Mailbag: Fixed, mobile systems live together in harmony

NETWORK WORLD NEWSLETTER: STEVE TAYLOR AND LARRY HETTICK ON
CONVERGENCE
11/02/05
Today's focus: Mailbag: Fixed, mobile systems live together in
harmony

Dear networking.world@gmail.com,

In this issue:

* Readers reply to fixed vs. mobile debate
* Links related to Convergence
* Featured reader resource
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Today's focus: Mailbag: Fixed, mobile systems live together in
harmony

By Steve Taylor and Larry Hettick

Last week, we published a mock debate on the virtues of fixed
vs. mobile solutions
http://www.networkworld.com/nlconvergence9799. Today, we'd like
to share a few reader replies to our discussion.

First, we'll hear from David J. Green, senior Internet marketing
and security consultant at NetGreen Consulting. Green has
succinctly answered the debate with a matrix approach,
suggesting that wireline services (just barely) edge out
wireless solutions for enterprise applications.

He suggests that, "whoever can provide 'good enough' service
that is fast, cheap and easy to use will win."

Green's matrix is shown below, using a scale of 1-5 with 5 being
high:

Good enough: Wireless-3, Wireline-4
Fast: Wireless-2, Wireline-4
Cheap: Wireless-3, Wireline-2
Easy to use: Wireless-4 Wireline-3

Totals: Wireless-12 Wireline-13

Next, we hear from Madhusudhan Mendu, who states, "My opinion is
it all depends on the business need."

Mendu suggests that the both wireline and wireless services will
"complement each other." In one example, he notes that mobile
"backhaul still needs wireline connectivity" and that "end users
[still need] wireline broadband access." In another example, he
cites a sales representative's need for "mobile connectivity for
access to his CRM system on his mobile device while on the move"
vs. the "end user who requires larger screen/intense application
like IPTV [that] will choose wireline broadband access."

As a parallel, he asks: "Did watches replaced clocks?" or "Did
cell phones replace desk phones?" - concluding that in both
cases neither solution displaced the other, and that both
continue to exist as complementary solutions.

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To contact: Steve Taylor and Larry Hettick

Steve Taylor is president of Distributed Networking Associates
and publisher/editor-in-chief of Webtorials. For more detailed
information on most of the topics discussed in this newsletter,
connect to Webtorials http://www.webtorials.com/, the premier
site for Web-based educational presentations, white papers, and
market research. Taylor can be reached at
mailto:taylor@webtorials.com

Larry Hettick is an industry veteran with more than 20 years of
experience in voice and data. He is Vice President for Telecom
Services and Infrastructure at Current Analysis, the leading
competitive response solutions company. He can be reached at
mailto:lhettick@currentanalysis.com
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from the same vendor that built the infrastructure. This paper
highlights the features that customers gain when deploying Cisco
IP Communications in an intelligent Cisco IP network. It also
demonstrates the unique value that this systems approach
delivers.
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