Comment by kazinator
2 years ago
DECT is a surprisingly complex and capable system, which has been used for metropolitan cellular service.
https://www.rcrwireless.com/19980105/archived-articles/telec... [1998]
In the DECT Wikipedia page:
There has been only one major installation of DECT for public access: in early 1998 Telecom Italia launched a wide-area DECT network known as "Fido" after much regulatory delay, covering major cities in Italy. The service was promoted for only a few months and, having peaked at 142,000 subscribers, was shut down in 2001.
142K subscribers isn't quite your kitchen and den phone any more. :)
> DECT is a surprisingly complex and capable system
'99-'00 I worked on a Linux-based tablet where the first iteration used a DECT extension for data (DECT MMAP)... Wifi was not yet dominant enough to be the obvious winner.