NBN verses 4G. Is there a contest?

[Petzl]

On Wed, 16 Feb 2011 07:56:25 +1100, B J Foster
<bjfoster@yahoo.com.invalid> wrote:

4G Bases will still need a optic fibre connections

Really?

Yes really

and its speed will
be determined by distance

Nope.

Yep

be determined by distance and will only be in major centres

That is Telstra's choice.

The guvmint's choice is *also* to provide broadband in major centre
where there are ample providers already. Why? Labor idiots.

The existin copperwire is obsolete and worn out. Simply needs

replacing and that's going to be with optic fibre. If it is not
Australias landlines will go the way of the Dodo.
Both Labor anf Liberal are going ahead with the NBN

While handy for those that can access it, it won't replace the need
for the NBN.

What is the need for the NBN?

The coperwire landline is ancient and aging. Fibre is cheaper to

replace than copperwire and is capable of doing more in the way of
Telecomunications than Copperwire. Australia has determined it is in
the National inerest to replace it at a cost of at least $43 Billion.

It will compete with the need for a landline in the

How does a *need* compete?

What is the result of zero landline in Australia?

Wireless base Stations will still need Fibre connections and each 4g
station will have to be at least 30 kilometre radius (more in
"blackspots")

Cities or major regional centres. These areas though are where it's
economic for Telstra to provide landline, though outskirts of these
centres it becomes less profitable

Have you idiots any idea how big this country is?
Try to venture a little west of Paramatta, Penrith will do to start with.

I live in Campbelltown the Copperwire is so pathetic, higher speed

broadband was a platform Russell Mathews MP for Macarthur was voted in
on

Even the Muzzies are smarter than you

The pot calling kettle black

Petzl
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[Rod Speed]

Pretzl lied

B J Foster <bjfoster@yahoo.com.invalid> wrote
son of a bitch wrote

If you believe wireless has no future then you are truly a caveman.

Wireless Broadband is for Yuppies with Phones or Use Laptops on a
Bus. So yes, I will still say that in 5 Years

It is also a way to provide broadband to an entire suburb, instantly,
cheaply and without unsightly wires and poles.

*If* there is a case for FTTP then there is a case *first* wireless,
then FTTP. The cost/benefit is massively in favour of wireless and
in no way does it exclude doing FTTP later.

The real problem to be solved is how to dismiss this idiot Labor
government that is wasting $49.5b of our money.

Actually, if Telstra employs the $11b (ROTFL) to implement LTE, then
you can't truly say it is "wasted", can you?

4G Bases will still need a optic fibre connections

Yes.

and its speed will be determined by distance

Nope.

and will only be in major centres

Wrong. It will eventually be everywhere.

While handy for those that can access it, it won't replace
the need for the NBN. It will compete with the need for a
landline in the Cities or major regional centres.

Nope, it will mostly be used by those who need the
portability and those who dont use the net much.

These areas though are where it's economic for Telstra to provide
landline, though outskirts of these centres it becomes less profitable

Utterly mangled all over again.

 

[Rod Speed]

Pretzl lied

B J Foster <bjfoster@yahoo.com.invalid> wrote

4G Bases will still need a optic fibre connections

Really?

Yes really

and its speed will be determined by distance

Nope.

Yep

Nope.

be determined by distance and will only be in major centres

That is Telstra's choice.

The guvmint's choice is *also* to provide broadband in major centre
where there are ample providers already. Why? Labor idiots.

The existin copperwire is obsolete and worn out.

Another bare faced lie. Its how most of us get our broadband right now.

Simply needs replacing

Another bare faced lie.

and that's going to be with optic fibre.

Nope, not once the voters pull the plug on Labor.

If it is not Australias landlines will go the way of the Dodo.

Another bare faced lie.

Both Labor anf Liberal are going ahead with the NBN

Another bare faced lie.

While handy for those that can access it, it won't replace the need for the NBN.

What is the need for the NBN?

The coperwire landline is ancient and aging.

Another bare faced lie.

Fibre is cheaper to replace than copperwire

Another bare faced lie.

and is capable of doing more in the way of Telecomunications than Copperwire.

Pity about the price.

Australia has determined it is in the National
inerest to replace it at a cost of at least $43 Billion.

Australia never got any say on that, liar.

It will compete with the need for a landline in the

How does a *need* compete?

