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c_giby16
join:2005-06-14
Fairmount, IN
| UWB?
The way I last understood, air was less dense than natural gas. So, why not transmit the Ultra Wide Band signal via the air and avoid all the hassle and danger of using gas. It makes since that the waves would flow through a less dense material at a higher speed. An example being WiMax, which I'm expecting will become extremely popular, transmitter on one end, air in the middle, a reciever on the end, not miles of tubing and valves and connections. And even better, its will be able to transfer at faster speeds that BIG. I wonder how many will get fired when this idea becomes a flop. | |
jimbo2150
join:2004-05-10
Youngstown, OH
| Actually, you really don't know what speed will be for BIG yet. There have not been any proven trials that I know of. Just as well, WiMAX does not get the speeds you will hope for. Trials today suggest that you could only get about 7 - 14 mb/s (per household) over a WiMAX network at a distance of about 10 miles I believe. After that the signal gets weeker as well as the speed.
Although it has not been proven yet, it could very well get faster speeds then WiMAX.
Both WiMAX and BIG promised speeds of 100mb/s in the beginning. WiMAX has dropped down to less than 15mb/s already... what will BIG drop to?
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