<div dir="ltr">Mobile networks have ranges measured in up to (10's of) kilometres. Wifi networks have ranges measured in hundreds of metres - presuming these's nothing too solid to block them.<div><br></div><div>Providers like Republic Wifi work well simply because the majority of the time most people are around good wifi signals, but they still need to fill the holes of coverage - which basically starts the moment you walk out of the front door. I have multiple friends that use Republic and couldn't be happier - they generally say that the quality isn't quite as good as standard mobile, but for the price they are happy. (FreedomPop is a different story, and not a company I'd recommend going near)<br><div><br></div><div>However as far as "VOIP" for mobile call, that's happening. In the US, Verizon has been doing Voice-over-LTE (VoLTE) for some time, and others will likely follow. For Verizon this is a big win as it allows devices on their CDMA network to handle "voice" and data simultaneously (as it's all data) - something they haven't been able to do before now. The LTE spec fully supports voice-over-data, and it's expected all carriers will move to it eventually.</div><div><br></div><div> Scott</div><div><br></div><div><br><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Feb 16, 2015 at 2:45 PM, Alex Samad - Yieldbroker <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:Alex.Samad@yieldbroker.com" target="_blank">Alex.Samad@yieldbroker.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Hi<br>
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So I saw this whilst I was reading Slashdot.<br>
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<a href="http://mobile.slashdot.org/story/15/02/16/1627240/cellphone-start-ups-handle-calls-with-wi-fi" target="_blank">http://mobile.slashdot.org/story/15/02/16/1627240/cellphone-start-ups-handle-calls-with-wi-fi</a><br>
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This got me thinking, if you took money out of the equation and politics (sic). Would it be better for use to have a completely wifi wireless network, get rid of the mix of technology and just have devices that do some sort of VOIP. I am presuming running an IP network is better than a GSM/3g/4g.<br>
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How much better would that be ?<br>
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