What is the result of zero landline in Australia?

Thats never gunna happen.

Wireless base Stations will still need Fibre connections and each 4g
station will have to be at least 30 kilometre radius (more in "blackspots")

That number is straight from your arse, we can tell from the smell.

Cities or major regional centres. These areas though are
where it's economic for Telstra to provide landline, though
outskirts of these centres it becomes less profitable

Have you idiots any idea how big this country is?
Try to venture a little west of Paramatta, Penrith will do to start with.

I live in Campbelltown

Obvious lie. Exist at most.

the Copperwire is so pathetic,

Another bare faced lie.

higher speed broadband was a platform Russell Mathews MP for Macarthur was voted in on

Another bare faced lie.

 

[B J Foster]

On 16/02/2011 9:18 AM, Petzl wrote:

On Wed, 16 Feb 2011 07:56:25 +1100, B J Foster
bjfoster@yahoo.com.invalid> wrote:

4G Bases will still need a optic fibre connections

Really?

Yes really

Stick to religion, is my advice.

and its speed will
be determined by distance

Nope.

Yep

Not that you're much good at religion either...

be determined by distance and will only be in major centres

That is Telstra's choice.

The guvmint's choice is *also* to provide broadband in major centre
where there are ample providers already. Why? Labor idiots.

The existin copperwire is obsolete and worn out.

Not washed out?

Simply needs
replacing and that's going to be with optic fibre.

We shall see how much Labor can build before the next election. Of
course, they might bind the taxpayer for 28 years like those morons in Vic.

replacing and that's going to be with optic fibre. If it is not
Australias landlines will go the way of the Dodo.

If not?

Both Labor anf Liberal are going ahead with the NBN

$43b vs $8.7b, idiot

While handy for those that can access it, it won't replace the need
for the NBN.

What is the need for the NBN?

The coperwire landline is ancient and aging.

Really? Izzit rusting?

Fibre is cheaper to
replace than copperwire

Cheaper than $43billion?

and is capable of doing more in the way of
Telecomunications than Copperwire. Australia has determined it is in
the National inerest to replace it at a cost of at least $43 Billion.

'Australia' eh?

It will compete with the need for a landline in the

How does a *need* compete?

What is the result of zero landline in Australia?
Wireless base Stations will still need Fibre connections and each 4g
station will have to be at least 30 kilometre radius (more in
"blackspots")

The backhaul cost is a 'mere' $800m.

Cities or major regional centres. These areas though are where it's
economic for Telstra to provide landline, though outskirts of these
centres it becomes less profitable

Have you idiots any idea how big this country is?
Try to venture a little west of Paramatta, Penrith will do to start with.

I live in Campbelltown the Copperwire is so pathetic, higher speed
broadband was a platform Russell Mathews MP for Macarthur was voted in
on

Campbelltown is pathetic. Who'd wanna build network there?
Keating/Muzzie country.

Even the Muzzies are smarter than you

The pot calling kettle black

Petzl <---> Muzzies

Petzl
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Tell us about Fred Nile's 'research' into porno sites, eh?

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In aus.electronics Petzl <petzlx@gmail.com> wrote:

On Wed, 16 Feb 2011 07:56:25 +1100, B J Foster
bjfoster@yahoo.com.invalid> wrote:
4G Bases will still need a optic fibre connections
Really?
Yes really
....

Perhaps if you explain how much bandwidth or customers are lost
through relaying/retransmission in a wireless-only network you could
get some traction.

--
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[SG1]

"Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:8s0c51F71jU2@mid.individual.net...

N wrote
Don McKenzie wrote
N wrote
Don McKenzie wrote

4G IS HERE: Telstraâ?Ts 2011 rollout.
February 14, 2011

http://delimiter.com.au/2011/02/14/4g-is-here-telstras-2011-rollout/#more-12337

http://www.vividwireless.com.au/home

If the video at:
http://www.vividwireless.com.au/discover-it-now
is to be believed, it is about 3 times as fast as my 3G USB modem,
but only about half the speed of my slow Optus cable at 19061 kbps.

Vividwireless comes in at around 9000-10000 kbps.
But for the mobile generation, WOW!

Wireless is the fastest growing internet comms method, but it appears to
be up against a few technology hurdles.

BTW
Can't wait to test a 4G modem for my "MOBILE" travels.

