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Juneau 1Mbps symmetrical service...
(old news - 06:34PM Monday Aug 06 2007)
tags: wireless · alternatives · AT&T
AT&T's Alascom subsidiary has started offering Juneau, Alaska, residents WiMax broadband service starting at $19.95 a month. The company is using Alvarion’s IEEE 802.16e-based WiMAX gear to offer speeds up to 1Mbps symmetrical.

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The subsidiary is using WiMax due to the obvious difficulties in getting DSL technology into some Alaskan areas (snow, bears, marauding Canadians). Additional Alaska communities will be seeing the service in 2008.

What about outside Alaska? "AT&T will evaluate opportunities to deploy fixed wireless technologies in other areas of the country based on customer needs and the results of its existing deployments," the company says in a press release.

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Cop
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Auburn, AL

Price

I'd take it for the price
permalink · 2007-08-06 18:37:11 · Reply to this

Snickerdo
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Niagara Falls, ON

Hah

Marauding Canadians, eh? If Canadians were marauding through those parts, they would have been wired up for broadband six years ago
permalink · 2007-08-06 18:37:34 · Reply to this
ATHF

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Re: Hah

with 100MB caps
permalink · 2007-08-06 18:44:33 · Reply to this

brooklynman4

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Brooklyn, NY		 What u talking about americans are taken over canada lol
permalink · 2007-08-06 18:50:46 · Reply to this
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Re: Hah

said by brooklynman4 See Profile :

What u talking about americans are taken over canada lol
Haven't you heard, »www.invadecanada.us ?
permalink · 2007-08-06 22:23:00 · Reply to this

LiamJunket
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said by Snickerdo See Profile :

Marauding Canadians, eh? If Canadians were marauding through those parts, they would have been wired up for broadband six years ago
A rogues gallery of marauding Canadians:

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permalink · 2007-08-06 19:09:20 · Print · Reply to this

en102
Canadian, eh?

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Re: Hah

And some of us live in Los Angeles
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permalink · 2007-08-06 22:04:23 · Reply to this

MoeJoe

@rr.com		 Gotta watch out for Marauding Canadians! My bad! Would you rather have a hairy mexican crap on your lawn?

(Yes it really happened)
permalink · 2007-08-06 19:19:46 · Reply to this

en102
Canadian, eh?

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 Yup... I was one of the early ones to get it on Cogeco when I lived in St. Catharines. I had decent speed there before I had it here in Los Angeles. Also, family in the 'boonies' of Northern Ontario have 5Mbps for --
Canada = Hollywood North
permalink · 2007-08-06 20:10:08 · Reply to this

DanHo
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Project Angel, anyone?

AT&T's first foray into fixed wireless ended in it shutting everything down and selling off its assets. It's funny because Alaska was one of the better markets the service was originally in.
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permalink · 2007-08-06 18:52:33 · Reply to this

ninjatutle
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about time we got those igloos connected eh.
permalink · 2007-08-06 18:53:13 · Reply to this
bogey780

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Here

New Orleans?

I'm pretty sure WiMax was put out right after Katrina here.
permalink · 2007-08-06 18:58:22 · Reply to this

Lowtarget
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Re: New Orleans?

Just hope the wireless dont melt the igloos.
permalink · 2007-08-06 19:24:05 · Reply to this

ninjatutle
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Re: New Orleans?

Didn't know they housed Katrina victs in igloos
permalink · 2007-08-06 20:17:23 · Reply to this
bmn
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Re: New Orleans?



FEMA Trailer


Not an igloo, but damn close...
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permalink · 2007-08-06 20:34:30 · Reply to this
bmn
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 Actually, it was pre-certified WiMax gear...

»www.infoworld.com/article/05/10/···a_1.html
(Beware, site is running really slow)
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permalink · 2007-08-06 19:33:36 · Reply to this
rradina

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Chesterfield, MO

Price is right!

I wish I could get WiMax for $19.95 in my community. Is WiMax stable enough for VOIP?
permalink · 2007-08-06 20:03:01 · Reply to this
ipzedge

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Jamestown, CA

Re: Price is right!

i sold wi-max for a short time the customer had good through put if you would pay for it like $65 a month
the cheaper services where not good enough for viop
permalink · 2007-08-06 22:52:51 · Reply to this

McLovin
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Coming to Kenai/Soldotna area in '08. w00t

[see title]
permalink · 2007-08-06 22:32:43 · Reply to this
jc100

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ATT's Price???

I wonder how much money Ted Stevens gave to ATT for this project. Can't be anymore than his 300 million dollar bridge to no where... Maybe they can use their newfound internet to discover their governor is an idiot.....
permalink · 2007-08-07 02:29:54 · Reply to this

Gork
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New technology where I live!

I live in Juneau and would love to support this technolgy. With all the servers I run from my computer, for light use, the promise of 1mbps upstream sounds great! And it's always great to see a little competition emerging as well. But I'm very used to my 7mbps downstream connection with the cable modem.

I'll be watching the technology and hopefully their site will start to show a little more promise as far as pricing strategies and packages offered. Until I see an increase in downstream bandwidth and more solid information obtainable without having to phone them I'm afraid I'll be sticking with the big bad evil local cable company.
permalink · 2007-08-07 07:08:25 · Print · Reply to this
Edward1978

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De Soto, IL

Re: New technology where I live!

Extreem Souyhern IL, still need broadband.
permalink · 2007-08-07 08:51:20 · Reply to this
cluth

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 High-up sources in the AT&T Alascom world tell me that it will be rolled out to Fairbanks next (after it is hopefully fully installed and successful in Juneau) and then Anchorage. Lookin' forward to that!

1mbps up is freakin' awesome, but like Gork, I'm used to my 3mbps cable connection (used to be 5, but I downgraded and sometimes regret it), even though my upload is only 256kbps. If anything, maybe GCI will up the upload speeds...
permalink · 2007-08-08 02:01:29 · Reply to this

Gork
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Re: New technology where I live!

said by cluth See Profile :
maybe GCI will up the upload speeds...
THAT would be sweet, but after seeing GCI's business pricing on their symmetrical services, well, let's just say I won't be holding my breath. Unfortunately.
permalink · 2007-08-08 04:10:49 · Reply to this

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said by cluth See Profile :

If anything, maybe GCI will up the upload speeds...
Just you wait till next month... Oh, man, you are going to freak out.

It might get pushed back, but more or less, download and upload speeds will be increased significantly. If you don't believe me, call GCI and ask about increasing your upload speed. Chances are they'll tell you that "later this year", the upload will be increased.
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