Quite disappointed at the fact that some people prefer to discuss unimportant subtleties, rather than accepting the fact that transmitting energy through the path defined by a conductor material is more efficient than transmitting it through the air omnidirectionally.
The trade off between range and speed in wireless connections is more steeped, meaning you need to reduce more speed than wth cable for gaining the equivalent increase in range.
Also, I never stated that transoceanic cables are ethernet ones, I was just mentioning one clear example of the superior efficiency of cable over wireless (even though they obviously tried to use directional antennas as opposed to the omnidirectional ones used in mobile phones, routers and wifi adapters).
To me it is a bit like, "If you can kill that fly with your hand, why should you use dynamite?"
I would like to make a smarter use of wireless technology. Use it only when it is really needed.
Human beings have not been exposed to this kind of radiation during their long evolution process. The effects are still unknown (although there is some evidence on their malignity), so I consider it is wise to make a smart use of it. IMO it should not be the default setting.
All this is just my point of view, however there are many other people wanting this feature, thus there are plenty of other reasons it is desirable to connect the phone via ethernet cable.
I said Google should be more competent, because there are other mobile OS supporting this feature. But maybe the right word is "Responsible".
The logic that mobile phones should not support ethernet connection just because they were thought to be portable, it not anymore strong enough. Right now, my mobile phone is more powerful than my computer (cpu and graphics).
