Australian WiMax Pioneer Calls It a Disaster 202
Anonymous Coward writes "Garth Freeman, CEO of Australia's first WiMax operator, sat down at the recent International WiMax Conference in Bangkok and unleashed a tirade about the failings of the technology, leaving an otherwise pro-WiMax audience stunned. His company, Buzz Broadband, had deployed a WiMax network over a year ago, and Freeman left no doubt about what conclusions he had drawn. He claimed that 'its non-line of sight performance was "non-existent" beyond just 2 kilometres from the base station, indoor performance decayed at just 400m and that latency rates reached as high as 1000 milliseconds. Poor latency and jitter made it unacceptable for many Internet applications and specifically VoIP, which Buzz has employed as the main selling point to induce people to shed their use of incumbent services.' We've previously discussed the beginnings of WiMax as well as recent plans for a massive network in India.
Re:The real dissaster is spectrum regulation. (Score:1, Funny)
If getting rid of the AM band gets rid of all those fundie talk shows, I say nuke it NOW! From orbit! With sharks with frigging lazers stapped to their heads!
You still have FM in a 1991 car, last time I looked.
Re:The real dissaster is spectrum regulation. (Score:5, Funny)
Re:The real dissaster is spectrum regulation. (Score:3, Funny)
Re:The real dissaster is spectrum regulation. (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Real life experience with WIMAX (Score:4, Funny)
If you use a Honda to haul gravel you too will be disappointed in the performance... perspective is everything and a damned good car analogy will explain anything