mlerner
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| Outdoor wifi is right..
There is actually a provider in a city just about half an hour from where I live that deployed a wifi solution like this from Cisco. It's not very reliable, my friend has it and it's worse than cable. It tends to drop in and out and while they provide up to 3 mbps my friend can only get that speed in off-peak times. I can't understand who would deploy regular wifi in a mesh network like this, wimax works so much better. |
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John Galt
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| said by mlerner  :I can't understand who would deploy regular wifi in a mesh network like this, wimax works so much better. Really...?!!
I was unaware that there were so many Wimax deployments...
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Kill DRM
@rr.com | Are you or anybody aware of ANY Wi-Max deployments anywhere ? Would seem that Wi-Max is really Fleece-Max. There are no deployments anywhere due to it's basic non-functionality. |
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freeze
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| said by Kill DRM :
Are you or anybody aware of ANY Wi-Max deployments anywhere ? Would seem that Wi-Max is really Fleece-Max. There are no deployments anywhere due to it's basic non-functionality.
This ISP utilizes WiMax in my area. Can't comment on it's reliability first hand, but people seem to like it.
»www.clearwire.com/ |
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mlerner
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said by Kill DRM :
Are you or anybody aware of ANY Wi-Max deployments anywhere ? Would seem that Wi-Max is really Fleece-Max. There are no deployments anywhere due to it's basic non-functionality.
Maybe not where you live, but we've had it in Canada for a while. Basically same service as clearwire. »www.shoprogers.com/store/cable/I···JKFQ3QM2
»https://www.highspeedunplugged.sympatico···ome.aspx |
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John Galt
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Clearwire is NOT Wimax...it is "Wimax-like".
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mlerner
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2 edits | said by John Galt :Clearwire is NOT Wimax...it is "Wimax-like". You can say that but Clearwire's technology is the base of WiMax and is almost exactly the same to what the final standard will be for WiMax and to the average person there is no difference. |
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John Galt
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| said by mlerner :said by John Galt :Clearwire is NOT Wimax...it is "Wimax-like". You can say that but Clearwire's technology is the base of WiMax and is almost exactly the same to what the final standard will be for WiMax and to the average person there is no difference. It has a different PHY than Wimax.
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Kill DRM
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Thanks for the links. Neither site specifically states whether they use Wi-Max or some other wireless technology. Sympatico sounded suspiciously possible with their 3 mbit limit and 5 mile range. Are we using the term "Wi-Max" loosely to describe wireless in general ? Not tying to split hairs, just curious. I have never heard of any commercial deployments of real Wi-Max. Even so, 3 mbits with an indoor self install is not too bad whether it is real Wi-Max or 900 Mhz Motorola canopy. |
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