[MLB-WIRELESS] WiMAX to go Australia wide?

[Dean Collins]

Maybe we should have asked for a competitive bid from these guys :)
http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/19/venezuelans-set-new-wifi-distance-rec
ord-237-miles/


 

Regards,

Dean Collins
Cognation Pty Ltd
dean at cognation.net
+1-212-203-4357 Ph
+61-2-9016-5642 (Sydney in-dial).

 


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dean Collins
> Sent: Monday, 18 June 2007 10:17 PM
> To: 'Tim Hogard'; Brenden Cooper
> Cc: melbwireless at wireless.org.au
> Subject: RE: [MLB-WIRELESS] WiMAX to go Australia wide?
> 
> Don't think of it as your tax dollars supporting Optus think of it as
your tax dollars
> investing in Australia's future by giving rural Australian's a decent
chance to access
> the resource of the internet.
> 
> Take a look at countries like south korea and the massive amounts they
invested
> into broadband a few years back and how it is now paying dividends for
their
> education, business and general way of life.
> 
> Yes it may suck if you are setting up in direct competition but think
of it this way...at
> least their may be a healthy Australian economy for you to fall back
on when retire
> :)
> 
> 
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Dean Collins
> Cognation Pty Ltd
> dean at cognation.net
> +1-212-203-4357 Ph
> +1-917-207-3420 Mb
> +61-2-9016-5642 (Sydney in-dial).
> 
> 
> 
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: melbwireless-bounces at wireless.org.au [mailto:melbwireless-
> > bounces at wireless.org.au] On Behalf Of Tim Hogard
> > Sent: Monday, 18 June 2007 10:01 PM
> > To: Brenden Cooper
> > Cc: melbwireless at wireless.org.au
> > Subject: Re: [MLB-WIRELESS] WiMAX to go Australia wide?
> >
> > >
> > > One thing that it seems that allot have people have missed .
> > > The government are claiming that everyone will get broadband with
wimax.
> > > Issue, its running at 5.8 ghz
> > > So I hope that no one has any tress in there gardens.
> > > They are also claiming 20 plus km from the base station , I am
also looking
> > > forward to see how often there going to do that.
> > > In short something tells me that is not the fix they may think it
maybe, I
> > > guess we will soon see.
> > >
> >
> > Does anyone have any authoritative links on what they are going to
do?
> >
> > Nothing like my tax money going to help an overseas company compete
with
> me...
> >
> > Of course if they picked 5.8 GHz wimax, good luck with that.
> >
> > For those that don't know.... HVC has 4 5.8 GHz pre-WiMAX
transmitters
> > at max legal power and the best we are getting is about 7km.
> >
> > -tim
> > http://web.abnormal.com
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