[VoiceOps] Ray Baum's act and all-softphone deployments

[Alex Balashov]

> On Sep 27, 2021, at 3:28 PM, Aryn Nakaoka 808.356.2901 via VoiceOps <voiceops at voiceops.org> wrote:
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> Not only that but we need to share liability with internet connectivity... cell phone guys are vertically integrated. 

Boy howdy do we. And probably not just for the connection’s reliability, but other aspects of the technology.

For instance: I often find myself “trapped” by captive portals from WiFi networks my iPhone magically “knows” from prior use (in the given location or elsewhere) at the wrong moments. 

A good example are the ubiquitous and obnoxious “xfinity” networks projected by a great many WAP+cable modem CPE devices. Not merely once, I have had to make an urgent call (granted, not 911) while outside, standing underneath or adjacent to a business or residence which is throwing off one of these “xfinity” WiFi things, effectively cutting me off from the Internet until my iPhone realises it, which takes some time, and I’m transiently walking into the WiFi range. The call wouldn’t work until I angrily disabled WiFi so the cell network could be expeditiously used.

The fact that stuff like that isn’t considered really gets me about these laws.

— Alex

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