[185961] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Project Fi and the Great Firewall
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Mark Tinka)
Fri Nov 20 03:31:27 2015
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To: Jared Geiger <jared@compuwizz.net>, NANOG <nanog@nanog.org>
From: Mark Tinka <mark.tinka@seacom.mu>
Date: Fri, 20 Nov 2015 10:29:17 +0200
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On 15/Nov/15 05:08, Jared Geiger wrote:
> When you roam onto another cellular network other than your home network,
> your data is encapsulated and sent back to your home network before going
> out to the internet. This is to provide a seamless experience for the
> customer.
I always felt it was just to ease billing headaches.
Local hand-off has the potential to make billing more difficult. Not
doing that is at the expense of a better experience for the customer.
Mark.
