iansltx
join:2007-02-19
Golden, CO
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| WiMAX has a definite niche, and IMO it's alive and well A few points:
1. A WiMAX network of national scope (Clear) is accepting customers right now. You can't say that about LTE in the US.
2. 3.65 GHz provides a nice spectrum for smaller WISPs that cover more rural areas. Every WISP that I know of who is using 3.65 for customer access is deploying WiMAX as the technology. There are plenty of WISPs who have rolled the tech out, though we aren't talking about mobile and we aren't talking about nationwide stuff.
3. There are other mobile WiMAX deployments besides Clear: »www.telecompetitor.com/northern-···network/ for example
4. LTE is a natural cell-carrier evolution of technology. It's a relatively closed standard, made by the 3GPP, whose main purpose is to extend what we see today in terms of mobile devices into the next generation of high speed. WiMAX OTOH is being built into stuff like WiFi; it's an IEEE standard so will probably get a lot more consumer electronics momentum.
5. In conjunction with (2), WiMAX is the only standardized wireless technology (across equipment vendors) that doesn't require hefty spectrum purchases and is built for long-range communications. 802.11 (WiFi) is *okay* for long-range, however many companies are branching out into proprietary standards (most of them TDMA/polling based) to give customers the next level in performance. |
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Romney2012Defeat Obama 2012-Chg we can believe inPremium
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kudos:4 | Wimax has the best chances as a rural fixed wireless product. It covers wider distances than WiFi and will support a wide array of devices designed for WiMax/WiFi and even Wimax/Wifi/LTE eventually. In places where wired broadband is just cost prohibitive, Wimax will have a chance to provide service for reasonable rates.
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iansltx
join:2007-02-19
Golden, CO
kudos:2 | My points exactly. |
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 en102Canadian, eh?
join:2001-01-26
Valencia, CA | reply to Romney2012
I agree... many rural areas with POTS should actually look into abandoning it for some form of fixed wireless / WLL.
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me1212
join:2008-11-20
Pleasant Hill, MO | reply to iansltx
Well put.
IDK if it has much of a future as a mobile(I would be shocked if it had none thou) but I think it has a lot of potential as a fixed especially in rural areas. |
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Old report or just bad timing? This report seems as though it was written at the beginning of the year. Clear's stock is up almost 300% since its lows in late Feb. early March. |
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