 baineschile2600 ways to livePremium
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Sterling Heights, MI | Why Bother 4G (LTE WiMax) is only 18 months away. The speed and SOS will be more than enough for the subwaiy/rail system. By the time they got funding and a project manager, the wireless telcos will be all over it. |
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 Frankis chillingPremium
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3 edits | said by baineschile:4G (LTE WiMax) is only 18 months away. The speed and SOS will be more than enough for the subwaiy/rail system. By the time they got funding and a project manager, the wireless telcos will be all over it. because as of right now you cant even get a standard non-3g cdma or gsm signal while riding on the subway with the exception of some tracks which ride above ground and while STOPPED at some stations that have specially setup equipment by certain telcos.
Most of the subway is underground and gsm/cdma/iden/wifi signals dont reach there.
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Smithtown, NY | They specifically mention this is for the LIRR and MNR, not the subways. That said, not everyone wants to pay for unlimited data through cell networks. Of the people that do, even fewer are able to tether their laptop. In addition, I wouldn't be surprised if the cell companies start metering the data usage - there is no way they will allow people to use unlimited data once the networks get further utilized for more bandwidth heavy applications. |
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said by Frank:said by baineschile:4G (LTE WiMax) is only 18 months away. The speed and SOS will be more than enough for the subwaiy/rail system. By the time they got funding and a project manager, the wireless telcos will be all over it. because as of right now you cant even get a standard non-3g cdma or gsm signal while riding on the subway with the exception of some tracks which ride above ground and while STOPPED at some stations that have specially setup equipment by certain telcos. Most of the subway is underground and gsm/cdma/iden/wifi signals dont reach there. Honestly I won't mind if they kept the cell phone signals OUT of the trains. I take NJ transit buses and nothing irks me more than some yahoo just firing up their cellphone and yakking away on a quiet bus.
I used to live within city limits and took the subway home. Part of it was an elevated line, and as soon as we got out of the tunnel, teenagers would fire up their cellphones with their nonsense and others would start up and eventually your peaceful commute is interrupted by cellphone conversations.
Furthermore, I think it's time we learn to disconnect a little. How exactly did we get by without all this connectivity we have now? We got by just fine. |
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Two points:
Using a WiFi connection makes the service much more accessible to many more people, lots of people have WiFi built in their laptops, PDAs and phones. At the moment you can only buy a WiMax card, LTE chips are unlikely to be available in wide numbers before 2010 and then companies will still have to test and design products around them.
4G isn't 18 months away, it's years away. The ITU defines 4G as 100 Mbit/s downlink in a moving vehicle, 1 Gbit/s stationary downlink, WiMax and LTE can't do that, the ITU is defining LTE-Advanced and WiMAx 2 (.16m) as 4G. Just because the carriers say these services are "4G" doesn't mean they are.
Dan Jones
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Frankis chillingPremium
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said by fifty nine:said by Frank:said by baineschile:4G (LTE WiMax) is only 18 months away. The speed and SOS will be more than enough for the subwaiy/rail system. By the time they got funding and a project manager, the wireless telcos will be all over it. because as of right now you cant even get a standard non-3g cdma or gsm signal while riding on the subway with the exception of some tracks which ride above ground and while STOPPED at some stations that have specially setup equipment by certain telcos. Most of the subway is underground and gsm/cdma/iden/wifi signals dont reach there. Honestly I won't mind if they kept the cell phone signals OUT of the trains. I take NJ transit buses and nothing irks me more than some yahoo just firing up their cellphone and yakking away on a quiet bus. solution: get ear plugs.............. or an ipod w/noise cancelling headphones.
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