Do We Still Need Telcos (and ISPs)? 650
eraserewind asks: "Are telecom providers and ISPs going to continue to be necessary in the future? Why are we all paying subscriptions for communicating? What I want is a global extremely-high-speed ad-hoc wireless data & voice network, where the only entry cost is a mobile phone (or newtork card or whatever). Devices communicate peer to peer, or routed via other people's idle devices. Remember there is no subscriptions, so don't expect to piggy-back on someone's paid for DSL bandwidth. What are the technological barriers? What kind of protocols would you need? What hardware advances? How would you solve problems of geographic isolation? Are there theoretical, political or economic reasons it couldn't work?"
Uh... (Score:5, Funny)
Cliff, Cliff, Cliff.... (Score:0, Funny)
And apparently their ain't know grammar checker, either!
What you are really proposing... (Score:5, Funny)
What I want (Score:3, Funny)
What I want is all of Bill Gate's money, all of Jeff Bezos's patents, and a quick easy way of getting rid of SCO once and for all (e.g., a tactical nuke).
I think that my desire is more realistic.
Hmmmmmm... (Score:3, Funny)
Answer: Yes, the phone company will still be in existence.
Why are we all paying subscriptions for communicating?
Answer: Because string and two tin cans just doesn't cut it.
What I want is a global extremely high-speed ad-hoc wireless data & voice network, where the only entry cost is a mobile phone (or network card or whatever).
Answer: Isn't Science Fiction neat?
Devices communicate peer-to-peer, or routed via other people's idle devices. Remember there are no subscriptions, so don't expect to piggyback on someone's paid for DSL bandwidth.
Answer: If you are talking future state, what's up with the DSL reference? I think we should all grow prosthetic-tails, which act like antennas.
What are the technological barriers? What kind of protocols would you need? What hardware advances? How would you solve problems of geographic isolation? Are there theoretical, political or economic reasons it couldn't work?"
Answer: 42
Great! (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Uh... (Score:5, Funny)
2) There are great distances between areas where people live. Despite apperances you can't go from DC to Boston through suburbs all the way.
3) Data has to be served from somewhere, and you have to connect that to everyone somehow. Your not going to do multi Gigabit out of a medium sized Data center let alone the big ones.
4) I can count.
6) Even if we got rid of all the companies and did everything as a "community" project people would end up running things and those people would fight for power and the little guy would get charged to much in the end anyway.
7) Whoops, I can't count.
8) Have a nice day
Re:TANSTAAFL (Score:2, Funny)
"What I want is..." (Score:5, Funny)
And what I want is a pony.
Newtork (Score:2, Funny)
Uhm, whats that do?
Telcos? Telcos? (Score:3, Funny)
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NO CARRIER
The protocol to use for this (Score:2, Funny)
Clearly RFC 1149 would be the best for this.
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Re:Uh... (Score:3, Funny)
So,,,you're advocating massive Tesla coils...every 20 feet, for power? Sounds rather costly to me.
Re:Uh... (Score:3, Funny)
So,,,you're advocating massive Tesla coils...every 20 feet, for power?
No, gasoline and batteries. :)
Re:Uh... (Score:3, Funny)