WIMAX - Topic profile

Filed under: Laptops Whether counting its 23 Eee PCs or 50 plus models of traditional laptops , ASUS isn't exactly known for its frugality. So seeing yet another press release touting the launch of its bamboo -- a renewable material with immense tensile strength rivaling that of many metal alloys -- laptops shouldn't be a...

http://www.bit-tech.net/news/2008/08...lion-by-201 2/1 IDF FALL 2008: Craig Barrett reckons that WiMAX will reach 50 million by the end of the year and a billion people by 2012.

WiMAX is a wireless digital communications system, also known as IEEE 802.16, and manage provide broadband wireless access up to 30 miles (50 km) for fixed stations, and 3 - 10 miles (5 - 15 km) for mobile stations. In contrast, the WiFi/802.11 wireless local area network standard is limited in most cases to only 100 - 300 feet (30 - 100m)... wimax really better that wireless broadband? How ...

I am more than happy to carve off say 50% of my total allocated internet bandwidth and make it free to anyone who can access it and I am sure others would be prepared to do so as well especially if they could make money out of "on selling" there bandwidth Is there anything prohibiting the general public from using the unlicened bands for a private wimax mesh network. Then on selling any ...

Building an Open WIMAX Mesh I am more than happy to carve off say 50% of my total allocated internet bandwidth and make it free to anyone who can access it and I am sure others would be prepared to do so as well especially if they could make money out of "on selling" there bandwidth Is there anything prohibiting the general public from ...

Redline sees 'softening demand" for fixed WiMAX 10/07/2008 Redline communications, a Canada-headquartered WiMAX supplier, has shaved $6m off analyst revenue forecasts fir 2Q 2008. The updated revenue outlook is now between $9m and $9.5m for the three months ended 30 June 2008. The company attributes the downward revenue adjustment to a number of reasons, including a ...

continuing the roller coaster of good news/bad news regarding Sprint and WiMAX: highlights include monthly subscriptions UNDER $50 and the ability to purchase WiMAX access on a day to day basis... Quote: Atish Gude, VP of business operations for Sprint’s Xohm WiMax unit, talks a little bit about this fall's launch of their mobile WiMax service in Baltimore...

Global BWA/WiMAX subs approach 2m 08/07/2008 The global BWA/WiMAX subscriber base increased by 260,246 in 1Q 2008 to reach a total of 1,988,246 subscribers. This is according to the fourth issue of the WiMAXCounts quarterly report from research firm Maravedis. "Even with an increase of more than 19 percent in WiMAX subscribers in the first quarter of 2008, operators ...

Quote: Originally Posted by [OUPA]MrNutz On the topic of wimax. We have a customer in town that has CLEAR LOS of the local wimax tower..but he is 6km away from footprint edge (which is 16km) 2.4 and 5.8ghz wifi is a flop from this tower (due 2 wisp being a total shark) Telskommel doesn't even send out a signal tester if...

Not to mention our Gov's political meddling and self-serving favouritism, allowing a company like Sentech to squat on 78MHz of spectrum indefinitely (esp. 50MHz in the prized 2.5-2.6 band), while the market cries for this precious resource.

Well I can tell you, my jury is still out. I get 200-350kbs(sometimes better) on Sprint EVDO and about the same with att HSDPA(sometimes better) . Until WIMAX gets over sold it may be faster. I'm still wanting to see the prices though.

Quote: Originally Posted by ali88 actually, it is not even close to the situation of WiFi. when Wifi was coming out there was nothing like it being commonly used by people all around the world. and as we near the arrival of wimax, most people(by that i mean everyone with a laptop) will be capable of using the regular wifi ...

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WIMAX definitely has the potential to be one of the major means of delivering broadband content in many countries. Currently, several Indian cities have WIMAX deployed. This July, the government of India announced a major project to deploy WIMAX to 3 separate states, with an estimated customer base of over 250 M people. WIMAX will share the 2.3 to 2.5 GHz freqencies that 3G (cellular) uses.

Quote: Originally Posted by andreww So far, it's pretty much at&t and verizon for reliable access, and I'm pretty su