me1212
join:2008-11-20
Pleasant Hill, MO
1 edit | I agree I think WISPs are about to see a boom. wimax can currently do 6/1(some reviews of clear's wimax has 9m+ speed tests though) and a wimax 2.0 is under development that meets 4g standards[if anyone wondered the speed standards are:A nominal data rate of 100 Mbit/s while the client physically moves at high speeds relative to the station, and 1 Gbit/s while client and station are in relatively fixed positions. and
A data rate of at least 100 Mbit/s between any two points in the world]
Ok so 1g fixed but if it is like current wimax[wimax cannot deliver 70 Mbit/s over 50 kilometers (~31 miles). In reality, wimax can either operate at higher bitrates or over longer distances but not both: operating at the maximum range of 50 km increases bit error rate and thus results in a much lower bitrate. Conversely, reducing the range (to 1 km) allows a device to operate at higher bitrates] then it will not be able to do 1g everywhere, but you never know it may be able to I hope it can it would be cool. even if it can only do 90m-1x0. it way beats a metered ISP.
I know a WISP will most likely not be able to do these speeds right off the back, but even if the only do 1 or 2m for $50 when they start up if it is uncapped it can beat a metered ISP. And if(hopefully when) enough people subscribe to said WISP the speed can increase and the price can drop. |
