Comments on: Is 2010 the year to stop worrying and love the carriers? http://wirelessnorth.ca/2010/01/26/is-2010-the-year-to-stop-worrying-and-love-the-carriers/ Covering The Great Wireless North Fri, 30 Jul 2010 03:34:34 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Kevin http://wirelessnorth.ca/2010/01/26/is-2010-the-year-to-stop-worrying-and-love-the-carriers/comment-page-1/#comment-1668 Kevin Mon, 08 Feb 2010 05:45:44 +0000 http://wirelessnorth.ca/?p=767#comment-1668 I like your optimistic dream. Maybe someday it will be reality. I like your optimistic dream. Maybe someday it will be reality.

]]> By: WirelessNorth http://wirelessnorth.ca/2010/01/26/is-2010-the-year-to-stop-worrying-and-love-the-carriers/comment-page-1/#comment-1660 WirelessNorth Sun, 31 Jan 2010 11:36:00 +0000 http://wirelessnorth.ca/?p=767#comment-1660 @tjemartin does Rogers beat AT&T? good questions. two answers for you<br><br>1. It's not all about bandwidth, the faster network apps also have better latency (pings), latency you notice as snappier web-apps, this will be important if we want to see cloud-based mobile apps that are as rich and responsive native ones. <br><br>Bandwidth, you can get lots of it, "robber's" famous $30 6/GB plan is or was a pretty damn good deal. At least as long as you also have a land-line broadband for your torrent needs or whatever.<br><br>2. AT&T is notorious amongst US iPhone users for their terrible and inconsistent network coverage (notice the audience boos at the last mac keynote at the mention of AT&T). That being said, perhaps we were being too charitable to Rogers, in downtown Toronto they've been dropping calls lately like were on fire. <br><br>Maybe Skype over a wireless 21MBps data pipe would be more reliable? :) @tjemartin does Rogers beat AT&T? good questions. two answers for you

1. It's not all about bandwidth, the faster network apps also have better latency (pings), latency you notice as snappier web-apps, this will be important if we want to see cloud-based mobile apps that are as rich and responsive native ones.

Bandwidth, you can get lots of it, “robber's” famous $30 6/GB plan is or was a pretty damn good deal. At least as long as you also have a land-line broadband for your torrent needs or whatever.

2. AT&T is notorious amongst US iPhone users for their terrible and inconsistent network coverage (notice the audience boos at the last mac keynote at the mention of AT&T). That being said, perhaps we were being too charitable to Rogers, in downtown Toronto they've been dropping calls lately like were on fire.

Maybe Skype over a wireless 21MBps data pipe would be more reliable? :)

]]> By: WirelessNorth http://wirelessnorth.ca/2010/01/26/is-2010-the-year-to-stop-worrying-and-love-the-carriers/comment-page-1/#comment-1659 WirelessNorth Sun, 31 Jan 2010 11:20:14 +0000 http://wirelessnorth.ca/?p=767#comment-1659 @somebody thank's for your comment. @Peter is right though, Rogers has 21MBps rocket sticks on the market now. Sure there's some "diminishing returns" to quote a friendly Rogers exec, but 21MBps over the air is pretty cool. Hope to get some comparative benchmarks on that up the site soon. @somebody thank's for your comment. @Peter is right though, Rogers has 21MBps rocket sticks on the market now. Sure there's some “diminishing returns” to quote a friendly Rogers exec, but 21MBps over the air is pretty cool. Hope to get some comparative benchmarks on that up the site soon.

]]> By: tjemartin http://wirelessnorth.ca/2010/01/26/is-2010-the-year-to-stop-worrying-and-love-the-carriers/comment-page-1/#comment-1658 tjemartin Sun, 31 Jan 2010 06:56:48 +0000 http://wirelessnorth.ca/?p=767#comment-1658 forgot to add one more thing...<br><br>as quoted from the article "ATT&T is not in Canada, count your lucky stars"<br><br>Whats with that? I'd take AT&T over Robbers(as well as the other 2 crappy Canadian cell carriers) anyday forgot to add one more thing…

as quoted from the article “ATT&T is not in Canada, count your lucky stars”

Whats with that? I'd take AT&T over Robbers(as well as the other 2 crappy Canadian cell carriers) anyday

]]> By: tjemartin http://wirelessnorth.ca/2010/01/26/is-2010-the-year-to-stop-worrying-and-love-the-carriers/comment-page-1/#comment-1657 tjemartin Sun, 31 Jan 2010 06:47:44 +0000 http://wirelessnorth.ca/?p=767#comment-1657 What good is being able to download at 21Mbps if you dont have unlimited data, like they do here in the US?? I wish I didn't have to, but I'll be back up in Canada for a bit, but I'm not gonna hold my breath about great changes in the Canadian wireless industry....Still too many shady things going on up there What good is being able to download at 21Mbps if you dont have unlimited data, like they do here in the US?? I wish I didn't have to, but I'll be back up in Canada for a bit, but I'm not gonna hold my breath about great changes in the Canadian wireless industry….Still too many shady things going on up there

