Comments on Headworx: UMA (Unlicensed Mobile Access)

Hmmmm that is interesting... Would you be willing ...

2007-10-20T15:29:00.000+02:00

Hmmmm that is interesting... Would you be willing to share some more details with you? For starters, the WiFi connection requires two steps - enabling the WiFi radio and authenticating to the WiFi network. Please describe to us which step(s) were failing in your case.

My wife and I both have Nokia 6086 phones from Ora...

2007-10-20T14:30:00.000+02:00

My wife and I both have Nokia 6086 phones from Orange and have never been able to connect to any wi-fi network anywhere. The system simply does not work.

Well sorry about my first post in Polish, but thin...

2007-08-09T19:24:00.000+02:00

Well sorry about my first post in Polish, but thinking in my native language is much easier ;)

I agree that blocking IP numbers could be not effective. Unifon (aka UMA service in Orange@poland) is targeted for that users who know more about technologies. I'm sure they can easily avoid IP blocking.
But if you are abroad you aren't logged into your "mother cell operator", so maybe there are others ways to check this.

Second - mobile operators aspire to have money from roaming fees because they account for each other.

Let me recap the comment. Tyfus is afraid the roam...

2007-08-06T22:54:00.000+02:00

Let me recap the comment. Tyfus is afraid the roaming via WiFi will be blocked by blocking IP addresses from abroad.

Personally I do not think this will be worth / effective.

First, even if the foreign IP addresses are blocked, there is always a VPN solution. Smart users will use VPNs and especially corporate users will use VPNs prepared by their IT people. I have been traveling with a personal WiFi hotspot (Apple AirPort) for a while, just to have convenient in-room WiFi at places where only wired Ethernet is available. There is no reason why personal, portable WiFi access points could not create a VPN tunnel to corporate network.

Second - I do not see why would they want to block the foreign IP addresses at all... Most of the roaming fees go to the foreign networks, so it is in the interest of the home network to let us connect over WiFi from anywhere on The Planet.

Z tymi stawkami roamingowymi moze nie byc tak jak ...

2007-08-06T15:14:00.000+02:00

Z tymi stawkami roamingowymi moze nie byc tak jak piszesz. Operator pewnie pozwoli na dostep do sieci poprzez adresy IP przypisane do Polski. Jest to informacja niepotwierdzona nie mam tez mozliwosci aby to sprawdzic w najblizszym czasie.