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Because Wi-Fi kinda sucks at roaming? It's fine if you need a network connection at arbitrary end-points. But IME it's not so fine when you need a sustained c
by roc 14y ago
Because Wi-Fi kinda sucks at roaming?
It's fine if you need a network connection at arbitrary end-points. But IME it's not so fine when you need a sustained connection while moving. (excluding on-train/on-plane wifi and the like , natch)
- icebraining 14y agoAgreed, it was very noticeable when listening to online radio in my University campus, since you can get the connection cut off for 20-30 seconds. For this particular use case it's fine as long as you adjust the buffer size, but for VoIP it wouldn't work.
- rkangel 14y agoYou're right except that by 'kinda sucks' you actually mean that it doesn't support base station hand off at all. You can kind of simulate one ubiquitous wifi network by using the same SSID everywhere. Then, when a user moves out of range of one access point, they'll attempt to reconnect and pick up the new one that's in range. Wifi and cellular radio are massively different technologies, and wifi does not fit the use case that we currently use cellular for from a technical point of view.