| Backhaul and pricing According to this, VZW is using 50Mbps landline backhaul and may use microwave backhaul when needed.
»www.fiercewireless.com/story/t-r···10-06-24
They've said there will be no unlimited data option. LTE will be sold in buckets of data. Will be curious to see how they price that but one concern is they mentioned pricing in MB, not GB.
I found in new markets, Clearwire may be using 100Mbps landline and 30-40Mbps microwave backhaul. Older Clear markets have much less and those that have oversubscription issues will supposedly be upgraded at some point.
Clear says they plan to stick to unlimited since they have more spectrum. I suspect if they do add caps it will be comparable to cable industry, not telcom industry.
»www.rcrwireless.com/ARTICLE/2010···networks
»forum.androidcentral.com/carrier···st125204
I was getting up to 7Mbps on my EVO at home so decided to try a fixed Clearwire modem. Am getting sustained 10-12Mbps with peaks to 15Mbps. Decided to dump TWC cable modem.
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kudos:8 | 10000000000000000000 MB enough?
It's in MB, not GB so it's a "concern".
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I thought fiber was capable of much more than 50 MB. Isn't FIOS's GPON dedicating much more than that to 32 customers at a time? Why such low numbers to the towers? |
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| It's hard to get the fiber to the towers. Monopoles usually don't sit right next to the houses. Most cell towers only have copper to them so Verizon will have to do a lot of new construction at a high price. See what happened when they wen't that route with FIOS. |
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