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Is 3G Irrelevant?

Posted by timothy on from the almost-universally dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Network Magazine asks 'Are We Better Off Without 3G?' in which the author notes that many networkers are giving up on 3G as a data services alternative due to high deployment costs and slower speeds vs. Wi-Fi. Given these issues, are we likely to see carriers like Nextel bypassing 3G for 4G technologies such as OFDM (Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing) by Flarion Technologies?"

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  1. I hate those positve threshold readers! by Thud457 · · Score: 0, Flamebait
    Those BASTARDS !

    Oooooh, you're to good to wallow down here at -1 with the trolls and common gutter filth. You're better than that! You're just here for the cogent technical discussion! PFAH! Why don't you come down to steerage once in a while your lordship, and come face to face with the ugly machinery that makes /. work!

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