elray
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Santa Monica, CA | reply to StLCardsFan
Re: More unrealistic crap said by StLCardsFan:well ... if wireless is ever going to be a reasonable alternative to home internet there needs to be much competition not less.
Not to worry. Wireless isn't ever going to be a "reasonable alternative to home internet". There simply isn't that much spectrum available, not by a long shot. |
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| i dont think anyone can say that will all certainty. The white spaces internet is in its infancy.
I equate wireless to interstate highways. You can increase capacity in 2 ways ... you can make more lanes ... or you can increase the speed limits...
You run out of space for more lanes you increase speed limits. Every time you double the speed you double the capacity. Internet is no different.
For the typical user ... it takes about 2 hours to download a 5gb file. If you double their speed it takes 1 hour. Thats an hour someone else now can utilize the speed that couldn't before. |
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said by elray:said by StLCardsFan:well ... if wireless is ever going to be a reasonable alternative to home internet there needs to be much competition not less.
Not to worry. Wireless isn't ever going to be a "reasonable alternative to home internet". There simply isn't that much spectrum available, not by a long shot. LTE Advanced can do 1 gbps over 67 MHz. The next generation, 5G, should get 5x that capacity.
There are millions of households whose best internet connection is DSL or worse. Wireless will do more than compete with that. |
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| QUOTE.....LTE Advanced can do 1 gbps over 67 MHz. The next generation, 5G, should get 5x that capacity.
There are millions of households whose best internet connection is DSL or worse. Wireless will do more than compete with that.
Reply...Well yes and no... Agreed LTE advanced will be able to do over 100mbps up to 1Gbps , even HSPA+ gen 2 is said to be able to hit 168mbps. The problem is if the price per GB over wireless does not come down to a reasonable cost it does not matter how fast of a connection it is, home residential user will rather pay (I hate to say it) ATT 19.95 per mth for 6.0 mbps DSL and a 150GB cap than Verizon or ATT (LTE hotspot) $50 for 5GB with overages at whatever speed.. This is one of the cases where you prefer quantity over quality! |
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| said by buddahbless:QUOTE.....LTE Advanced can do 1 gbps over 67 MHz. The next generation, 5G, should get 5x that capacity.
There are millions of households whose best internet connection is DSL or worse. Wireless will do more than compete with that.
Reply...Well yes and no... Agreed LTE advanced will be able to do over 100mbps up to 1Gbps , even HSPA+ gen 2 is said to be able to hit 168mbps. The problem is if the price per GB over wireless does not come down to a reasonable cost it does not matter how fast of a connection it is, home residential user will rather pay (I hate to say it) ATT 19.95 per mth for 6.0 mbps DSL and a 150GB cap than Verizon or ATT (LTE hotspot) $50 for 5GB with overages at whatever speed.. This is one of the cases where you prefer quantity over quality!
Well yes, price/GB on the consumer end may continue to be high, but on the provider end it is dropping exponentially in cost every year.
Think about Clearwire. Right now their service sucks, partly because they cap at .3 mbps during much of the day. LTE A will enable them to provide much, much faster speeds. |
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