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Australia's First Commercial Fixed Wireless Network

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the is-this-really-the-first dept.

randomErr writes: " Australia.Internet.com reports here that 'Of the $130 million Unwired Australia raised from the likes of Credit Suisse First Boston, Bruckman Rosser Sherrill and The Invus Group, $110 million was spent on licensing space on the 3.4Ghz spectrum. Yesterday it launched its first trial of the technology at no cost to the people of Paddington, a cosmopolitan suburb in Sydney's inner east.'" Of course, wireless broadband with cast-off satellite dishes sounds more fun ...

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  1. Sounds like MMDS by cyberformer · · Score: 4, Informative
    The article just goes on about Wi-Fi, with almost no description of the service itself, but it sounds like MMDS --- the same thing that Sprint and AT&T dropped in the US about six months ago, after they were told that they could switch the spectrum over to 3G mobile instead.


    Good to see a free trial, though. Sounds like the company's actually trying to get the service right before it starts charging people, unlike so many other broadband or wireless services.

  2. Re:BigCo vs open-access by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Informative

    It is too bad Sydney Wireless Is not a community network though. They charge just like an ISP.

  3. Re:Seems bizarre by Graymalkin · · Score: 3, Informative

    ISM bands have very very very limited power output. When you actually pay money to license a raio band you can have a much much higher output transmitter. Higher output means a better signal at longer range. Not everything is fucking free and ISM bands aren't an answer to the communication quandaries of the known fucking world.

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  4. Re:Seems bizarre by jukal · · Score: 3, Informative

    802.11b (Wi-Fi) 2.4 Ghz ISM band.
    ISM (47 CFR 15.247): 2.400-2.4835GHz up to 1000mW