Driscollw
join:2003-01-11
Virginia Beach, VA | Can't wait
Can't wait to have other ways to connect to the internet. |
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Toguro
join:2003-10-23
Ottawa, IL | I'm rooting
I am rooting for any standard to be launched. |
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wruckman
Ruckman.net
join:2007-10-25
Northwood, OH
 ·RoadRunner Cable
| Nice
Not bad to get 100Mbps at a few hundred meters. But it will obviously appear to be slower once you put the load of a entire area on it of wireless users. Plus, most people will probably be further away than a few hundred meters from the tower. But a step forward it is.
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en102
Canadian, eh?
join:2001-01-26
Valencia, CA | Agreed... something up to at least a few kilometers will be needed. Then again, this was in the 2.6GHz spectrum, I'd expect a bit better for range on 1900MHz, and even better on 850MHz.
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ipzed
@pacbell.net | meter
is a meter 40" ? |
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xenophon
join:2007-09-17
 ·Sprint Mobile Broa..
| Spectrum
The challenge for getting this in the US is that I don't think ATT/Verizon have 20mhz of available spectrum nationwide. They have in about half the US but not nearly enough for all major markets. I don't know if there is enough spectrum in the 700mhz auction for one carrier to get 20mhz.
WiMAX 802.16m may be able to do 1Gbps by the time LTE is available. Sprint actually has enough spectrum to do it (over 96mhz per market avg) but we'll probably never see that. |
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FightingBlue
join:2006-04-08
Warsaw, NY | reply to ipzed
Re: meter
Close enough. Technically it's like 39.4 inches. |
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wierdo
join:2001-02-16
Tulsa, OK
 ·Future Nine Corpor..
·Teliax VOIP
| reply to xenophon
Re: Spectrum
said by xenophon  :The challenge for getting this in the US is that I don't think ATT/Verizon have 20mhz of available spectrum nationwide. They have in about half the US but not nearly enough for all major markets. I don't know if there is enough spectrum in the 700mhz auction for one carrier to get 20mhz. One of the purposes of LTE is to reduce the minimum required spectrum from 5MHz paired as UMTS requires today. While you won't see 100Mbps on smaller allocations, it will be possible for the carriers to phase it in over a period of months or years, if necessary, unlike what Cingularat&t has been doing with UMTS/HSDPA. |
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dvd536
as Mr. Pink as they come
Premium
join:2001-04-27
Phoenix, AZ | Unless. . .
you can tether... * y a w n *
100mbps on a 2x2 screen. yay! |
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tc1uscg
join:2005-03-09
Saint Clair Shores, MI
| reply to Driscollw
Re: Can't wait
said by Driscollw :Can't wait to have other ways to connect to the internet. Yeah, Im sure VZW will just open the door and let everyone onboard using "other" hardware and not theirs. Don't let the recent "open" bs they released to the press get your hopes up. LTE may look good but can't wait to see he local water company embrace it and install it on it's water meters. |
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ditka_b
Premium
join:2001-10-05
Barrington, IL
 ·AT&T Midwest
| hate to bust the bubble..
There's no way these speeds can be hit. It's theoretical at best because providers can't get that much bandwith to 85% of the country. You may see it "IN" big cities inside the fiber rings but forget about it elsewhere. Also prepare for caps on downloads where it does come too. By the Byte comes to mind... Or TV and Movie serevice only thru the provider ect.. |
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