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Milton Keynes first of 8 to get new tech
(old news - 02:23PM Sunday Aug 20 2006)
tags: wireless · world
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Milton Keynes will be the first UK city to boast a high-speed WiMax wireless broadband network, according to Reuters. ISP Pipex and chipmaker Intel will cover the city in a blanket of wireless coverage with the more far-reaching wireless technology. According to UK site Pocket-Lint:
"speeds in excess of 2Mbps up and down have been achieved indoors at a range of 1.2km from the base station with no direct line of sight in the current trial. Drive tests using the indoor antenna in a vehicle at various distances from the base station have shown symmetric speeds of 5Mbps. Speeds of 10Mbps down and 9Mbps up have been achieved to external antennas at the test house at 1.2km from the base station. Longer range tests with external antennas have achieved 6Mbps down and 4Mbps up at a range of 6km from the base station.
Pipex says it plans to roll out WiMax in eight UK cities by 2008.

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jinjimbob
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Atleast its a private plan, no tax crazy local government thinking we all need WiFi as a right.
permalink · 2006-08-20 15:34:10 · Reply to this

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Cool

Got a friend living in MK. I wonder how it will truly work out?
permalink · 2006-08-20 16:16:02 · Reply to this

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Sounds Tasty

I can already imagine a time when I can be on the Web without problems while someone is driving me on the Interstate.
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permalink · 2006-08-20 17:29:23 · Reply to this
raye
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Re: Sounds Tasty

"... while someone is driving me on the Interstate."

Personally my girlfrind prefers to be driven in bed. Don't you find the asphalt/concrete a bit bruising for sexual intercourse?
permalink · 2006-08-20 17:53:14 · Reply to this
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Re: Sounds Tasty

grow up
permalink · 2006-08-20 18:51:50 · Reply to this

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grow up
He's never been with a girl. That's how 12 year old pre-pubescent boys talk!
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permalink · 2006-08-20 23:05:38 · Reply to this

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I kind of frown on the distance limitation, but are the last conversions with external antenna's done without line of sight or with line of sight?
permalink · 2006-08-20 19:43:56 · Reply to this

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said by Michieru See Profile :

I kind of frown on the distance limitation, but are the last conversions with external antenna's done without line of sight or with line of sight?
Neither of the linked news sources says whether it is line of sight or not. But given the numbers quoted on internal antennas, I suspect the external antenna numbers are also NOT line of sight.
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permalink · 2006-08-20 20:56:33 · Print · Reply to this
adsldog

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You are correct WiMax of course will do better if it is line of site but it will work without line of site. The thing that is most dependent on speed is how much bandwidth you are putting to the base stations. If you just have 4 T1's going to it then even with burst you will eat up a base stations bandwidth very quickly. That is why most services limit commercially to 1.5mb because each base station can handle about 200 customers. So the numbers they are using in the test and what they will actually sale I think will be different.
permalink · 2006-08-21 11:19:10 · Print · Reply to this
peterrroy

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Houston, TX

Wireline Backhaul

You are correct that backhaul is the forgotten part in all the excitement. You will notice that EVDO and other broadband wireless commercial services are similarly limited because they usually have to jump onto the old copper wireline system. Until there is a sufficient marketplace, nobody will be widely using SONET to backhaul wireless.

They other par is that "coverage" "capacity" and "capacity" roaming. When we have coverage, capacity and roaming all working seamlessly, then we will have something truly meaningful.
permalink · 2006-08-21 19:13:44 · Print · Reply to this
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