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    LTE (4G) is already all IP and as already mentioned is better suited
    for long distances as it handles diffraction, reflection and
    refraction of signals better than all
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    802.11 technologies at the moment. The main benefit of using Wifi as
    a supplement to Mobile networking is due to the limited sprectrum
    and ever growing devices and needs of users for bandwidth.<br>
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    Regards,<br>
    Ross<br>
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    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 17/02/2015 10:08 am, Scott Wilson
      wrote:<br>
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      <div dir="ltr">Telstra are trialling voice over LTE with their
        "4GX" (700mhz LTE-A) product.</div>
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        <div class="gmail_quote">On 17 February 2015 at 09:06, Scott
          Howard <span dir="ltr"><<a moz-do-not-send="true"
              href="mailto:scott@doc.net.au" target="_blank">scott@doc.net.au</a>></span>
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            <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.
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              <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>
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                <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>
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                    <div> Scott</div>
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                        <div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Feb 16, 2015 at
                          2:45 PM, Alex Samad - Yieldbroker <span
                            dir="ltr"><<a moz-do-not-send="true"
                              href="mailto:Alex.Samad@yieldbroker.com"
                              target="_blank">Alex.Samad@yieldbroker.com</a>></span>
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                            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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                              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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