tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17500930.post4573149305872202164..comments2024-03-20T22:57:03.923+00:00Comments on Dean Bubley's Disruptive Wireless: Multiple devices per account on WiMAX + also wholesale optionsDean Bubleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05719150957239368264noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17500930.post-58091648029500804552008-09-29T16:12:00.000+01:002008-09-29T16:12:00.000+01:00PaulFair points, but the way I read the Bridgewate...Paul<BR/><BR/>Fair points, but the way I read the Bridgewater announcement was that they are trying to develop solutions to help solve precisely those issues.<BR/><BR/>Presumably you can do some things to spot prohibited shared usage - ie if one person tries to log in with two different devices in two separate locations simultaneously, it's obviously dodgy!<BR/><BR/>Also, you could do something with device categories, so that it's perhaps OK to use phone+PC , but not phone+phone or PC+PC simultaneously.<BR/><BR/>On the other hand, if two family members use separate devices in the same house (for *data*) simultaneously, I see no reason for two subscriptions. Especially if you aggregate over a femtocell and 1 DSL line. If it *is* a cost problem, then HSPA is certainly not going to compete with WiFi, and the operators should set policies in their device connection managers to prefer WiFi if it's available.<BR/><BR/>DeanDean Bubleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05719150957239368264noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17500930.post-86216361225756975212008-09-29T15:52:00.000+01:002008-09-29T15:52:00.000+01:00"There's no reason why I should need multiple mobi..."There's no reason why I should need multiple mobile accounts, any more than I do running two PCs over a single ADSL subscription. Why shouldn't I have two, three or more devices sharing my mobile broadband, as long as my aggregate traffic is less than the monthly cap?"<BR/><BR/>I'm not sure that the analogue really holds, on your DSL you would aggregate over your own Wireless router and have only 1 DSL line into the infrastructure.<BR/><BR/>In Mobile, you are using up separate capacity for each device, taking air-interface capacity away from other customers, separate HLR/MGW/RNC/NodeB resources that are finite. Would you expect to get a bundle deal for a DSL line at home and in the office where you only pay for 1 line on the basis that you keep below a monthly cap?<BR/><BR/>From an operator perspective, how do they differentiate from a user with 4 devices and a household with 4 users on 1 device each? A family that are browsing on multiple HS sessions concurrently implies costs for the operator and has perceived value to the end user.<BR/><BR/>If you aggregate over a Fixed Wireless Terminal, then you have your analogy, otherwise for the operators it's a rapid journey to dwidling profitability.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com