cluth
join:2004-01-06
Anchorage, AK
| said by phoneboy3 :
Ultimately laptops will do both. WiMAX is to WiFi what cordless phones are to cell phones. They are complimentary.
There will probably eventually come a time where cell phones and cordless phones will merge. There are already dual-mode handsets in use (cellular over long distances, WiFi over short distances), although they are far from popular and handoffs between cellular and VoIP networks have to be ironed out. I'd love to say that cellular wireless (using 4G+ technologies) will eventually become the sole technology used, but I think that despite any improvements in compression and encoding, there would be too much congestion for a system like that (which is why they are proposing microcells or something).
I like the comparison if WiMAX to the last mile and WiFi to the LAN, but the lines get fuzzier in the wireless realm since the boundaries of wireless signals aren't as set in stone. I do agree that cities shouldn't waste resources building MANs using WiFi, though. That just seems to be a waste of resources.
(No point to my above message--just my two cents...) |
