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Are you really living in a free mobile telecommunications world? |
| | In contrast from the positive previous statements, the Federal Trade Commission and the Federal Communications Commission of U.S. have opposed this scheme due to their concern for the possibility to generate (i) unfair competition among private and public sectors in the wireless industry; and (ii) harmful interferences to local TV stations. |
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> | On the other hand, Freedom Box project is in full development through the promotion of their creators and in addition to the benefits listed for municipal wireless networks, among others, also avoids access and tracking user information and there is only a one-payment requirement to buy the equipment and not a monthly payment for the service. |
| | 3.2 Wi-Fi Phones
Wi-Fi phones likewise as computers use VoIP? technology to make calls over an Internet Protocol network, instead of the ordinary Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN), but with the advantage that they are a lot more portable. |
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> | Particularly because of the rejection from mobile companies, diverse and massive production of pure Wi-Fi phones has not arrived to the markets. Nonetheless, you can buy a Linksys, Locktec or ZyXEL? phone with an open protocol for approximately US$90.00. |
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> | 3.3 Advantages and disadvantages
The two most important advantages and disadvantages from my proposal are the following. |
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< | 4. Advantages and disadvantages
Herein I am going to enumerate the most important advantages and disadvantages from our proposal.
4.1 Advantages |
| | - Free local and long distance calls. |
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< | - Free high-speed Internet access to the general population. |
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> | - Minimum payment for high-speed Internet access for the citizens. |
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< | - The city will become more attractive to businesses and tourists. |
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< | 4.2 Disadvantages
- Poor quality or lost of signal because of the immense amount of traffic in the bandwidth shared. Solution: with the adequate hardware and software, a hotspot can separate and prioritize the voice traffic, treating it as a separate signal and providing better voice quality. |
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> | - Poor quality or lost of signal because of immense amount of traffic in the bandwidth or bad climate conditions. |
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< | - Climate conditions can adversely affect the signal strength sensitivity. |
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> | - VoIP? usage in phones limits the possibility to determine the precise location of a person who calls emergency services. |
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< | - VoIP? usage limits the possibility to determine the precise location of a person who calls 911. |
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> | 4. Conclusion
For the reasons stated above you have identified that freedom does not exist in today’s mobile telecommunications world. |
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The time that is going to be needed to develop this alternative depends on you. You can try to cooperate to foster its development or continue living submitted to the will of the owners of mobile companies. |
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> | Unless we try to change it, this situation would remain for many years, because it favors mobile companies power and incomes increase. You can try to cooperate to achieve my proposal or continue living submitted to the will of the owners of mobile companies. That is your choice. |
| | Information sources
- http://transition.fcc.gov/voip/ |