1 edit | Speeds not impressive - 3G cell service will crush Wimax If these speeds are the best that mobile Wimax can do, then the 3G and later 4G speeds being rolled out by the cell phone services will crush Wimax before it catches on. Wimax had a window of opportunity - last year. Soon that window will be closed.
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| Sounds like the low-end, low price point option. Or, they may be having the same backhaul issues that Sprint is having in the US. |
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| It's about backhaul. WiMAX can do 3-6Mbps in real world if there's enough backhaul. Technically, the devices can do 15Mbps in labs.
They are probably limiting to 1Mbps to manage the backhaul. |
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 a333A hot cup of integrals please
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ehhh...no. LTE tested in a 'lab environment' has achieved 100 Mbit speeds. HOWEVER, the 802.11n spec of WiMax can EASILY offer speeds of 1 Gbps, provided that the carrier has approx. 100 Mhz. of bandwidth. Which Sprint just HAPPENS to have. Also, just because the last mile can offer 100 Mbit pipes doesn't mean it WILL be offered. Unless you expect AT&T to snap their fingers and upgrade their backhaul overnight out of the pure goodness of their hearts, rest assured, 100/50 Mbit internet on LTE is still a pipe dream. BTW, I'm not particularly interested in a 100/50 connection that includes a 5 GB/month cap, no thanks.
BTW, how many LTE deployments have we actually seen in the US again...? |
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kudos:5 | Confused I stopped reading at "HOWEVER, the 802.11n spec of WiMax can EASILY offer speeds of 1 Gbps"
Explain?
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