What would bother me, is the patchy coverage.

You have no idea if that will be the case or not.

I suspect the distance around each repeater is quite short.

You're wrong.
Congratulations Roddles. You must be the ONLY person outside of the telcos

who has any idea. Hold on NO idea.

 

[Trevor Wilson]

Don McKenzie wrote:

4G IS HERE: Telstra’s 2011 rollout.
February 14, 2011

The nation’s largest telco Telstra has revealed plans to upgrade its
Next G mobile network in central business districts around the nation
to the Long-Term Evolution (LTE) standard by the end of 2011,
introducing the ’4G’ or fourth generation marketing term into the
Australian market as it is doing so.
From the Comments:
If you did radio telecommunications engineering, you would realise
that the amount of spectrum available for 4G services would probably
be able to give everyone 100mbit speeds uncongested, even in high
density areas. In fact its even in the 4G standard to use much more
spectrum available (which you can see here
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/4G)
Furthermore, 4G has numerous benefits over 3G (not including being
able to use more spectrum) - It can jump to different spectrum bands
‘instantly’, which is what
allows 4G to download so much faster - It has much higher spectral
efficiency (that is, it is able to
deliver much more bits per spectrum, i.e.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spectral_efficiency) - It uses topologies
much better then 3G
- It uses leveraging of spectrum to provide much better latency then
3G (this is already evident by Verizon’s deployment, which cut
latency by average in half)
http://delimiter.com.au/2011/02/14/4g-is-here-telstras-2011-rollout/#more-12337

Cheers Don...

==========================

**I'll believe when I see it. I live around 20km from the GPO of the largest
city in the country. Mobile 'phone reception is flakey (on all carriers) and
I regularly get drop-outs. Wireless internet simply doesn't work where I
live. I can't even get decent ADSL2 speeds. Internet 'phone systems are a
joke. I suspect I am not alone. There is a fibre node, situated a
tantalisingly close 50 Metres from my front door. Roll on NBN. 4G will
become just as congested as 3G is a very short period. There is a market for
wireless internet, just as there is a market for fibre. I don't need to tell
you that for fibre to be congested is very unlikely in the near future. If
an when that happens, another fibre just needs to be dropped into the same
hole. Wireless is fundamentally limited. Fibre is not.


--
Trevor Wilson
www.rageaudio.com.au

 

[Petzl]

On Wed, 16 Feb 2011 09:26:09 +1100, "Rod Speed"
<rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> wrote:

and is capable of doing more in the way of Telecomunications than Copperwire.

Pity about the price.

Australia has determined it is in the National
inerest to replace it at a cost of at least $43 Billion.

Australia never got any say on that, liar.

This was known about on last re-election of Gillard Labor
However it is the advisors for Telecomunication that the Government is
acting for

It will compete with the need for a landline in the

How does a *need* compete?

What is the result of zero landline in Australia?

Thats never gunna happen.

Indeed the Government is renewing it

Wireless base Stations will still need Fibre connections and each 4g
station will have to be at least 30 kilometre radius (more in "blackspots")

That number is straight from your arse, we can tell from the smell.

Googled it actually
http://www.wimax.com/wimax-technologies-standards/what-is-the-range-of-wimax
But your opinion counts

Cities or major regional centres. These areas though are
where it's economic for Telstra to provide landline, though
outskirts of these centres it becomes less profitable

Have you idiots any idea how big this country is?
Try to venture a little west of Paramatta, Penrith will do to start with.

Petzl
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[terryc]

B J Foster wrote:

It is also a way to provide broadband to an entire suburb, instantly,
cheaply and without unsightly wires and poles.

and give everyone absolutely crappy service. Wireless is shared badwidth.

 

[Rod Speed]

B J Foster wrote

Pretzl wrote
B J Foster <bjfoster@yahoo.com.invalid> wrote

4G Bases will still need a optic fibre connections

Really?

Yes really

Stick to religion, is my advice.

He's right.

and its speed will be determined by distance

Nope.

Yep

Not that you're much good at religion either...

You cant even bullshit...

be determined by distance and will only be in major centres

That is Telstra's choice.

The guvmint's choice is *also* to provide broadband in major centre
where there are ample providers already. Why? Labor idiots.

The existin copperwire is obsolete and worn out.

Not washed out?

