The combination of Simplicity, Mobility and Security are the fundamental values simultaneously, and uniquely, delivered by the SIMtone. This network service radically transforms the current status quo of the end-user experience by:

1. Plug & Play user devices – enabling inexpensive consumer terminals to "come alive" on the SIMtone automatically, and instantly be able to access multiple services, without requiring any end-user intervention
2. Single device (with no changes required) to access many services - enabling instant access to multiple Interactive Content Services from the same device, (for example, services such as hosted Windows or Linux desktops, Digital Music/Video/Broadcasting services, Internet Telephony or VoIP services), without requiring any user configuration or intervention
3. Persistent service operation - enabling the uninterrupted and pervasive instant availability of the consumer digital experience for each service, from any location and terminal. This allows the consumer to move from location to location, and among different terminals, without ever having to "configure", "reconfigure", "shut-down" "save", "restart", or "rewind" etc.
4. Trusted - enabling worry-free access to sensitive or private information by relying on a "government-security-grade" network security architecture far more difficult to break or sniff than any currently available Internet service architecture. This is accomplished without imposing on the consumer any specific security equipment, software, terminal, or location. Any SIMtone-compliant terminal, regardless of how it is connected to a broadband IP network, can securely access any SIMtone-based service. Services are delivered to the person through SIMtone-compliant terminals, much like ATM's are used for banking services.

The combination of these four fundamental features of the SIMtone results in a new, much simpler and readily-available end-user experience to access digital services such as Internet browsing, remote PC access, digital television, digital music, or Internet telephony. The resulting experience closely resembles that of the traditional telephony dialtone: plug in a phone and it works; or pick the phone most conveniently available and make a call; provide the "PIN" for the service you intend to access and just start using it, worry-free. With the SIMtone, the digital service requested will instantly and securely be made available on your SNAP – your SIMtone-compliant device, on the fly, simply and safely, everywhere.