Comments on: SpiderCloud aims to alleviate wireless carriers’ network capacity problems

By: Wireless Test Man

Wireless Test Man — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 01:11:25 +0000

These 'microcellular' office systems have been around for years ad have never achieved any traction. There was actually an AMPS-based system way back in the analog cellular days. It was designed to provide voice coverage throughout office buildings & relieve capacity on the analog voice network..

The problem w/ all these systems are that it's actually cheaper for the carrier to put a base station in the office building & distribute antennas throughout. Then you don't have all the cellular network management a micro-cellular system requires

By: Ampar

Ampar — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 04:24:06 +0000

SpiderCloud will never be a superhero. Too much water.

By: LordRobin

LordRobin — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 22:37:00 +0000

Okay, because this will relieve the load on the carriers and thus help their business, businesses will not be expected to pay for this, right? In fact, such customers will be given a discount on their cell service, right?

Or will be like that bullsh*t device from AT&T;, where you pay extra to route cell traffic onto your internet service, thus paying AT&T;for the opportunity to help them out?

------RM

By: Gabriel

Gabriel — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 22:16:33 +0000

"Texting, talking and downloading data on smart phones has left wireless carriers struggling with network capacity issues [...]"

...uhhh, "texting"? Seriously? How can that be causing them to "struggle", particularly when we have to overpay a ridiculous amount for it?

I'm sure the rest of this article is valid and serious, but they completely lost my interest by starting out that first sentence with such an idiotic example.

By: Fact Checker

Fact Checker — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 20:06:23 +0000

@ TheConfused1

They got your message and have now decided to roll it out worldwide next week.

By: eon2010

eon2010 — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 19:33:51 +0000

Bridging smartphone communications to home or office VOIP services such as Asterisk or (in the home MagicJack – - especially if they would allow AppleTV connectivity) via location awareness would probably help to alleviate voice traffic when in doors.

By: Deus Ex Technica

Deus Ex Technica — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 18:59:32 +0000

Found one of their early test videos:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TEutHPsF548

By: Crabapple

Crabapple — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 18:44:40 +0000

You can enter any time you like, but you can never leave….. said the spider to the fly!

By: TheConfuzed1

TheConfuzed1 — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 18:39:35 +0000

Two years is a long time to wait for people with network issues now.