On 1/10/07, Andreas Haugstrup Pedersen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Clearwire has offered Wimax in Denmark since 2005 (covering the 7 largest > cities now). I remain unimpressed, it seems like there are at least two > years to go before the technology is mature. The main advantage of a wimax > solution (that it can be mobile) is impractical because of the size of the > wimax modem. Not to mention that there's no router built in so you have to > carry a router as well.
Been there... I was in triels for "pre-wifi" technology from sprint in 2002.... it was wifi-like. Basically it had a range of 15 miles from the top of the sears tower... it was a short run trial. It required a pizza box sized reciever on the roof... and you still had to have your modem... and yes fireawall and router if you needed it for multiple computers as most do. But that was a different erra. Wimax as evolved rapidly in the last year.... we're not talking external harware, or hopefully won't by the end of 2007. Yes we're probably talking some PCMCIA card or USB add on device at first, but it'll follow the adoption of wifi. In fact it may be a little early... but apple jumped on wifi integration in the power books early. Apple has announced that it plans to start focusing on wimax.. and while it may be early, I would bet that sometime between now and macworld 2008 apple will anounce an integrated wimax card for the macbook. Noticed I said announce... not ship or sell. Sprint will probably use a somewhat backwards approach like they did with there intitial roll out of 3GP, what they called Sprint Vision. I was also in on that from the start. They rolled it out with $300 PCMCIA cards starting at $40 a month to $100/mo... I would expect a similar rollout with Wimax. I do not think we're talking about large external add ons. In fact... we have a few wimax networks in washington and the north east that are already using wimax technology that are using these non-mobile solutions. Speakeasy.net for one has been offering businesses in the portland or seattle are wimax for almost a year now. It's been strictly aimed at businesses. Of course... all said I could be COMPLETELY wrong about wimax... it's just my guess. > > The company is definitely an American tel-co. Low initial cost, but they > have extra fees for everything and the modem is hideously expensive. No, > go with a regular cable/DSL setup and buy an Airport Express. When you're > going somewhere either use the coffee house's wifi or plug your Airport > into your friend's router. For mobile go UMTS. It will be cheaper and > support is already there in even cheaper cell phones... And the coverage > (around here) is a *lot* better. I have friends using both verizon and Sprint's "3G" data in chicago. I forget what the one on verizon was getting, but my friend using sprint is getting around a goot 30k a second. The problem though is NOT throughput on these technologies... it is very, very bad latency. When it's good it's about 400ms... and if you're moving around or have a poor signal it skyrockets to 1300 to 2400ms and starts dropping lots of packets... which makes it pretty much useless. Anyway... what are we arguing about... it's moving generally in the right direction... it's still vaporware really. We could guess about it all we want... but I'll believe it when I see it. -Mike > - Andreas > > Den 10.01.2007 kl. 04:08 skrev Mike Meiser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > The wimax is coming. And with it broadband communications. > > > > An actual firm date, by the end of this year. It's no longer just > > vaporware. > > > >> *Sprint Nextel > >> > Corp.*<http://kansascity.bizjournals.com/kansascity/gen/Sprint_Nextel_Corp_38D9B727DAD54EBE929378498D672ECA.html>said > > >> Monday that will launch its WiMax wireless broadband service in Chicago > >> and Washington by year's end. > >> > >> The wireless giant (NYSE: S), which began showing off products that use > >> WiMax technology on Monday at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las > >> Vegas, > >> has committed to spending $800 million this year and $1.5 billion to $2 > >> billion next year on the new WiMax network. > >> > >> The company said in a release Monday that early products that will use > >> WiMax include mobile PCs and personal media players by *Samsung > >> Electronics > >> > Co.*<http://kansascity.bizjournals.com/kansascity/gen/Samsung_Electronics_Co_0410697D58D74FAAA93930587D6236B6.html>and > > >> an infotainment device by > >> *LG Electronics > >> > Inc.*<http://kansascity.bizjournals.com/kansascity/gen/LG_Electronics_Inc_605CE10EFDA940E4B937F76CC1234CE2.html> > >> > >> WiMax will allow devices to connect to the Internet at cable modem-like > >> speeds wirelessly, in coverage areas similar to wireless phone service. > >> An > >> MP3 player with WiMax capability, for example, would allow music > >> downloads > >> on the go. > >> > >> The WiMax network is expected to reach 100 million people by the end of > >> 2008. > >> > > Wimax'ed networked mp3 players very interesting. > > > > After today's iPhone announcement with it's cellular and wifi capabilites > > I'm going to repeat my hair brained theories about direct to device audio > > and video podcast aggregation. > > > > Also of note. > > > > Nokia joins Sprint Nextel WiMax team > > > http://sanantonio.bizjournals.com/washington/stories/2007/01/01/daily29.html > > > >> Nokia, the world's biggest wireless-phone maker, will provide equipment, > >> including handsets and tablet computers, and do co-marketing for the > >> planned > >> WiMax network. > >> > >> Sprint says it may spend as much as $800 million developing its fourth > >> generation, or 4G wireless network, this year and as much as $2 billion > >> next > >> year. > >> > >> The company (NYSE: S) is developing the high-speed wireless network > >> using > >> the spectrum frequencies it owns. It says the WiMax network could cover > >> at > >> least 100 million potential users by the end of 2008. > >> > > Another good article on the Sprint Wimax network from Ars Technica > > http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20070109-8582.html > > > > And a related article on Nokia's newly updated N93i > > http://www.mobilised.com.au/content/view/737/1/ > > > > Some choice quotes... > > > > Nokia has done a deal with Vox, the personal video and photo blogging > >> service from Six Apart <http://www.sixapart.com/>. Depending on your > >> country the phone may come pre-configured to use the service. > > > > > >> > > With Vox users can share full size photo and video content with > > enforceable > >> privacy controls. > >> > > > > [...] > > > > "With devices such as the Nokia N93i, we believe that video can become a > >> similar kind of mass market phenomenon as mobile photography has > >> become," > >> said Satu Ehrnrooth, head of Nokia Nseries Cameras Category, Multimedia, > >> Nokia. > >> > >> "The slim and beautiful Nokia N93i is the ideal device for user-created > >> video content, as i is a connected digital camcorder that is always with > >> you. You can even instantly upload video clips in their original size > >> directly from the device to online blogs or video communities. With the > >> Nokia N93i, sharing your stories is now as easy as recording and viewing > >> them." > >> > > > > It may be pretty early but videoblogging and video sharing are definitely > > going to move beyond the desktop sooner or later... it's starting. Call > > it > > the mobile web or whatever you like. It's coming via wifi, wimax, and/or > > wirless. One way or the other. > > > > I'm still waiting for blip to make an mobile compatible service that > > automatically adds on an intro segment of your choice creating titling > > from > > your mobile email's subject line, slapping on a nice outro and cross > > posting > > it to your blog with the body copy. > > > > Peace, > > > > -Mike > > mefeedia.com > > mmeiser.com/blog > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > -- > Andreas Haugstrup Pedersen > <URL: http://www.solitude.dk/ > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > >
