I wen to the compass website, nothing about radionet service. I'm on Jetstart but want to escape datacaps and i would like more speed. Ihugs ultra lite plan went down, and i'm still waiting for thier 2 way satellite service. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Adrian Stacey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, December 03, 2002 2:20 PM Subject: Re: Bandwidth [OT] (Was: Distributions)
> Yuri de Groot wrote: > > All this talk about bandwidth - I'm still stuck on 33k modem > > (internal ISA, real H/W) > >>From the roof of my house in West Melton I can see Mt Sugarloaf > > in the port hills, where the walker wireless transmitter is, but > > they tell me it doesn't have the range to reach me ... yet. > > > > The guy from ww said maybe april. > > Yuri and Chris... > > Walker are bringing in some new tech not sure if it is Wave Wireless or > not but it sounds good from what I've heared from Walkers... > > It's not so much the range as the distance, over larger distances (don't > quote me I may be wrong) I think it is the Freznel effect, which > basically means that the line of sight link must be physically higher > than for the shorter distances. The newer tech, I believe, reduces this > effect. > > I take my feed from RadioNet, now Compass, the POP is Mt Pleasant and I > am pretty much at extreme range in Parklands which is just about 5km. > It may be coincidental but I think I see more network problems when > there are more leaves on the trees... > > Adrian
