Is 3G Irrelevant?

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?"

Comments

"Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing"

[GreenJeepMan]

I just tried to visualize that... I think I burst an artery.

Re:"Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing"

[Drakonian]

I think it works on the same premise as a Flux Capacitor.

I have the ultimate mobile bandwidth solution

[psyconaut]

I carry around my own spool of fiber wherever I go which is plugged into a SONET backbone at my apartment...yes I get some stares as I unspool the orange cable while walking down the street, but at least I got 10Gbit/sec of bandwidth at Starbucks rather than having to use their paltry WiFi! ;-)

-psy

Ten minutes before the meeting with the VC people

[heldlikesound]

Ralph: That's the thing, we don't really HAVE a business plan, I was just going to wing it...

Cliff: Ok, well we need SOMETHING to sell them on.

Ralph: Dude, I am so ahead of the game, check this out: Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing.

Cliff: Now that's good, worth at least 50Mill! How did you think of it?

Ralph: I just scrambled the letters of the ingredients from a Taco Bell hot sauce packet.

Cliff: Niiiiiiiiiiice....

What kind of name is Flarion?

[n1ywb]

Now we have companies named after Pokemon? I'm moving to Mars.

Re:Useless shit.

[spaic]

Nobody needs 3G, nobody needs 4G.

"640K ought to be enough for anybody." - Bill Gates

Re:what 3g?

[Matrix272]

3G, 2.5G, 4G, 18G... Je(pun intended)sus, how many G's can a human being take before his brain is squashed into the size of a pee in the back of his skull?