Telefoneren gaat veranderen?

[Cees Binkhorst]

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Noemen ze dit geen paradigma verandering?
En dan ook nog (een deel van) het oude paradigma duur verkopen ;)

Groet / Cees

May 8 2009, 10:50 am by Derek Thompson http://www.theatlantic.com/
Why the Verizon MiFi Could Kill the Cell Phone
Finally, there's a product that puts a wireless hotspot in your pocket:
the MiFi, a battery-powered device the size of a thick business card that
provides its own password-protected wireless network (NYT's David Pogue
reviews here). This is cool for all the obvious reasons -- with MiFi in
your pocket, your computer, phone and iPod Touch are connected to the
Internet whether you're on a road trip or the beach. But it's especially
cool for a reason Pogue doesn't mention: It could signal the end of cell
phones.

That's a big statement, so let's back up a second. Three weeks ago, I
cited an argument that VoIP ("voice over internet protocol") could replace
cell phones because dialing over the internet is much cheaper than dialing
through a national cell phone network. The problem was, if you need the
Internet to make calls, you're going rely on Cosi shops and other hotspots
for service. Three weeks ago, you couldn't live in a permanent wifi cloud.
Two weeks from now, you can.

That means that you won't need a cell phone -- or at least a cell phone
plan. As long as you have a device with a speaker and audio that can
connect to the Internet, like an iPod Touch, you can use Skype to make all
your calls because the service provider (the Internet) is always in your
pocket. Verizon plans to charge $40 a month for basic service. Not a bad
deal for all-you-can-eat browsing and calling over the Internet.
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http://www.ft.com/
By Paul Taylor and Julie MacIntosh in New York - Published: May 8 2009 22:43
AT&T, the US telecommunications group, agreed to pay $2.35bn in cash as
part of a spectrum swap under which AT&T will buy the bulk of the wireless
spectrum and other assets that rival Verizon Communications was required
to divest as a condition of its recent acquisition of Alltel Wireless

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