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Maybe consumers can ignore it, but governments won’t. Whether or not there are valid security threats, the US can use this to their benefit in the same way that
by rdlecler1 9y ago
Maybe consumers can ignore it, but governments won’t. Whether or not there are valid security threats, the US can use this to their benefit in the same way that China has used media control to their benefit.
I see a bifurcation if two non-comadible but competing political systems which will include different hardware, operating systems and applications. It will be interesting to see which system has the ultimate Darwinian advantage.
- Narkov 9y agoGood point. The Australian government banned Hauwei devices from being used in the large scale National Broadband Network. https://www.smh.com.au/world/north-america/chinese-firm-huawei-banned-from-nbn-supplying-phones-to-australia-defence-20170616-gwsne4.html https://www.smh.com.au/world/north-america/chinese-firm-huaw...
- kiwijamo 9y agoMeanwhile over the ditch in New Zealand we have no such restriction. I'm not sure if our equivalent to the NBN (the Ultra Fast Broadband [UFB] network) has much Huawei gear but I suspect there will be at least some depending on the LFC (Local Fibre Company). At the least many RSP (ISP) supplied CPE gear is Huawei and their gear at POPs is likely to be Huawei as well. Our wireless NBN equivalent (the Rural Broadband Initiative [RBI]) has one major telco using Huawei for 4G base station gear. I would hazard a guess that at least a third (if not more than half) of all traffic in New Zealand passes over at least one Huawei gear.