Hi Jose, My reservation about WiMax is this - in the medium to long term, how much will a WiMax base-station cost (not the CPE, the supplier's "tower" equipment)? Since the technology is aimed at commercial wireless Internet/data-service providers, I can't imagine that the base stations will ever come down in price enough for non-commercial use. Sure the client cards will be cheap, but client cards can't talk to each other (and if they could it would probably be no better than WiFi).
I'm genuinely interested - can anyone tell me the actual dollar value of a WiMax base station - now or in the near future? Any WiMax version... Cheers, Dan > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:nycwireless- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jose Marinez > Sent: Saturday, 5 March 2005 4:58 > To: [email protected] > Subject: [nycwireless] Intel's vison, Wi-max and NYCWireless' possible > model in 3 years > > I've said it before and I will say it again: most organizations that > advocate the public use of wireless technologies are too "wi-fi bound." > In other words, they eat, sleep and breathe wi-fi and can't see beyond > the technology itself and don't even consider alternatives to > accomplish the goal. Take wi-max as an example, most of the "experts" > believe that it is getting over hyped. From my experience, when the > "experts" start writing a whole bunch of articles about what they > believe is "the next big thing" it royally bombs. On the other hand, > when they say something is "hyped", you better watch out, because > eventually it really has the chance to become "the next big thing" - > Bluetooth and USB are just two of the latest examples. > > The experts that are saying that wi-max will fail are looking at > wi-fi's history to make their forecast. Unlike wi-fi, wi-max is > getting deployed right now before it gets certified and it is working. > Will there be problems with compatibility once it is certified? Yes, > but eventually they'll be fixed as the number of wi-max chip > manufacturers consolidates. Today I read this article that talks about > the reality of wi-max and an "architecture/business model" that I > believe NYCWireless will mimic in the future. Keep in mind that the > company that they refer to in the article is been used by a NYCWireless > commercial spinoff. I know these guys personally (their prices for a > t1 are really cheap) and I can testify that wi-max works now and will > make an even bigger impact in the future. At the same time keep in > mind that Intel is the biggest advocate/manufacturer of wi-max and > wi-max chips. Think Centrino (or some other marketing name to get > people to buy it) but with wi-fi and wi-max in laptops and cell phones. > > Enjoy. > > http://www.mobilepipeline.com/60405489 > > Jose Marinez > > -- > NYCwireless - http://www.nycwireless.net/ > Un/Subscribe: http://lists.nycwireless.net/mailman/listinfo/nycwireless/ > Archives: http://lists.nycwireless.net/pipermail/nycwireless/ -- NYCwireless - http://www.nycwireless.net/ Un/Subscribe: http://lists.nycwireless.net/mailman/listinfo/nycwireless/ Archives: http://lists.nycwireless.net/pipermail/nycwireless/
