At 10/26/2011 11:42 AM, Chuck Hogg wrote: >The "LIVE" network here does 26Mb x 22Mb with <70ms latency.
The VZW network isn't such bad competition for a WISP for two reasons. One -- those numbers you see are on the brand-new, unloaded network. The've just started selling LTE gear this year, so the cells are nowhere near full capacity. As they get busier, average capacity per subscriber will go down, especially during busy hours. At some point they will add cells, but I'm suspecting it's at a much lower performance point than you're seeing now. Two -- their per-cell costs are much higher, and thus they have to charge more for bulk usage. They have caps on their plans, and additional usage is very costly. So while LTE is okay for the vacation traveler looking to check email and read a few favorite web sites, or the light home user, it's not going to appeal to even moderate users. Even Sprint is starting to cap its plans, after running a huge "unlimited" (uh, for the rest of the month?) advertising campaign. -- Fred Goldstein k1io fgoldstein "at" ionary.com ionary Consulting http://www.ionary.com/ +1 617 795 2701 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
