The idea of true interoperability between Wi Fi and cellular networks is truly revolutionary.
However V-O-Wi Fi will take a while to be fully adopted, as I'm sure the hand off between neighboring 802.11 nodes wont be as seamless as between cells. 802.11 simply wasnt designed to handle all the complexity inherent in managing user traffic from a moving location.
That said, I'm sure it isnt too far off that someone will open one of these new Linux based wireless routers and literally hack together some kind of network-accessed authentication database standard for roaming authentication. I know such services already exist to handle stationary links such as most Starbucks Wireless users.
Give it another year or so and it may very well become a new standard alongside strict cellular only devices.
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The idea of true interoperability between Wi Fi and cellular networks is truly revolutionary.
However V-O-Wi Fi will take a while to be fully adopted, as I'm sure the hand off between neighboring 802.11 nodes wont be as seamless as between cells. 802.11 simply wasnt designed to handle all the complexity inherent in managing user traffic from a moving location.
That said, I'm sure it isnt too far off that someone will open one of these new Linux based wireless routers and literally hack together some kind of network-accessed authentication database standard for roaming authentication. I know such services already exist to handle stationary links such as most Starbucks Wireless users.
Give it another year or so and it may very well become a new standard alongside strict cellular only devices.