Wednesday, August 1, 2007

Wireless spectrum opened up

The FCC will require about one third of the new wireless spectrum being sold be made available to customers buying any cellphone or other wireless device they want. No longer will you have to use only the cell phones or products sold by your cellular carrier. One of the major forces behind this new system is Google. Now doesn't that open up some interesting possibilities.

Along these lines Ooma has begun it's move into free phone service which is totally transparent to the user. The business model currently used by the telcos and cable companies is quickly unraveling.

We appear to be rushing very quickly into the reality of free connections and wireless mesh networks are not even here yet. There will be no gatekeeper.

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