it works. Mobile technology can and will survive the rigors of unfettered access. If it can't, we need to change the technology to adapt to it. LTE must embrace it.
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