OT - Wireless phone providers - WAS: [Cialug]ssh for cell phones

[Dave J. Hala Jr.]

If you could ssh into your phone, you could turn it into a covert spy
cam.  It would be almost as good as being invisible...


On Thu, 2007-11-15 at 09:15 -0600, Nathan Stien wrote:
> On Nov 15, 2007 8:58 AM, Nathan C. Smith <nathan.smith at ipmvs.com> wrote:
> > Is it a  @#$% Verizon contract or a @#$% contract with Verizon?
> >
> > What I am asking, is would you choose Verizon again or go with a different
> > provider?
> 
> Unless Verizon changes direction, they are unlikely to favor any kind
> of open phone platform.  They contract with OEMs to make sure phones
> for their network are crippled.  I had to do some dirty things to make
> my Moto e815 support bluetooth OBEX file transfers.
> 
> Verizon is probably not unique in having generally terrible and
> incompetent phone support.  Yay for oligopolistic pseudo-cartels.
> Large fixed costs + high regulatory barriers to entry favoring
> incumbents -> generally dickish industry.
> 
> The grass on the GSM side seems somewhat greener to me at the moment,
> but I haven't really tried it.
> 
> > What other providers are represented on the list.  Personally I have an
> > ancient Sprint phone that is PCS/Dual mode.  For work we use Nextel with
> > Blackberries, I have always thought they had a good network, although the
> > prices seem higher.
> 
> I would pay a somewhat higher price if it really gave me more freedom
> in terms of what devices I could use, especially if it's some kind of
> wet-dream user-modifiable linux phone.  I want to be able to ssh
> *into* my phone
> 
> - Nathan
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