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Australian WiMax Pioneer Calls It a Disaster
Anonymous Coward writes "Garth Freeman, CEO of Australia's first WiMax operator, sat down at the recent International WiMax Conference in Bangkok and unleashed a tirade about the failings of the technology, leaving an otherwise pro-WiMax audience stunned. His company, Buzz Broadband, had deployed a WiMax network over a year ago, and Freeman left no doubt about what conclusions he had drawn. He claimed that 'its non-line of sight performance was "non-existent" beyond just 2 kilometres from the base station, indoor performance decayed at just 400m and that latency rates reached as high as 1000 milliseconds. Poor latency and jitter made it unacceptable for many Internet applications and specifically VoIP, which Buzz has employed as the main selling point to induce people to shed their use of incumbent services.' We've previously discussed the beginnings of WiMax as well as recent plans for a massive network in India.
This isn't a free speech issue. This is a confronting liars and calling them on their bullshit that they spout while hiding behind the concept of free speech issue.
If fundies don't like that we call them liars, deceivers, crooks, frauds, and con artists, they can either stop lying, deceiving, defrauding, and conning people, or shut the fuck up. Their choice.
The fundies don't like it? Tough shit. Free speech applies to me as well, buddy, so don't try to silence my view that fundies should be called on their lies on some sort of "free speech" allowance. Their behaviour has always been criminal - but until recently they were the ones who were able to set the rules as to what was right and what was wrong. Now that the shoe is on the other foot, let them reap the consequences of their intolerance. That is justice.
If the best you can come up with is an accusation of "sophistry" (which you use incorrectly) and hyperbole like "Now, if you want to throw your life away..." is it any wonder I don't put any stock in what you think. I mean, you don't even have a coherent point, but you act like you've proven something other than your own willingness to say stupid shit.
"Next you'll be saying it's your "right" to be an asshole and go into a crowded theatre and shout "fire.""
Newsflash chump, I DO have that right, the caveat being there HAD BETTER BE A FIRE or it's my ass. You clearly are too ignorant to discuss this subject further.