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elihuspeaks

Jun 3, 2005, 4:00 PM
Has anyone else read this:

http://www.t-mobile.com/company/pressroom/pressrelea ... »

or this:

http://www.bizjournals.com/philadelphia/stories/2004 ... »

This sort of thing would put T-Mobile in a very nice position to start using UMA capable phones when they start coming out. Any thoughts?
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terryjohnson16

Jun 3, 2005, 4:58 PM
That's a real old article. Its out-dated by 1 year.
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elihuspeaks

Jun 3, 2005, 7:17 PM
I know. But as UMA becomes available it makes more sense why a partnership between T-Mobile and Comcast would be mutually beneficial. I just wanted to know if anyone had heard anything more to follow up on this.
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zerocool

Jun 12, 2005, 2:40 PM
its all going to be based off wifi. they are going to be using max wifi
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bizkitsngravy

Jun 4, 2005, 2:28 AM
If I'm not mistaken, there are several cities that are experimenting with developing their own wi-fi access points to cover the entire city. Washington D.C. is another one.

Since it is becomming more and more common now days to be able to establish unliscensed wi-fi access point, or "hot spots", more places are doing it.

However, some people may still not have an isp. That's where T-Mobile or any other carrier might jump in and try to get a contract that says *hey if you're in x part of town you're going to be using T-Mobile service on wi-fi* etc...

comcast may be the contracted company to install and maintain the equipment for the city. Not sure if this is the case though, but if it is, don't expect to see anything large scale f...
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