Spectralink has had an 802.11 VoIP phone for a few years. It hands off from AP to AP totally seamlessly. I have also used the Symbol phone. Not nearly as nice. The reason a corp would buy this instead of a cell phone is there is no reason to take the 802.11 phone home.
Assuming everything is free...
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From the Tech Review article:
"Assuming an organization already has a high-speed Internet connection and has spent $100 for a wireless transmitter, the only real cost associated with providing this service is the negligible..."
T1, T3 and backbone connections are free, YEA! To my eye, that is a BIG assumption.
His startup went broke providing security and other services. Protecting users from each other must be free for the organizations that are allowing free connections. Am I liable for data loss from one user cracking another on my 'free' network?
HUMBUG.
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Spectralink has had an 802.11 VoIP phone for a few years. It hands off from AP to AP totally seamlessly.
I have also used the Symbol phone. Not nearly as nice.
The reason a corp would buy this instead of a cell phone is there is no reason to take the 802.11 phone home.
From the Tech Review article: "Assuming an organization already has a high-speed Internet connection and has spent $100 for a wireless transmitter, the only real cost associated with providing this service is the negligible..." T1, T3 and backbone connections are free, YEA! To my eye, that is a BIG assumption. His startup went broke providing security and other services. Protecting users from each other must be free for the organizations that are allowing free connections. Am I liable for data loss from one user cracking another on my 'free' network? HUMBUG.