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The Australian ISP, Buzz Broadband, have come out saying that WiMax is a ‘disaster’.
But their supplier, Airspan, have defended WiMax and hit back calling the ISP cheap.
The good thing about all this mud slinging is that there’s some real debate going on rather than just the usual run of the mill warbled marketing ditties from the vendors.
Here’s an ISP who put in a bit of money and walked away saying that the technology just didn’t make the grade.
But there are also the claims from Airspan that need to be duly considered.
According to the wireless technology manufacturer the two main complaints from the ISP about WiMax were the range of the solution and the service capabilities for voice.
Seems Buzz Broadband opted for a less expensive option which means that there certain technical sacrifices to be made. And as we all know that you generally get what you pay for.
Airspan’s main bone of contention is that the Buzz Broadband network was under-provisioned.
To sum it up in the words of the Airspan spokesperson:
“In the case of Buzz Broadband, we know that there were significant under-provisioning issues in the core network which connected the Airspan equipment to the internet,” said the company’s spokesperson.
“Very early in the relationship, Airspan technical services determined that Buzz’s backhaul network was considerably under-dimensioned — again to save cost — and lacked sufficient quality of service, and that these factors were the direct cause of VoIP-quality issues in the network,” the spokesperson said to ZDNet.
But their supplier, Airspan, have defended WiMax and hit back calling the ISP cheap.
The good thing about all this mud slinging is that there’s some real debate going on rather than just the usual run of the mill warbled marketing ditties from the vendors.
Here’s an ISP who put in a bit of money and walked away saying that the technology just didn’t make the grade.
But there are also the claims from Airspan that need to be duly considered.
According to the wireless technology manufacturer the two main complaints from the ISP about WiMax were the range of the solution and the service capabilities for voice.
Seems Buzz Broadband opted for a less expensive option which means that there certain technical sacrifices to be made. And as we all know that you generally get what you pay for.
Airspan’s main bone of contention is that the Buzz Broadband network was under-provisioned.
To sum it up in the words of the Airspan spokesperson:
“In the case of Buzz Broadband, we know that there were significant under-provisioning issues in the core network which connected the Airspan equipment to the internet,” said the company’s spokesperson.
“Very early in the relationship, Airspan technical services determined that Buzz’s backhaul network was considerably under-dimensioned — again to save cost — and lacked sufficient quality of service, and that these factors were the direct cause of VoIP-quality issues in the network,” the spokesperson said to ZDNet.