Jobs dreamed to create his own wifi carrier operating within unlicensed spectrum(wired.com)
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Jobs dreamed to create his own wifi carrier operating within unlicensed spectrum
http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2011/11/steve-jobs-iphone-no-carrier/
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One happy side-effect (for Jobs) of Apple not running a network was that AT&T got the blame when there were bandwidth issues due to heavy demand for data, not Apple. ("I love my iPhone, but that damn AT&T network.....")
Ah yes, and AT&T miraculously improved their network when the iPhone 4S came out.
I originaly thought the iphone would be an iChat client running only on data via a network. With facetime and iMessage it looks like that's the way things are heading...
Wireless networks are essentially ISPs.
Wireless networks are essentially ISPs.
Interesting, along the lines of what http://republicwireless.com is trying to do?
I think the implication of the article is that it would not use an existing carrier at all. Republic wireless still relies on traditional cell phone networks to handle calls/data/texts when not in range of wifi.