[MLB-WIRELESS] WiMAX to go Australia wide?

[Steven Haigh]

I agree - a WiMAX rollout will be pretty much useless....

On 18/06/2007, at 11:18 PM, Gary Winder wrote:

> It took years for Telstra to roll out ADSL even though they had the  
> technology already, I don't see WiMax being any different from  
> concept to available as a service. But it should be 12 Mb/s first  
> up, not 4 years from now when the speed will be useless.
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> Regards,
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> g at z.
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> From: melbwireless-bounces at wireless.org.au [mailto:melbwireless- 
> bounces at wireless.org.au] On Behalf Of emdeex
> Sent: Monday, 18 June 2007 6:10 PM
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> Subject: [MLB-WIRELESS] WiMAX to go Australia wide?
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> So as you've all probably heard, the federal govt says it will roll  
> out WiMAX Australia wide with Optus and Elders.
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> I think it took too long to get to this, but I think it sounds like  
> a reasonable idea.  Much cheaper than fibre.
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> What do you all think?
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> Some grabs from the press release are 6Mb/s immediately, with 12Mb/ 
> s by 2009.
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> It appears to be a go-ahead plan with funding being allocated  
> immediately.
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> When will we see the first Optus/Elders WiMAX access point  
> commissioned?
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