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can anyone please explain to me how wimax differs from other broadband services, the speed,data allowance, price etc.... and yes i did try searching from Google but no luck..:confused:
 
WiMax is a networking technology using RF.

If you're asking about a particular product from a provider, you'll probably have to ask them about it.
 
How long is a piece of string?
It depends.
 
Okay let me try and ask a similair question in a different way then...:p

Does anyone have an opinion on WiMax as a suitable alternative to ADSL with a focus on latencies required for online gaming?

I recognise that wireless technologies have been on the backfoot with regards latencies. Is WiMax going to more of the same or is it going to be technology that would allow for lower latencies and thus potentially online gaming and other latency intolerant applications? :confused:
 
well i for one sure as hell hope its stable in terms of ping/no packet loss..

because telkom can't fix s*** on my side...having copper issues for the last 4years..

just 1 thing that i worry about : correct me if i am wrong - in the initial stages of wimax the frequency used was sub 1ghz...(800 or so?)

now its back to 2.5? - and 2.4 is 802.11 (not very fast and stable)

so is 802.16 gonna do it for us :)
 
I've been using Wimax for about 10 days now. Part of the trial. Downloads at about 45k. Dropped connections during the first few days, but it seems better now. I think I've downloaded about 3Gigs so far. Certain ports are blocked. I havent really been doing much testing. Just browsing and downloading.
Unless WiMax comes in cheaper than ADSL, I'd stick to ADSL.
 
@ member2204

did your connection have packet loss - or total disconnect?

what is you current signal to the tower like.
 
[OUPA]MrNutz;1095544 said:
@ member2204

did your connection have packet loss - or total disconnect?

what is you current signal to the tower like.
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Total disconnect - Prompting to reconnect. I'm about 2km from the base station. The unit is in the roof ... the signal strenght is about 80-85%
 
member2204 said:
I've been using Wimax for about 10 days now. Part of the trial. Downloads at about 45k. Dropped connections during the first few days, but it seems better now. I think I've downloaded about 3Gigs so far. Certain ports are blocked. I havent really been doing much testing. Just browsing and downloading.
Unless WiMax comes in cheaper than ADSL, I'd stick to ADSL.
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The Mweb trial?
 
By its nature, Wimax will never get better latencies than fixed lines as there are far more variables disrupting signals than fixed lines. Proponents of Wimax have, however, claimed that the latencies will be close to DSL. Proof will be in the pudding!
 
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hmm all the comments dont sound too promising at the moment. I guess we should expect a poorer QoS than a wired ADSL :(

Oh well I guess I will stick with my current plan
 
member2204 said:
I'm not sure. I never bothered to check or test anything yet. At the moment I'm connected via ADSL 'cause I couldnt connect via Wimax last night.
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Oh ok, just wondering because Mweb are applying for a Wimax licence on their own.
 
member2204 said:
I've been using Wimax for about 10 days now. Part of the trial. Downloads at about 45k. Dropped connections during the first few days, but it seems better now. I think I've downloaded about 3Gigs so far. Certain ports are blocked. I havent really been doing much testing. Just browsing and downloading.
Unless WiMax comes in cheaper than ADSL, I'd stick to ADSL.
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I assume you mean 45kB/s which equals 360 kbps.

Unless you are getting 100% signal you are going to get disconnects - end of story.

WiMax is designed to have a lower latency compared with other wireless products (except wireless LAN) and given that SAIX ADSL isn't providing as good latency as it should, then WiMax latency should be comparable.

Unless you have a 100% signal you can't expect the performance to equal ADSL.

Bear in mind that while WiMax may compare with current ADSL offerings, it will NOT be able to match ADSL 2+ (if Telkom ever get round to implementing it)

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ADSL2+ extends the capability of basic ADSL by doubling the number of downstream bits. The data rates can be as high as 24 Mbit/s downstream and 1 Mbit/s upstream depending on the distance from the DSLAM to the customer's home.
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well can anyone on wimax give us a traceroute?
 
redheadfan said:
Unless you are getting 100% signal you are going to get disconnects - end of story.

Unless you have a 100% signal you can't expect the performance to equal ADSL.

I do not entirely agree...

WiMAX is much more tolerant to bad signal. It has BPSK, QPSK, 16QAM and 64QAM modulation schemes. Even if your signal is so bad that you have a signal to noise ratio of 2dB (-103dBm) you will manage to hook BPSK 1/2 that can give you a raw throughput of 1.6Mbps in a 3.5MHz channel. Before you latency starts suffering due to retransmits etc, WiMAX will hook a lower modulation scheme.

Even with such a bad signal you cat get 512kbps. Remember that WiMAX is a "provisioned/committed" service. eg your profile gets set up for 512kbps of a possible say 10Mbps, as opposed to HSDPA which is best effort to the extent that the sector supports 1.8Mbps and eveyone will attempt to get to that.

Slow transfer rates and constant disconnects are endemic of problems in declaring service profiles and streams
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Hannes, since I didn't understand anything that you just posted it must mean you know what you are talking about...

So in stupid English please answer...

Will WiMax be a suitable alternative to ADSL when used mainly for online gaming?
 
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