OK, here's part two from the post I made yesterday about WiMAX and what it means. WiMAX is a standards-based (that is IEEE 802.16) technology enabling delivery of last-mile wireless broadband access as an alternative to wired technologies. WiMAX provides fixed, roaming, portable and soon, mobile wireless broadband connectivity without the need for direct line-of-site with a base station.
In a typical cell deployment of three to ten kilometers, WiMAX (forum certified) systems can be expected to deliver capacity of up to 40 Mbps per channel for fixed and portable access apps. This is enough bandwidth to simultaneously support hundreds of businesses with T1 speed connectiity and thousands of residences with DSL speed connectivity. Mobile network deployments are expected to provide up to 15 Mbps of capacity within a typical cell radius deployment of up to three kilometers. I've heard that we should even expect WiMAX technology integration into notebook computers and PDAs by next year, cool. This allows for urban areas and cities to become metro zones for portable outdoor broadband wireless access. So now, when you try to escape from it all, good luck;0
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Erin
NetLink North East Account Representative