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Mobile Broadband to Hit 42Mb/sec In 2009

Posted by timothy on from the we'll-see-about-that dept.

Barence writes "Mobile broadband speeds could hit a blistering 42Mb/sec as early as next year, according to Ericsson's chief technology officer. The idea seems far-fetched given that even the fastest dongles currently hover at around 7.2Mb/sec, but the technology to smash that barrier is thought to be just around the corner. One of the methods is very similar to the MIMO technology already used in draft-N wireless routers, but Ericsson believes a combination of factors may even squeeze that figure to 80Mb/sec in the longer term."

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  1. Yep by binarylarry · · Score: 4, Insightful

    42 Mb/sec.... standing next to the tower.

    Everywhere else, a tenth of that or less.

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    1. Re:Yep by p0tat03 · · Score: 4, Insightful

      Still beats 2 Mb/sec standing next to the tower and a tenth of that everywhere else.

  2. And things will be the same. by Creepy+Crawler · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Wow. 40+MBps speeds on cell networks, and text messages will still be .20$ per.

    Meh.

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  3. Contractual Limits by vlm · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Mobile broadband speeds could hit a blistering 42Mb/sec

    I guarantee there will be one of two contractual limitations:

    1) "Unlimited" service forbids the downloading of any media files, use of any streaming applications, any online gaming purposes, any voip or video conference service, and has a cap of 100 megs per month which you'll reach in 2 seconds

    -or-

    2) "pay as you go data plan" only $150 for 100 megs per month which you'll also reach in two seconds.

    Cell phone providers are a confuse-opoloy of crooks whom exist solely to screw over their contractually enslaved victims as much as possible before they switch to another provider, whom coincidentally also only exists to screw over their "customers". Nothing but pure distilled "marketing". I hope they all go out of business in the recession.

    Other than that, yeah its great news.

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  4. Who cares about bandwidth? by noname444 · · Score: 4, Insightful

    What about latency and reliability?
    I'm happy with 3.6 Mbit/s, or even lower, if I get a reliable connection with low latency.
    Rock solid 512 kbit/s with 20 ms latency would be preferable to anything available in the mobile market right now.