my uncle once said:
"in construction, clients are interested in 3 things: 1) build it fast, 2) build it cheap, and 3) build it right. realistically, you can have only two of these three".
he was right. so, the same goes for 99% wireless or whatever.
if you *need* some technology thing to work 100% of the time, you'd better be willing to pay out your ass for it.
if you want something to be cheap, than it'll be cheap--and less reliable.
look at Japan: they have a 99.999% reliable rail network,
but it cost an arm and a leg to build--and it took like 50 years.
(note that your cell phone *will* work in subways in Tokyo, because they paid out the ass to make it possible).
So, yeah, we could have a 100%-reliable cell network, (or whatever)
but most people aren't willing to pay $200 per month to make it happen;
i'm certainly not.
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my uncle once said: "in construction, clients are interested in 3 things: 1) build it fast, 2) build it cheap, and 3) build it right. realistically, you can have only two of these three". he was right. so, the same goes for 99% wireless or whatever. if you *need* some technology thing to work 100% of the time, you'd better be willing to pay out your ass for it. if you want something to be cheap, than it'll be cheap--and less reliable. look at Japan: they have a 99.999% reliable rail network, but it cost an arm and a leg to build--and it took like 50 years. (note that your cell phone *will* work in subways in Tokyo, because they paid out the ass to make it possible). So, yeah, we could have a 100%-reliable cell network, (or whatever) but most people aren't willing to pay $200 per month to make it happen; i'm certainly not.