At first, Freewheel seems ground-breaking. Itis a low cost cell phone service option offering “unlimited information, discussion and text.” But on closer examination, the worth is more difficult to locate.

And for non-Cablevision subscribers, $29.95 seems incredibly steep for ACCESSIBILITY to the cable company’s 1.1 million WiFi hotspots. Boingo Wireless Inc. offers accessibility to a similar amount of hotspots on two apparatus for $9.95 per month.

From a screenshot of the Moto G mobile with Freewheel service, it seems that there are one-click choices for text WiFi phoning and voicemail. Thatis a helpful attribute, but in addition simple to reproduce with iOS programs and present Android. What service are users getting that is worth a monthly fee that is substantial?

There is no uncertainty that other WiFi network operators and mobile telephone companies will likely be observing the Freewheel rollout carefully. (See Passpoint Moves Towards Provider WiFi and INVESTMENTS on the Rise for Carrier-Level WiFi.)

Nevertheless, Freewheel — at least as it stands can not claim that accomplishment.

As a way to create WiFi telephone offerings really tumultuous, suppliers will need to produce higher-quality service than standard WiFi, a cost that is not well above powerful new features and/or other WiFi hotspot offerings. The cable business, including Cablevision has work to do.