What's All The Buzz About WiMax?

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What's All The Buzz About WiMax?

[Archived in Entry, Intel]

[Somewhat Frank ~ Blog] While a home Wi-Fi network usually has a range of a fewhundred feet with speeds of up to 54 megabits per second, a singleWiMax antenna is expected to range of up to 40 miles with speedsof 70 megabits per second or more. This could be an excellent solution for rural areas that have not been offered broadband or DSL services due to there location.

Some related posts from Technorati and Google.

Somewhat Frank ~ Blog: Check out Google’s Wi-Fi project here where it is referred to as “Google Secure Access”. Check out this article on Business 2.0 where it is referred to as GoogleNet and this post on A Stitch of Haste for more information. (via Cosmos)

The Tao of Mac - HomePage: cost, and even call charges - anyone can say VoIP calls to, say, Trinidad or Beijing are cheaper than carrier X's tariff, but that doesn't make it uniformly cheaper, or (one of my key points) make the overall voice/service quality any better, let alone replace overnight mobile phone technology that we've been developing for a decade (nearly two if you count some DSP stuff). (via Cosmos)

[Relax, Everything Is Deeply Intertwingled] Web 2.0: Oft-mentioned technologies getting significant buzz in the hallway chatter were RSS, Wiki (and especially Wikipedia), Firefox, and Podcasting. (More interesting, technologies that received no mentions in hallway chatter were SOAP-style Web Services, Longhorn, Bluetooth, and WAP.)

[Howtoweb.com] HowToWeb.com Blog: Broadband: Many critics point the finger at Washington for not fostering the kind of competition that has allowed Canada's broadband market to thrive and led France -- not exactly known for fostering capitalist competition -- to boost its broadband penetration from 12% in 2003 to a forecasted 41% next year. If cable companies were forced to open up their lines, over-night 80% of the U.S. would have more than one broadband supplier to choose from.

[Dailywireless.org] Daily Wireless - Intel + South Korea = WiMax: Unlimited broadband access starts at $25/month (£16) for 2Mbps, 8Mbps costs around $34 (£21) a month. More than 60 per cent of households have broadband access, and those without it can head down to one of the bangs found in every shopping mall and street.

[Gigaom.com] Om Malik’s Broadband Blog » Wireless USB, Getting Ready for Prime Time: Wireless USB is the first major application for ultrawideband, according to Rick Kornfeld, President and CEO, Staccato. Ultrawideband (UWB) is a newly allocated unlicensed spectrum (3.1 - 10.6GHz) that provides an efficient use of scarce radio bandwidth that is particularly useful in the high data rate personal-area networks (PAN.) Wireless USB can transport information at speeds of 480 megabits per second, which makes it comparable to current USB 2.0.