calvoiper
join:2003-03-31
Belvedere Tiburon, CA
| reply to kapil
It's not just lack of distinction, it's seamless switching
While I generally agree with The Kapil's comments (a true rarity, but worthwhile when it happens) I would note that the original article also focuses on "seamless" access, a possibility that is in reality much easier in the packet-switched world than in the circuit-switched world.
While a circuit-switched communication requires a great deal of central tracking and processing to "hand-off" from wireless "base" (think cellsite) to base, a packet-switched connection does not (think AP to AP.) Indeed, you can today easily load a webpage from one connection and then switch connections (say, from your cable modem to freeloading on your neighbor's DSL powered WiFi) and hit a link which loads through the new connection. Of course, this is not currently universal--such a switch may break a VPN "tunnel", or may not work within a website which uses IP addresses for tracking or security purposes.
Nevertheless, this easy switching between networks scares the H311 out of the circuit-based monopolists. As The Kapil correctly points out, this stance dooms them as effectively as those makers of automobile wheels that refused to make wheels that were airtight enough to work with tubeless tires.
calvoiper
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