Pakistan Plans Mobile WiMax Network Rollout

OneInEveryCrowd writes "Pakistan is apparently ready to move ahead of the USA in the deployment of a mobile wireless network." From the article: "The deployment is a milestone in the spread of WiMax, a superfast wireless technology that has a range of up to 30 miles and can deliver broadband at a theoretical maximum of 75 megabits per second. The 802.16-2004 standard, which is used in fixed WiMax networks, is being skipped in favor of a large-scale introduction of 802.16e, which was only recently agreed upon by the WiMax Forum. 'We made the decision 18 months ago to jump over (802.16-2004) and go straight to 802.16e,' Paul Sergeant, Motorola's marketing director for Motowi4, told ZDNet UK on Tuesday. 'We've been working on it for a while, which is how we're able to ship so soon after agreement.'"

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With all this increased bandwith in Pakistab

[nihilistcanada]

Osama Bin Laden can finally now upgrade to higher quality video for his latest release.

The NSA is happy

[Harmonious Botch]

30 miles? Now they don't even need a presence on the ground, unless the antennas are very directional.

Just so I understand:

[DysenteryInTheRanks]

I want to make sure I understand this correctly: Osama bin Laden is about to get faster broadband Internet on his laptop in some mud hut in Pakistan than I could possibly buy at home in the U.S.?

p0wn3d, man. Fucking p0wn3d.

All five Pakistani internet users are joyous

[melted]

All five Pakistani internet users are joyous.