James I have a Dodo USB using the Optus network in Australia. I am located in the fringe of Melbourne. If I can help with testing just ask. Tony
> On Mon, Mar 07, 2011 at 09:54:07AM -0500, Martin Langhoff wrote: > > On Mon, Mar 7, 2011 at 1:12 AM, Sridhar Dhanapalan > > <srid...@laptop.org.au> wrote: > > > Thanks Wad, Peter and Martin. We are currently trialling the use of 3G > > > Wifi access points, with government-approved content filtering > > > supplied by the telco. Just to be thorough, I am also investigating > > > what our other options may be. > > > > Interesting. For anything larger than ~ 20 users, I definitely > > recommend an XS. The XS can then be your bridge between 3G and Wifi > > The data rate and latency of the Australian "Telstra Next G" 3G service > are quite reasonable ... for the regional areas it is a dual-cell HSPA > with 14.4 Mbit/s deployed nationwide. Timing radius out to about 120km > from a high enough tower operating on 850 MHz band. Modems typically > obtain 3 Mbit/s or 7.2 Mbit/s of the available 14.4 Mbit/s. The uplink > and peering are excellent, with latencies of the order of 50ms to 100ms > even in the outback. > > Therefore I'd put the threshold for proxy advantage closer to ~ 40 > users. > > The capital city towers are configured differently, something around 42 > Mbit/sec. I've heard there is more contention and packet loss in these > areas, but haven't measured them personally. > > -- > James Cameron > http://quozl.linux.org.au/ > _______________________________________________ > OLPC-AU mailing list > olpc...@lists.laptop.org > http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/olpc-au > > _____________________________________________________ > This mail has been virus scanned by Australia On Line > see http://www.australiaonline.net.au/mailscanning _______________________________________________ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel