On 04/05/2011 07:37 AM, Charles Wu wrote: > It's generally known that the 20 Mb "burst" given by cable companies is > throttled to sustained download speeds in the 1-3 Mb range > > That said, the point I'm trying to make is that the technology has come so > far for mobile cellular data that we are now "unconsciously" comparing it > side-by-side to fixed terrestrial broadband technologies (think of it this > way, how many WISPs can deliver "up-to" speeds of 8-10 Mb to a low power > handset in the middle of a concrete building 3+ miles away from a tower) > > -Charles Don't disagree, but the real question is that once the network is load will that still be the case...probably not. Much like the first neighbor on the new cable feed proclaiming the next coming of the Internet only 6 months later lamenting about how his dial up was faster now that every neighborhood kid is on it with their Xboxes and PS3!
As far as WISP being able to deliver these speeds, that is a function of spectrum (blame the FCC)...not the technology to do it. And again I want to see actual throughput test (FTP or IPERF) not some half-baked algorithm used by those speed test sites that are not all that reliable. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wireless List: [email protected] Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
