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Wireless Metropolitan Area Networks

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the marconi-would-be-proud dept.

DarrellD writes: "This story on Business Wire points out the new Wireless MAN standards approved as IEEE 802.16. More high speed wireless coming our way soon."

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  1. Neighborhood networks? by Marx_Mrvelous · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Could this standard be used to bring high-speed connectivity to neighborhoods? Back home we pay yearly dues to the neighborhood organization, it would be easy to rent out a few T1 lines, or a T3...

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  2. Interesting implications by wirefarm · · Score: 3, Interesting

    How soon before I can set my cellphone to VOIP mode and wander around town making calls all over the world on my 'unlimited' ISP account?

    Until then, my little vaio could get a wireless card and get tossed into my backpack for this purpose.

    Of course, encryption and authorization schemes will have to be wildly more strict than the current systems to keep people from 'war driving' even more than they are now.

    Plus, of course, this moves the access points out of the homes and offices and into the hands of the ISPs and providers. I don't know if that is a good or bad thing - I like the grassroots feel of the efforts going on now. (Sure, the two could exist side-by-side, but a lot of wireless equipment would be made redundant if the services are cheap enough.)

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  3. Re:Wireless "special tacos" from CmdrTaco by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Interesting

    Your ideas intrigue me. I would like to subscribe to your newsletter.

  4. What can I do? by ImaLamer · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Should some of my pals all get huge antennae and blocks of ip address, domain names, mail and news servers?

    It sounds like a great idea, even windows is ahead on this with XP's wireless lan features [i do believe any PC is capable of using wireless... so why is it one of their selling points? It's just software!]

    Could this be pulled off by people with DSL/Cable/Sat connections? Hell, could any old 56ghey serve as an extra uplink?

    My point is: Let's turn this out gnutella style. Anyone with Cable/DSL gets an antenna, plugs it in, and leaves it on. He adjusts what percentage of bandwidth he wants to share - and can turn it off whenever he wants. Could serve him because he's got a laptop. He's asleep, he's not using that bandwidth. He's at work, he can't use it there.

    Maybe he's neighbor's got one too. Maybe lots of people do, and soon they are everywhere!

    Too bad no one would pay for the ISP if their neighbor has his on and open.

    I guess we would still need someone to pay for the T1 [or T3, redundant OC-3] and all pitch in. But would it be any cheaper or better?

    I guess I'll just have to buy the book. Or wait for this crap to come out from Clear Channel.

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