andrewducker: (Offensive)
andrewducker ([personal profile] andrewducker) wrote2005-04-07 09:09 pm

Technical question

Anyone know anything about WiMax? I know it's the latest big thing - and it's being advertised as being able to provide 70MBit connections over a 50km radius. But how does it cope if you and your neighbour (within 50m, let alone km) both set up a node? Do they cope, or do they just compete for signal? I keep hearing talk about it being deployed in cities, but I'd have thought that this was a recipe for disaster. Anyone fill me in?

[identity profile] aberbotimue.livejournal.com 2005-04-07 09:01 pm (UTC)(link)
Erm..
Me never heard of it!!

have you had a look at adslguide.org they usually review these things, as they hit the street...

and their forums some techy dude should have some answear for you!

[identity profile] azalemeth.livejournal.com 2005-04-07 10:04 pm (UTC)(link)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WiMax :P.


Next :P.

Normal wifi is iffy to say the least, because of the narrow (if you're a geek) or wide (if you're a radio operator) frequency range it has been allotted here. As such, interference is always iffy, but that's nothing a good signal amplifier can't change.....

[identity profile] themongkey.livejournal.com 2005-04-08 12:52 pm (UTC)(link)
It's no more a recipe for disaster than different cellphone networks setting up masts in the same area, and two neighbours both owning mobiles, is it?