heard something interesting today..

I'm using the T-Zone thing in the Sandton Convention Centre - it's pretty impressive actually... not THAT fast - only about 30-35kbps down, and latency isn't that great (but then that's pretty normal for wifi 802.11b anyway)

I average about 200mb per hour. And because you only have 2 hours of access - you have to re-register - then you get another 2 hours at the same speed.

It's free atm - but I can't imagine what ridiculous price they'll be asking.

Esp seeing that they're telkom and that there has been Wifi at SA aiports for quite some time for about R30/30mins or something.

but while it's free....

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Hotspots are a joke as long as the law forbids everyone but Telkom from being able to set them up...Hellkom's implementation is more like hot snot [:D]

If it weren't for the ruling by ICASA (also known as Hellkom's beyatch) that wireless networks cannot pass property lines, roads etc, this country would be rocking with commercial WLANs all over the place...

As to the bluetooth thing mentioned...duh, obviously Hellkom wants to use it - its in line with their usual policy of stuffing up cool ideas by delivering miserably...Hellkom ADSL anyone [:p]

** How can Telkom claim to "Touch Tomorrow" when it can barely touch yesterday?
Because they're a BIG, GREEDY, MONOPOLY intent on keeping South Africa in the stone age. **
 
Bluetooth? ROFL!

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"Since light travels faster than sound, people appear bright until you hear them speak."

NetLink Research
 
Lets not think this completely obsurd.

I didnt read all the long responses... so excuse me if i repeat info that another said.

2 technologies came out at the same time, wman and pman (if i remember correctly), one was wireless and as we got to know the mywireless, the other was bluetooth based which allowed for up to 250 people per hotspot, and streaming video on each of them.

a blue tooth network on the other hand, whta we mostly know, is a PAN, personal area network. wide area network WAN, local area network LAN, this is more like a wireless network for a one subnet LAN that is wireless as far as i understood.

not far fetched, and not unworkable, but not widely accepted from what i understand but still good tech.

its not bad, its just different

i am recalling this from my old brain , so excuse me if i have a few things crossed.
 
All Bluetooth really is, is frequency hopping at 2.4GHz
If the radio puts out enough power, great distances are possible. Especially with Directional equipment.....


BUT


This goes against everything what Bluetooth was designed for, and should then not be called Bluetooth anymore.

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wifi to modem. bluetooth from modem to pc... dont see it working any other way.

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Must think happy thoughts about the antenna!!!
 
The only thing "going over airwaves" that Telkom has going are their 802.11 "hotspots" to which ADSL subscribers get default access during their technology trial period.

The hotspots are far and wide between however, and have limited range, so it's more like "capped coldspots".
 
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