[ale] OT: Sprint bringing WiMax to Arlanta this year

[PairOfTwins]

Sean:

A few weeks ago Clear gave me a demo of their wireless service ( 
Clearwire + Sprint = Clear ) in a coffeeshop.  6 mbits on the speed 
test.  They're planning to "paint the town green" with their ad blitz.

 From http://www.antennasearch.com/ I can count Clearwire antennas 
located on 14 towers within 4 miles of home.  Looks like they're 
blanketing the city, but not putting up their own towers.  I'm wondering 
whether that loud buzzing in my ears, which began in early February, is 
in any way related to the addition of formerly unused spectrum going 
live, on top of AM radio, FM radio, analog TV, digital TV, and cell 
phone radiation.  When WiMAX was deployed in Sweden, an uptick in ER 
visits prompted the government to investigate...

Tom
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Sean wrote:
> On Friday 27 March 2009 08:33:36 am Jim Lynch wrote:
>
>   
>> I wonder if wireless will every beat out direct connect?  You can
>> squeeze so much more bandwidth through multiple fiber lines than the
>> spectrum can handle.  I suppose if you flood the world (or your market)
>> with towers you could compete but at what cost?  Is it truly cheaper to
>> install a tower to cover a given area?  I guess it's possible.
>>
>> Jim.
>>     
>
> Yes.  Laying fiber trunk lines is expensive (very) and installing the last
> mile is even more expensive.  That is why cell phone systems are so much
> less expensive to install in third world countries. And those cell towers
> have less down time -- backhoes aren't a threat. :)
>
> Sean
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