WiMax and how it impacts current users

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I am just curious, does anyone know if there will be an upgrade path from the current technology to IBurst WiMax? Would IBurst perform a modem swap out or something similar?

If you had to migrate to WiMax, what would you like as an end user, swap outs, refunds, being told to piss off, a spanking - what exactly?
 
spanking LOL :)

seriously I would like to be able to trade my modem (swap out) :)
 
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As far as I understand the content of the article, the WIMAX option will be for corporate clients looking for a substitute to Telkom leased-lines. Sentech has the same thing going. I doubt whether it will be aimed at home users just yet, although I might be completely wrong.

Would anyone from IBurst care to shed some light on this?

The article can be found here: http://www.mybroadband.co.za/nephp/?m=show&id=3754
 
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Welin the article it says that it will be offered to retail (us) customers too, but onyl once the price of hte equipment has come down. Im geussing thats the problem, WiMax equipment must still be quite expensive, so it only really makes sense for businesses who have the capital.

But it doesnt sound like it should take too long untill it is offered to normal customers. But then a modem swap might not be very likeley if hte new equipment costs alot.
maby a modem trade in for a price cut on the equipment? Thats would work nicley. Iburst can sell the modems in all the African countries where they are starting up. They wouldnt mind some second hand/refurbished modems.
 
Ekhaatvensters said:
Welin the article it says that it will be offered to retail (us) customers too, but onyl once the price of hte equipment has come down. Im geussing thats the problem, WiMax equipment must still be quite expensive, so it only really makes sense for businesses who have the capital.

But it doesnt sound like it should take too long untill it is offered to normal customers. But then a modem swap might not be very likeley if hte new equipment costs alot.
maby a modem trade in for a price cut on the equipment? Thats would work nicley. Iburst can sell the modems in all the African countries where they are starting up. They wouldnt mind some second hand/refurbished modems.
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yay !!! finally we " South Africa" can sell our 2nd hand |< @ |< to other African places ... wohoooo .. hip ... hip ... hoeray ... nogge hip hip .... hip ... hip ...... hoeray !!! nogge hip hip .... :eek:
 
do people from iburst actually post on this forum?
 
I think it would still be a long time till you see WiMax in this country. Intel is still to implement in in their chips.
 
It's Intel, it's American ---(McDonalds, Coke, Pepsi, Nike) and I think we'll get it rather sooner than later...
 
DagegeN said:
yes yes NB yes ... i am one of them .... :D
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lol! shuuuree...

but seriously, yes two guys from Iburst are on here.
One is a high up techie for technical problems, Shaun Green.

The other one just joined recently, and has posted twice about problems, hes the customer care director kinda guy.
 
These guys: http://www.wispa.co.za/ seem to be about to make moves into the WiMax space. I've also heard rumblings that major local ISP's are working on WiMax deployments. Anybody know any of the ins-and-outs of current WiMax licensing in .za? Not much hype in the general marketplace yet...
 
Wi-Max Info

Wi-Max is a new IEEE 802.16. It service is looking to use frequency in the 3.5 GigHz range. this means it is outside the ISM bands and will be strictly lisenced bandwidth. There is equipment out there that is ready to be implemented, but this equipment is restricted to base stations and CPE's offered by manufacturers at the high end. The CPE equipment is not cheap and is not economically viable to use as a pure internet connection for home users. This is why Telkom and iBurst are looking at using it for Biz-Biz dedicated bandwidth. However the idea with the starting of Wi-Max forum was for the industry to decide on parameters of 802.16 so as the technology can develop like 802.11 where any comp can manufacture equipment that will eventually bring down the price. The Wi-Max equipment was developed with metro areas in mind, has good penetration and reflection attributes, which increases non-line-of-sight attributes. The biggest advantage of 802.16 over any other Wireless Tech (excluding microwave) is that it can guarantee quality of service. No other technology can do this in the current wireless enviroment.
 
RatX said:
These guys: http://www.wispa.co.za/ seem to be about to make moves into the WiMax space.
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They seem to be making a lot of noise in respects of being the first to offer a variety of services that already available and they have a "pat on the back" blurb for ICASA on their front page.

Scepticle? Just a bit.:rolleyes:
 
converge-it said:
The biggest advantage of 802.16 over any other Wireless Tech (excluding microwave) is that it can guarantee quality of service. No other technology can do this in the current wireless enviroment.
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That will be awesome! As soon as the weather turns foul, iBurst goes tits-up.
 
I've been reading a bit about WiMax, seems Sprint Nextel will be the first U.S carrier to launch it there. They said it will be launched in Q4 2007 & by 2008 they estimate 100 million users - eish!

They are promising average download speeds of 2 to 4 Mb/s - wonder if I will ever see those speeds in my lifetime if I stay in South Africa?

The only thing that tells me that we will most probably never see it here, is the money Sprint Nextel will be investing in their WiMax network - $3 billion.

You can read the full story here :

http://www.tgdaily.com/2006/08/08/sprint_nextel_announces_4g_wimax_network/
 
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