[VOIPSEC] 4G Issue Map: signaling complexity - more

[Geoff Devine]

Licensed spectrum is far from a commodity.  Companies pay dearly for it
and charge their end-users appropriately.  There isn't much unlicensed
spectrum and it'll quickly get used up if people start trying to push
HDTV down it.  Coax and fiber don't have that issue.    

 

Geoff

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From: Michael Slavitch [mailto:slavitch at gmail.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, August 29, 2006 9:30 PM
To: Geoff Devine
Cc: Paul E. Jones; stuart jacobs; bill at flanagan-consulting.com; Henry
Sinnreich; Voipsec at voipsa.org
Subject: Re: [VOIPSEC] 4G Issue Map: signaling complexity - more

 

Of course they won't. But Google or Google like providers will, over
802.11 or another wireless protocol.  
With spectrum now a commodity the last mile is a dead issue if the last
mile chooses not to compete.

And before someone opines that 802.11 doesn't scale or doesn't offer
security there is a startup in my building that does just that on a
metropolitan scale: 

"Gridpoint Systems is an innovative technology company created to shape
the evolution of Broadband Access/Edge networks both for wireline and
wireless means. The Company is adding agile managed Carrier-Grade
features to Ethernet Access/Edge Broadband networks. This disruptive
solution is based on a Distributed Virtual Switch (DVS(tm)) concept that
transforms today's "best effort" access/edge into a reliable,
predictable, high performance, cost effective network."

I'm sure Google and other ad-supported providers will be only happy to
provide one-to-many capability using such technology.





On 8/29/06, Geoff Devine <gdevine at cedarpointcom.com> wrote:

One-to-Many video distribution requires control of the access router and
the last mile.  You can't seriously think that the telcos and MSOs will
let this happen.  Access to QoS and multicast services on their networks
is only going to be enabled for their own products.  Ditto 3G cellular
which is a completely walled garden.  

 

Video distribution is also a buy-wholesale, sell-retail model that has
surprisingly low margins.  The MSOs and satellite companies write very
large checks to the content providers.  That funds distasteful content
like the $200+ million Yankees payroll, Pro Wrestling, and Rachael Ray
cooking shows.  If Akamai tries to pirate those video feeds, they'll get
sued into oblivion by the content providers for violating copyright
laws.  Akamai certainly won't pay less per subscriber than the MSOs or
satellite broadcast companies.

 

I also think ENUM is going to be a total failure.  People will stay with
their trusted service providers to avoid getting SPAM phone calls at 3
AM from somebody claiming to be General Mubuti in Nigeria but who is
actually trying to scam their bank account or sell them erectile
dysfunction drugs.  ENUM-like services that reference private databases
administered by those trusted service providers will be the norm rather
than a free-for-all e164.arpa.

 

Geoff

 

 

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From: Michael Slavitch [mailto:slavitch at gmail.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, August 29, 2006 5:16 PM


To: Paul E. Jones
Cc: stuart jacobs; bill at flanagan-consulting.com; Henry Sinnreich;
Voipsec at voipsa.org; Geoff Devine

Subject: Re: [VOIPSEC] 4G Issue Map: signaling complexity - more

 

One more short note before closing off my contribution to this thread:

 

While the telecoms carriers are looking at the cable companies, a far
bigger threat will come from companies like Akamai:

 

http://www.akamai.com/
 

If many-to-many conferencing, SIP ENUM peering and one-to-many live
video needs geographically distributed CPU's, such vendors have all that
is needed in hand.