I just saw a television commercial about this new upgraded 3rd generation network and proceeded to find out what the fuss is all about. Basically, with this new standard HSDPA, which is being implemented everywhere at the moment, you get full speed Internet access (1.8 Mbit/s to 14.4 Mbit/s) from your computer or mobile phone wherever you like - in the middle of a forest if you want to! It looks very promising. Looks like a true mobile revolution to me (existing 3G and older standards have been too slow for mobile Internet to really succeed).
But... if a true mobile revolution comes with this new technology, won't we (the Linux users) be crippled by the proprietary standards of most of these network providers? I'm really worried that Linux is going to miss out on this potential major step in mobility.
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