[asterisk-biz] Rugged Wifi SIP phones

[Nitzan Kon]

--- Matthew Rubenstein <email at mattruby.com> wrote:

> 	Mobile "VoWiFi" will probably not work well enough for prime time
> until after it includes at least 802.11r (
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/802.11r ), which specifies handoffs
> between base stations fast enough to handle moving vehicles

Oooh, I like this one! would pretty much spell the death of the
cellphone as we know it in urban areas... (or at least the death of
cellphone pricing as we know it, lol)

The real question though, is who's going to deploy the 802.11r
networks... if it's AT&T/Verizon/etc. then things are not going to
change at all as they'll just overprice the underlying network to a
point it can't compete with cellular... if however independent
companies will be able to deploy.. well, think about it - if you could
have a wi-fi phone which works seamlessly everywhere (home & outside in
major cities), but costs a fraction of the price of home+cell service -
would you keep your cellphone?? :)

We're talking a few years from now.. but it's coming!

  -- Nitzan