WiMax Technology Could Blanket the US?

obiwan2u writes "According to an article on WiMaxTrends, the metropolitan area wireless networking technology (MLAN) called WiMax could reach 90% of the mainland US population if about $3 billion was spent on infrastructure. The 802.16 standard specifies a max range of about 30 miles and a max speed of about 70 Mbits/sec, but typical ranges and speeds will typically be smaller. 802.16/WiMax specifies various licensed (3.5Ghz) and unlicensed (5Ghz) frequency ranges but the unlicensed ranges have Wi-Fi like transmitting power restrictions. More background on this technology can be seen at: WiMax starting to make its move and 802.16: Medium distance wireless networking that could change the world?"

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vested interest

[gingerTabs]

So a Wimax group says that Wimax is the next great solution to all our wireless data worries. Who'd have thunk it...

Typical

[beekr]

but typical ranges and speeds will typically be smaller.

Sounds typical.

sweet!

[de1orean]

now where did i put that $3 billion....

First...

[Jeff DeMaagd]

Metropolitan Area Network is a MAN. "M" is a much greater scope then "L". M and L don't seem to fit together as being considered the same network.

"metropolitan area wireless networking" could be wireless metropolitan area network, being WMAN.

I can't think of something off hand to add an "O". Oh well.

A welcome change

[Scaba]

It will be a welcome change from the jingoism and neo-conservative hate-mongering that is currently blanketing the US.

Re:A welcome change

[david.given]

It will be a welcome change from the jingoism and neo-conservative hate-mongering that is currently blanketing the US.

Maybe you could use it to transmit data? If you hooked up, say, your average Bush voter to a blood-pressure machine and then had someone several miles away talk about how bad the war in Iraq was, I'm sure you'd see a spike on the graph. By using carefully timed conversations and statistical analysis, you should be able to get at least some bandwidth.

The problem would be isolating the signal from the noise. A passing planeload of French tourists would produce so much interference that you'd probably have to give up and resend. And if a Michael Moore film was shown in the same state, you'd probably burn out your surge protectors...

Re:A welcome change

[HD Webdev]

Fox News has a wireless network?

They must. After all, they seem to get their 'facts' out of thin air.

There must be a lot of packet loss though...their news is an extreme distortion of reality.

From the editorial desk...

[yossarian dent]

...typical ranges and speeds will typically be smaller.

In other news, redundancy and saying the same thing twice will not be tolerated or put up with.

30 mile range!

[angle_slam]

I should get this for my apartment. My 802.11g doesn't work 40 feet. (I'm serious, I tried to log on this morning and I had no signal. I can see the laptop from here, right next to the router.)

Re:ebay scam

[Anonymous Coward]

Try this:

while true; do wget --proxy=off --cache=off --referer=http://scammer/blaster/ --user-agent=ScammerBlaster --page-requisites --delete-after http://www.190.sy/helpdesk_ar/cuprite/ebay/; done

They'll get shut down in a jiffy.

Awesome!

[crunk]

This technology, in addition to radio, television, cellular, CB, satellite, and microwaves, we should be able to drastically reduce the cancer rate in this country.

Re:802.xx variants

[kmmatthews]

Say, you're a manager, aren't you?

Think of what you just posted...

[Trolling4Columbine]

"A $3bn investment in a free, public, high-speed wireless internet infrastructure..."

Way to contradict your own argument in one sentence.

Yeah,

[Jeremiah Cornelius]

but we'd have to kill 3% fewer Iraqi children to subsidise this!

Re:Yeah,

[ghukov]

Oh well forget that then, we have to make sure those Iraqi children pay for their crimes