Thankyou Ronda & Alan for these interesting snippets of info; most useful.
On 16/02/2012, at 2:19 PM, Alan Smith wrote: > I've been researching 4G/LTE this past week. I note that Telstra is offering > "typical speeds" of 2 to 40 Mb/s, with coverage in CBD only (then carried > more slowly over 3G). Still short of the minimum 54Mb/s required noted in > Ronni's clip. Most specs of high speed 4G refer to stationary or slow > moving users (not node-jumping in a vehicle). Also note that National > Broadband is expecting a peak of 12 Mb/s for (stationary) users towards rim > of cell area using 4G/LTE. > > LTE Advanced Release 10 is the holy grail planned to give a peak of 1Gb/s for > stationary users. Release 8 is planned to deliver 300Mb/s. > > Hoping and waiting - - > Cheers > > Alan > > > On 16/02/2012, at 1:36 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: > > Hi Ray, > > A Google search produces this article which is more informative. > <http://www.zdacomm.com/news-events/lte-technology.html> > > "Both LTE and LTE Advanced are high speed 4G wireless technologies. LTE and > LTE Advanced provide great speed access to Internet similar to FE connection. > By using 4G wireless technologies, mobile users can get pleasure from voice > calls, video calls and top speed download or upload of any data, and enjoy > internet TV in live or on required services. > > Below are three difference between LTE and LTE Advanced : > (1) LTE Advanced can backward compatible with LTE while LTE has no possible > to backward compatible with LTE Advanced. > (2) Both LTE and LTE Advanced will be forward and backward compatible with > each other. > (3) LTE can offer as much as 326 Mbps and LTE Advanced can offer to the > maximum of 1200 Mbps (1.2 Gbps). > > Telstra LTE (FD-LTE) and Vividwireless LTE (TD-LTE) are two different kinds > of LTE technology that will be used in 4G network in Australia . Telstra is > going to use its present 2G spectrum (1800MHz) to utilize 4G LTE network with > the help of FD-LTE technology. Vividwireless is a quite young company that > got into telecommunication industry only one year's ago with the unveiling of > its 4G wireless broadband network. VividWireless is broadening its network to > the center of CBDs in main cities. Vividwireless has the permit for 70 MHz > and 100 MHz of 2.3 GHz and 3.5 GHz spectrum in almost every Australian > capital city, except for Hobart and Darwin. It is presently making use of its > 2.3 GHz spectrum for the purpose of its WiMAX network in Perth and offering > service by using the Huawei USB modem. It has prepared to improve its Wimax > network by using TD-LTE technology. It is going to work with Huawei in > network implementation. Vividwireless is proud of its download speed of > 40-70Mbps and upload speed of 4-7Mbps with its TD-LTE network. > > Once 4G is unveiled and if you have at the least 54 Mbits/s (Worst case) > download on your phone, on one hand ,you can experience any internet > application just like you do in your desktop computers. For instance you can > manage Skype, YouTube, IP TV apps, Video on Demand, VoIP Client and so on. On > the other hand, you can easily subscribe to any local area numbers to your > mobile VoIP client and begin to receive calls on your mobile by means of IP. > No matter where you go around 4G coverage or Wi-Fi area you can easily > receive calls to your Toronto Number.” > > Cheers, > Ronni > > On 16/02/2012, at 1:29 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: > >> Hi Ray, >> >> As I am definitely not technically conversant with Mobile Phones, have you >> read this article: 'LTE-Advanced is the future, but no rocket ship’ >> >> <http://www.pcworld.idg.com.au/article/413467/lte-advanced_future_no_rocket_ship/> >> >> Cheers, >> Ronni Regards, Ray Forma Mob +61 (0) 428 596938 -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Settings & Unsubscribe - <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug>
