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.

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I agree, its propper banjamied

[Timesprout]

Me kangaroo hates it and me sheila left me over it. Fortunately I still have me sheep.

Re:The real dissaster is spectrum regulation.

[tomhudson]

People in the past have said (and continue to say) stupid things - would you really "defend to my death their right to say it"?

Yes. The point of a right is it is absolute. Allow too many exceptions and they'll come for you. The country was founded on those principles, and we should understand how vital they are.

Nonsense, and easily disproven - rights are never absolutes. Your right to swing your fist stops at my nose. The right of England to tax stopped when there was no corresponding representation - "no taxation without representation" ... so the US was NOT founded on the idea of "absolute rights" - otherwise the King would have the absolute right to tax the colonies.

No rights are absolute - not even the "right to life". Ask anyone on death row. Ask anyone who can't afford life-saving medical treatment. Ask anyone who's homeless and easily preyed upon.

The country was founded on lies, same as pretty much every other country. That's what the art of politics is. "All men are created equal" is one such lie. No two men - not even twins - were considered equal at that time. The first-born of two twin brothers would be the legal heritor, etc. And what about women? And blacks? Were they equal? Nope ...

Even today, it's still a lie. Driving While Black isn't just an urban myth. Neither is the glass ceiling. Neither is equal access to fundamental necessities such as medical care.

Re:The real dissaster is spectrum regulation.

[tomhudson]

t's one thing to call for censoring blatant lies and misinformation. You shouldn't have any trouble finding examples of that on radio talk-shows. Unfortunately, you every single example you provide is of an asshole expressing an asinine *opinion*--not misrepresenting fact.

For a long time, slavery was a fact of life in the US, and so was lynching blacks for no better reason than the colour of their skin. A century ago, "coon hunts" were also another ugly reality.

Even today, a lot of people believe that AIDS is a punishment from god. They also believe that the jews control the banks, etc.,

The one thing most of these people have in common? They're white trash who believe god is on their side.

Re:The real dissaster is spectrum regulation.

[tomhudson]

The majority of lies are not covered by slander and defamation.

Lets tackle it from another angle - the separation of church and state. Since the airwaves are state-regulated, they shouldn't be able to issue licenses to any form of religious broadcasting, including pro-fundie right-wing talk radio.

They'd still be free to tell their lies - just not on state-regulated airwaves. Or in state-funded schools.