RE: [funsec] Not so fast, broadband providers tell big users (fwd)

["Mike Hammett" <nanog () ics-il net>]

WiMAX is minimally different than most current wireless broadband equipment.
Its main selling point is higher scale, thus lower cost.  Its improved RF
capabilities result in maybe 10 db.

--Mike



-----Original Message-----
From: owner-nanog () merit edu [mailto:owner-nanog () merit edu] On Behalf Of
Alexander Harrowell
Sent: Wednesday, March 14, 2007 4:39 AM
To: Daniel Senie
Cc: nanog () nanog org
Subject: Re: [funsec] Not so fast, broadband providers tell big users (fwd)


On 3/13/07, Daniel Senie <dts () senie com> wrote:

> >   How do longer-range wireless technologies like WiMAX
> > potentially impact the equation?
>
> If cell phone companies have not covered an area, what makes you
> think WiMAX is a magic solution? How well does WiMAX work to cover
> hilly, forested, rural terrain? Who will pay to put up enough towers
> to provide coverage? Will municipalities unhappy about the look of
> towers consider this a reasonable alternative to running services
> along telephone poles that already exist? If the cell carriers
> haven't found it economic to provide coverage, why would the WiMAX
provider?
>

WiMAX should work very well for hilly and forested terrain - it splits
the signal across any multipath that may be around, so the more the
merrier (within reason).