]]> By: Peter http://wirelessnorth.ca/2010/01/26/is-2010-the-year-to-stop-worrying-and-love-the-carriers/comment-page-1/#comment-1656 Peter Thu, 28 Jan 2010 15:36:22 +0000 http://wirelessnorth.ca/?p=767#comment-1656 Wireless is not about phones. There are plenty of devices that can take advantage of using more bandwidth.<br><br>What I really would like to see is that carriers provide data plans that are not locked to a device. Ideally I want multiple SIM cards all linked to the same data plan, so I can stick them in all my (unlocked) wireless devices. And if the carriers really get smart they would offer wi-fi access in certain places. I will be more then happy to pay more for access using wi-fi when there is a fair coverage in places where wi-fi makes more sense then HSPA. Wireless is not about phones. There are plenty of devices that can take advantage of using more bandwidth.

What I really would like to see is that carriers provide data plans that are not locked to a device. Ideally I want multiple SIM cards all linked to the same data plan, so I can stick them in all my (unlocked) wireless devices. And if the carriers really get smart they would offer wi-fi access in certain places. I will be more then happy to pay more for access using wi-fi when there is a fair coverage in places where wi-fi makes more sense then HSPA.

]]> By: Somebody http://wirelessnorth.ca/2010/01/26/is-2010-the-year-to-stop-worrying-and-love-the-carriers/comment-page-1/#comment-1655 Somebody Wed, 27 Jan 2010 10:46:20 +0000 http://wirelessnorth.ca/?p=767#comment-1655 And re: att call drop craziness.... have you ever looked at rogers? It is SO much better now that I've switched to WIND. I was getting 50%+ calls dropped with robbers. With wind... maybe one in an entire month -- and their network is still brand new and not completely debugged yet! And re: att call drop craziness…. have you ever looked at rogers? It is SO much better now that I've switched to WIND. I was getting 50%+ calls dropped with robbers. With wind… maybe one in an entire month — and their network is still brand new and not completely debugged yet!

]]> By: Somebody http://wirelessnorth.ca/2010/01/26/is-2010-the-year-to-stop-worrying-and-love-the-carriers/comment-page-1/#comment-1654 Somebody Wed, 27 Jan 2010 10:44:49 +0000 http://wirelessnorth.ca/?p=767#comment-1654 21 Mbps, huh?<br>Sorry, not yet.<br>They're all at 7.2 still.<br>Not that there's a phone anywhere that can actually make use of that fast of a network..... 21 Mbps, huh?
Sorry, not yet.
They're all at 7.2 still.
Not that there's a phone anywhere that can actually make use of that fast of a network…..

]]> By: pmpapadopoulos http://wirelessnorth.ca/2010/01/26/is-2010-the-year-to-stop-worrying-and-love-the-carriers/comment-page-1/#comment-1653 pmpapadopoulos Wed, 27 Jan 2010 00:53:04 +0000 http://wirelessnorth.ca/?p=767#comment-1653 The telcos here in Canada are finally waking-up to the pent-up consumer demand. What would be great is a proper unbundling of the device from the network. What would have happened to the Internet and Computer industry if my ISP dictated which computers I could purchase and attach to the Internet?<br><br>Google Voice would be great! Skype for Android needs to be improved to the point where it actually works over a data network like it does on the iPhone. I am now using Fring with the Skype Add-On to do SkypeOut calls over data. The telcos here in Canada are finally waking-up to the pent-up consumer demand. What would be great is a proper unbundling of the device from the network. What would have happened to the Internet and Computer industry if my ISP dictated which computers I could purchase and attach to the Internet?

Google Voice would be great! Skype for Android needs to be improved to the point where it actually works over a data network like it does on the iPhone. I am now using Fring with the Skype Add-On to do SkypeOut calls over data.

]]> By: Canadian http://wirelessnorth.ca/2010/01/26/is-2010-the-year-to-stop-worrying-and-love-the-carriers/comment-page-1/#comment-1652 Canadian Wed, 27 Jan 2010 00:49:55 +0000 http://wirelessnorth.ca/?p=767#comment-1652 Yay! Sounds good! As an immigrant who came to Canada 5 years ago (from Europe), I was utterly shocked, horrified and baffled by the extortion rates and gruesome, rigid plans. Up to this day I absolutely flatly refused to sign up for any carrier. Living in a small town, all these goodies won't be here this year, I know that, but at least the future is starting to look less bleak!<br>Right now i have the N1 on order and to carry me over, I purchased a Truphone Local Anywhere sim card. Canada, make it work, and make me switch over to a local company! Yay! Sounds good! As an immigrant who came to Canada 5 years ago (from Europe), I was utterly shocked, horrified and baffled by the extortion rates and gruesome, rigid plans. Up to this day I absolutely flatly refused to sign up for any carrier. Living in a small town, all these goodies won't be here this year, I know that, but at least the future is starting to look less bleak!
Right now i have the N1 on order and to carry me over, I purchased a Truphone Local Anywhere sim card. Canada, make it work, and make me switch over to a local company!

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