Nope.

Simply needs replacing and that's going to be with optic fibre.

We shall see how much Labor can build before the next election.

Of course, they might bind the taxpayer for 28 years like those morons in Vic.

Nope, not even possible with the current federal parliament.

replacing and that's going to be with optic fibre. If it is not Australias landlines will go the way of the Dodo.

If not?

Both Labor anf Liberal are going ahead with the NBN

$43b vs $8.7b, idiot

You dont know what the coalition will do, fuckwit.

While handy for those that can access it, it won't replace the need for the NBN.

What is the need for the NBN?

The coperwire landline is ancient and aging.

Really? Izzit rusting?

Fibre is cheaper to replace than copperwire

Cheaper than $43billion?

and is capable of doing more in the way of
Telecomunications than Copperwire. Australia has determined it is in
the National inerest to replace it at a cost of at least $43 Billion.

'Australia' eh?

It will compete with the need for a landline in the

How does a *need* compete?

What is the result of zero landline in Australia?
Wireless base Stations will still need Fibre connections and each 4g
station will have to be at least 30 kilometre radius (more in "blackspots")

The backhaul cost is a 'mere' $800m.

Pity about the cost of doing 4G.

Cities or major regional centres. These areas though are where it's
economic for Telstra to provide landline, though outskirts of these
centres it becomes less profitable

Have you idiots any idea how big this country is?
Try to venture a little west of Paramatta, Penrith will do to start with.

I live in Campbelltown the Copperwire is so pathetic, higher speed broadband was a platform Russell Mathews MP for
Macarthur was voted in on

Campbelltown is pathetic. Who'd wanna build network there?

Labor.

Keating/Muzzie country.

Not next election it wont be.

 

[Rod Speed]

SG1 wrote just the puerile shit thats all it can ever manage.

 

[Petzl]

On Wed, 16 Feb 2011 10:48:34 +1100, "Trevor Wilson"
<trevor@rageaudio.com.au> wrote:

**I'll believe when I see it. I live around 20km from the GPO of the largest
city in the country. Mobile 'phone reception is flakey (on all carriers) and
I regularly get drop-outs. Wireless internet simply doesn't work where I
live. I can't even get decent ADSL2 speeds. Internet 'phone systems are a
joke. I suspect I am not alone. There is a fibre node, situated a
tantalisingly close 50 Metres from my front door. Roll on NBN. 4G will
become just as congested as 3G is a very short period. There is a market for
wireless internet, just as there is a market for fibre. I don't need to tell
you that for fibre to be congested is very unlikely in the near future. If
an when that happens, another fibre just needs to be dropped into the same
hole. Wireless is fundamentally limited. Fibre is not.

That's what I'm finding in most suburbs outside Sydney
I live in Campbelltown (Sydney outer metro) with the same results you
speak of.

Petzl
--
Vote "Christian Democratic Party" return values to Australia

"You are the salt of the Earth... You are the Light of the World"

 

[Rod Speed]

Trevor Wilson wrote

Don McKenzie wrote

4G IS HERE: Telstra’s 2011 rollout.
February 14, 2011

The nation’s largest telco Telstra has revealed plans to upgrade its
Next G mobile network in central business districts around the nation
to the Long-Term Evolution (LTE) standard by the end of 2011,
introducing the ’4G’ or fourth generation marketing term into the
Australian market as it is doing so.
From the Comments:
If you did radio telecommunications engineering, you would realise
that the amount of spectrum available for 4G services would probably
be able to give everyone 100mbit speeds uncongested, even in high
density areas. In fact its even in the 4G standard to use much more
spectrum available (which you can see here
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/4G)
Furthermore, 4G has numerous benefits over 3G (not including being
able to use more spectrum) - It can jump to different spectrum bands
‘instantly’, which is what
allows 4G to download so much faster - It has much higher spectral
efficiency (that is, it is able to
deliver much more bits per spectrum, i.e.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spectral_efficiency) - It uses
topologies much better then 3G
- It uses leveraging of spectrum to provide much better latency then
3G (this is already evident by Verizon’s deployment, which cut
latency by average in half)
http://delimiter.com.au/2011/02/14/4g-is-here-telstras-2011-rollout/#more-12337

I'll believe when I see it. I live around 20km from the GPO of the largest city in the country. Mobile 'phone
reception is flakey (on all carriers) and I regularly get drop-outs.

