Ben Miller
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Going Mobile LLC. Wireless networking - strategy / optimization / vendor management. CWNE #12
Los Angeles
Joined October 2009
Wi-Fi folks should’ve realized this long ago, having dealt with 20 years of RRM/AirMatch/etc. not working as promised.
BREAKING: Apple just proved AI "reasoning" models like Claude, DeepSeek-R1, and o3-mini don't actually reason at all. They just memorize patterns really well. Here's what Apple discovered:. (hint: we're not as close to AGI as the hype suggests)
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Wise words.
Quote of the day: "Data is the new oil. It’s really dirty and hard to process." #fiberconnect2025.
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RT @RogerEntner: @mikeddano If there were demand for Private 5G then there would be a healthy equipment market. Business follows the scent….
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RT @mikeddano: Amazon Web Services (AWS) is no longer selling the private 5G offering it first announced in 2021. But the hyperscale cloud….
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“Free up plenty of spectrum for auction” is not exactly the most pro-WiFi move…
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Recent moves by Charter & John Malone tell me the FCC is soon going to go in the opposite direction of Net Neutrality. I expect we’ll still have an open internet, but if you want to offer reliable SaaS or streaming you’ll have to pay extra to Internet providers. cc: @mikeddano.
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Shoutout to the guy from the hospital system who warned me that Meraki AP performance degrades when it hits about 25 clients. Pro tip: If it seems like APs have capacity limitations, the real problem is probably the config. Set those Tx powers & channel options correctly!
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Never a bad idea to eschew SaaS and the cloud. I get the theory of focusing your business/organization on its products & services, but it’s not reality. Being able to be a business (including handling your own tech) is an eternal requirement for running a durable operation.
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Interesting one, with potentially large ramifications.
When will FWA run out of steam? . Here's my big story for the week. If you read one thing from me this week, it should be this one. $T $TMUS $VZ.
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Lots of folks in tech & telecom are going to see their taxpayer-funded gravy trains run off the rails.
Iridium, Verizon and Comcast are among those telecom companies that are warning of reduced sales to government customers due to cuts by the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE).
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Just about every use of Python is for something vendors should be doing.
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I’ll say this for NYT: They are reinforcing the stereotype that security pros are often folks who love to fearmonger and can’t detail real-world scenarios for so-called “threats”.
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Must admit I had no idea about DePIN. Looks like DePIN companies offer their own #shitcoin in exchange for opening up Wi-Fi networks to guests.
AT&T is supplementing its cellular network with Wi-Fi from several #DePIN companies. It's another signal that future wireless networks will stretch across multiple access technologies. .$T @helium @XNET_Mobile @karrier_one.
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Be ready, Wi-Fi folks. As cellular growth plateaus, providers will look to extract more $ from existing customers. That may mean a return to data caps, which in turn may nudge a large # of phones towards guest Wi-Fi.
the financial analysts at TD Cowen now expect the US wireless industry to collectively grow by 1.38 million postpaid phone customer additions during the first quarter of 2025. That's down 12% year-over-year.
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The dream — in my view — should be seamless handoff from cellular (urban) to Wi-Fi (indoors) to satellite (rural).
EchoStar officials have hinted that the company will use its satellite spectrum holdings to pursue the market for phone-to-satellite connections. That could dovetail with Apple's own ambitions in the sector.
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LAX got scammed by whatever integrator did their Wi-Fi design. Way, way, way too many APs.
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Could be a big change for how the FCC operates. I don’t necessarily expect them to take 6 GHz away from Wi-Fi, but it wouldn’t totally shock me. The demand for more spectrum from service providers (and more importantly, their customers) remains.
The FCC has been described as an independent agency for decades, including by SCOTUS itself. But yesterday, the US Solicitor General basically seemed to admit the FCC is *not* actually an independent agency at all.
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