On Jun 29, 1:13*pm, "Steve Terry" <gFOUR...@tesco.net> wrote:
> "mark" <marpa...@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> On Jun 28, 10:46 pm, "Steve Terry" <gFOUR...@tesco.net> wrote:
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> > "pugwash" <p...@wash.not> wrote in message
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> > >> On Sat, 27 Jun 2009 23:17:33 +0100, "pugwash" <p...@wash.not> wrote:
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> >> > The mobile will connect to the Orange network via your wireless
> >> > broadband,
> >> > AIUI calls are charged at your usual rate according to the plan you're
> >> > on.
> >> > I think Orange have to enable the service on your account, but I don't
> >> > think they charge for that.
>
> >> and the advantage of paying Orange to do that, over using your BB for
> >> VOIP
> >> calls is?
> >> Steve Terry
>
> >Two reasons - both of which may not be that interesting for most.
> >Common contact number (eg, business user)
>
> So any Mobile phone network that reintroduced Orange Everyphone
> would solve that problem
There's always more than one way to skin a cat!
But for those customers who's coverage is slightly better than OP's,
UMA and Femtocells do allow hand-in and hand-out from the macro layer
to the in building signals. So you can keep on your conference call
etc., whilst moving from the car to the home.
I do agree though that for the majority of people UMA and Femtocell is
very much a luxury rather than a requirement and this will ultimately
limit the scale of deployment.
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> >Secure connection. UMA transport is over secure tunnel between the
> >handset and the Security Gateway within the UMA core.
> >Cheers,
> >Mark
>
> Sodding CIA / NSA / MI5 always listening in on my calls from the chilled
> food isle at the supermarket to back home.
>
LOL .... that does probably account for 99.9% of their workload
Just to throw in another possible situation. Some corporations have
dedicated APN's on the 2.5G/3G core for remote access into their
sites. Use of Femtocells will allow them to continue to use these.
Mark