Then you need a new handset.

Wireless internet simply doesn't work where I live.

Dont believe that.

I can't even get decent ADSL2 speeds.

ADSL1 works fine.

Internet 'phone systems are a joke.

Then your system is fucked.

I suspect I am not alone.

Yes, some others have fucked handsets too.

There is a fibre node, situated a tantalisingly close 50 Metres from my front door. Roll on NBN.

Taint gunna happen. Labor will be long gone before it ever gets to your place.

4G will become just as congested as 3G is a very short period.

Nope.

There is a market for wireless internet,

Corse there is.

just as there is a market for fibre.

How odd that they want to rip out the copper network if there really is.

I don't need to tell you that for fibre to be congested is very unlikely in the near future.

Specially given that Labor will be long gone before much of it is ever built.

If an when that happens, another fibre just needs to be dropped into the same hole. Wireless is fundamentally limited.
Fibre is not.

Pity about the cost of it.

 

[Petzl]

On Wed, 16 Feb 2011 07:07:41 +1100, N <N@home.local> wrote:

On 16/02/2011, Don McKenzie wrote:
On 15-Feb-11 8:37 PM, N wrote:
On 15/02/2011, Don McKenzie wrote:
4G IS HERE: Telstra’s 2011 rollout.
February 14, 2011

http://delimiter.com.au/2011/02/14/4g-is-here-telstras-2011-rollout/#more-12337

http://www.vividwireless.com.au/home

If the video at:
http://www.vividwireless.com.au/discover-it-now
is to be believed, it is about 3 times as fast as my 3G USB modem, but only
about half the speed of my slow Optus cable at 19061 kbps.

Vividwireless comes in at around 9000-10000 kbps.
But for the mobile generation, WOW!

Wireless is the fastest growing internet comms method, but it appears to be
up against a few technology hurdles.

BTW
Can't wait to test a 4G modem for my "MOBILE" travels.

Cheers Don...

========================

What would bother me, is the patchy coverage. I suspect the distance
around each repeater is quite short.

I get 3 kilometre radius

Petzl
--
Vote "Christian Democratic Party" return values to Australia

"You are the salt of the Earth... You are the Light of the World"

 

[Rod Speed]

Pretzl lied

Rod Speed <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> wrote
Pretzl lied

and is capable of doing more in the way of Telecomunications than Copperwire.

Pity about the price.

Australia has determined it is in the National
inerest to replace it at a cost of at least $43 Billion.

Australia never got any say on that, liar.

This was known about on last re-election of Gillard Labor

Which barely scraped in and only survives because of a few
'independants' that arent even labor, let alone gillard labor.

However it is the advisors for Telecomunication that the Government is acting for

Another bare faced lie. There was no advisors for Telecoms that were stupid
enough to go for FTTP when no one was stupid enough to tend for the dud's FTTN.

It will compete with the need for a landline in the

How does a *need* compete?

What is the result of zero landline in Australia?

Thats never gunna happen.

Indeed the Government is renewing it

Nope. They wont be allowed to rip up the copper network, you watch.

Wireless base Stations will still need Fibre connections and each 4g
station will have to be at least 30 kilometre radius (more in "blackspots")

That number is straight from your arse, we can tell from the smell.

Googled it actually
http://www.wimax.com/wimax-technologies-standards/what-is-the-range-of-wimax

Thats wimax, not 4G.

But your opinion counts

Cities or major regional centres. These areas though are
where it's economic for Telstra to provide landline, though
outskirts of these centres it becomes less profitable

Have you idiots any idea how big this country is?
Try to venture a little west of Paramatta, Penrith will do to start with.

 

[SG1]

Just for restoring my faith in stupidity I will top post.

"Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:8s0umtFh4vU1@mid.individual.net...

SG1 wrote just the puerile shit thats all it can ever manage.

 

[Rod Speed]

SG1 wrote just the puerile shit thats all it can ever manage.

