Google Reveals Wireless Vision — Open Networks

Anti-Globalism writes with this excerpt from CNet: "Google's vision of tomorrow's wireless network is in stark contrast to how wireless operators do business today, setting the two sides on a possible collision course. Earlier this week, the search giant filed a patent application with the US Patent Office describing its vision of an open wireless network where smartphones aren't tied to any single cell phone network. In Google's open wireless world, phones and other wireless devices would search for the strongest, fastest connection at the most competitive price. Essentially, wireless operators' networks would be reduced to 'dumb pipes.'" The full patent application is available as well. Google founder Larry Page recently asked the FCC to free up portions of the broadcast spectrum for this purpose.

Comments

Dumb pipes?

[jcwayne]

Essentially, wireless operators' networks would be reduced to 'dumb tubes.'

There, fixed that for you.

Wireless Pipes?

[Geak]

If someone sends an internet to my cellphone I'm going to duck.

nice

[doti]

Google is officially my preferred evil overlord.

Wireless eyeballs

[thewiz]

Google Reveals Wireless Vision

Wow, did anyone else read the title to mean Google had developed a way to make human eyeballs wireless?

Damn, I need more coffee.

Re:And the first thing they do after connecting...

[MadnessASAP]

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WE ARE GORG RESISTANCE IS FUTILE
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Filter error: Don't use so many caps. It's like YELLING.
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