On Fri, 2008-04-25 at 08:56 -0700, dooger watts wrote:
> Still no wimax in amerika. 40mbps wireless for 20 bux a month,
> piggybacking on existing cells--that's what the rest of the world has.
>
> The bomcast lobby has really been effective at keeping this out. So
> effective most amerikans have never even heard of wimax.
>
Dooger,
I'd have to beg to differ. I haven't seen Wimax take off in any of the
other countries that I regularly visit or support next gen home gateway
development in. ( Japan, Korea, Taiwan, UK, Germany, etc) The next
generation seems to be a lot of PON stuff,
( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Passive_optical_network )
or faster/better cable/DSL.
Besides, we do have Wimax here. What do you think Clearwire is? Wimax
isn't neccesarily any faster, or any more symmetrical. In fact wireless
as an internet access method lends itself very well to an asymetrical
service model. Plus with the variety of other wireless devices active
in the US the RF interferance issues are going to be a big problem for
quite a while. Not so mention the insecurity of the link.
I'd suggest that it isn't the existing broadband providers that are
keeping this out, but rather the inherent difficulties in rolling out
this service in a profitable manner. (Which is equivalent to the
building out of a nationwide cellular network.)
-Mike
"The Earth is the cradle of the mind, but one cannot eternally live in a
cradle." - Konstantin E. Tsiolkovsky
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