 

[Trevor Wilson]

Rod Speed wrote:

Trevor Wilson wrote
Don McKenzie wrote

4G IS HERE: Telstra's 2011 rollout.
February 14, 2011

The nation's largest telco Telstra has revealed plans to upgrade its
Next G mobile network in central business districts around the
nation to the Long-Term Evolution (LTE) standard by the end of 2011,
introducing the '4G' or fourth generation marketing term into the
Australian market as it is doing so.
From the Comments:
If you did radio telecommunications engineering, you would realise
that the amount of spectrum available for 4G services would probably
be able to give everyone 100mbit speeds uncongested, even in high
density areas. In fact its even in the 4G standard to use much more
spectrum available (which you can see here
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/4G)
Furthermore, 4G has numerous benefits over 3G (not including being
able to use more spectrum) - It can jump to different spectrum bands
'instantly', which is what
allows 4G to download so much faster - It has much higher spectral
efficiency (that is, it is able to
deliver much more bits per spectrum, i.e.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spectral_efficiency) - It uses
topologies much better then 3G
- It uses leveraging of spectrum to provide much better latency then
3G (this is already evident by Verizon's deployment, which cut
latency by average in half)
http://delimiter.com.au/2011/02/14/4g-is-here-telstras-2011-rollout/#more-12337

I'll believe when I see it. I live around 20km from the GPO of the
largest city in the country. Mobile 'phone reception is flakey (on
all carriers) and I regularly get drop-outs.

Then you need a new handset.

**EVERY SINGLE person who visits, has problems with their mobile 'phone
reception. My Nokia rarely has problems in known good areas.

Wireless internet simply doesn't work where I live.

Dont believe that.

**Believe what you want. It's a fact.

I can't even get decent ADSL2 speeds.

ADSL1 works fine.

**Yep.

Internet 'phone systems are a joke.

Then your system is fucked.

**So you say.

I suspect I am not alone.

Yes, some others have fucked handsets too.

There is a fibre node, situated a tantalisingly close 50 Metres from
my front door. Roll on NBN.

Taint gunna happen. Labor will be long gone before it ever gets to
your place.

**Betcha who ever follows them keeps the NBN rolling along.

4G will become just as congested as 3G is a very short period.

Nope.

**We'll see. Wireless is fundamentally limited. Fibre is not (for all
intents).

There is a market for wireless internet,

Corse there is.

**A big maket. Which is exactly the problem. All those people with their
iPads (and clones) will rapdily clog up the wireless system. Just wait and
see.

just as there is a market for fibre.

How odd that they want to rip out the copper network if there really
is.

**Actually, ripping out the copper network is a bad idea. I'd rather have
the redundancy. Mind you: I'd like to see the Optus and Telstra cables
ripped out. They're eyesores, noisy and just dumb.

I don't need to tell you that for fibre to be congested is very
unlikely in the near future.

Specially given that Labor will be long gone before much of it is
ever built.
If an when that happens, another fibre just needs to be dropped into
the same hole. Wireless is fundamentally limited. Fibre is not.

Pity about the cost of it.

**The cost will fall. You and I both know it. The Gummint gave us the big
number and when the real numbers finally appear, they'll look like heros for
bringing the system in under budget.


--
Trevor Wilson
www.rageaudio.com.au

 

[N]

On 16/02/2011, Rod Speed wrote:

N wrote
Don McKenzie wrote
N wrote
Don McKenzie wrote

4G IS HERE: Telstraâ?Ts 2011 rollout.
February 14, 2011

http://delimiter.com.au/2011/02/14/4g-is-here-telstras-2011-rollout/#more-12337

http://www.vividwireless.com.au/home

If the video at:
http://www.vividwireless.com.au/discover-it-now
is to be believed, it is about 3 times as fast as my 3G USB modem,
but only about half the speed of my slow Optus cable at 19061 kbps.

Vividwireless comes in at around 9000-10000 kbps.
But for the mobile generation, WOW!

Wireless is the fastest growing internet comms method, but it appears to
be up against a few technology hurdles.

BTW
Can't wait to test a 4G modem for my "MOBILE" travels.

What would bother me, is the patchy coverage.

You have no idea if that will be the case or not.

I suspect the distance around each repeater is quite short.

You're wrong.

I looked at the coverage maps on the VividWireless web site. Did you?

 

[N]

On 16/02/2011, Petzl wrote:

On Wed, 16 Feb 2011 07:07:41 +1100, N <N@home.local> wrote:


What would bother me, is the patchy coverage. I suspect the distance
around each repeater is quite short.

I get 3 kilometre radius

Petzl

In Perth or Sydney?