We are pleased to bring you the sixteenth regular installment of The Wireless Report Podcast. We'll be discussing the odd situation in San Francisco now that the city itself may be competing with the recent Google/Earthlink partnership to install and maintain a citywide wireless network in that city. Additionally, we'll discuss the past, present and future of the American wireless landscape based on some of the conclusions with the recently-completed FCC advanced wireless services auction, and we'll also touch on wireless VoIP and its effects (or non-effects) on traditional wireless calling plans and carriers.
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Mike Sciannamea and Brian White
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1:03:12 length, 28.9MB size, MP3 format (64kbps)
2:49 The San Francisco citywide wireless network now has a new controversial face -- the city itself wants to possibly own and operate the network, even as the Google and Earhtlink partnership moves forward with planning and installing the network. Can the City of San Francisco really buy, install and maintain a complete citywide wireless network?
27:39 What the wireless landscape looked like in 1996, what is looks like now and what it will look like in 2016 (10 years from now) based on the recently-completed FCC advanced wireless auctions. Let's take a trip down wireless memory lane and look into the future a bit.
50:35 Will Wireless VoIP be a threat to traditional cellular wireless calling plans? PeerMe's launching on Sprint's EV-DO network as a wireless VoIP solution may help international callers, but may not threaten wireless calling in the domestic sense.
1:00:10 Wrap-up and conclusion
