WiMax Pipex Wireless & Nokia Work Together – WiMAX
 

keep in mind how Pipex holds one of the few country wide WiMax licences and how VM could have used that to expand without digging up land for cable...shame or perhaps not?,
wonder if they might regret not bidding for them after all

http://www.ispreview.co.uk/cgi-bin/n...ZZVyklqmMZrMIg
"Pipex's "Wireless" division and Nokia Siemens Networks have agreed to co-operate on broadband WiMAX infrastructure and service development to expand the availability of commercial WiMAX services in the UK:"

"Pipex Wireless and Nokia Siemens Networks are now working on equipment specification, network design and service definition in readiness for a pilot deployment during this year.

It's unclear how Pipex Wireless could be impacted by any forthcoming sale, although details on that are still sketchy at best."

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http://news.cnet.co.uk/networking/0,...9294825,00.htm
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Commercial WiMax hits Milton Keynes


David Meyer
ZDNet UK
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A commercial WiMax service has been launched in Milton Keynes, following extensive trials of the wireless broadband technology.
Run by a council-owned business called ConnectMK, the service offers local residents and businesses a wireless alternative to the relatively expensive symmetrical DSL (SDSL) connections. The connectivity is provided by Freedom4 -- until recently known as Pipex Wireless -- which has been trialling fixed WiMax in Milton Keynes since last year.
ConnectMK's service is not the first commercial WiMax deployment in the UK -- that accolade goes to Urban Wimax's Westminster-based business network -- but it does appear to be the first deployment in conjunction with a city council.
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Re: WiMax Pipex Wireless & Nokia Work Together – WiMAX
 

Wish they had that in Manchester, although the words brain tumors spring to mind

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prove it?

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E = Mc2

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Energy = Mass x Speed of Light Squared?

Re: WiMax Pipex Wireless & Nokia Work Together – WiMAX
 

http://www.macuser.co.uk/macuser/new...broadband.html ;)

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Have you seen the serviceable areas? Reads like the GMP no go areas!

Saying that though I suppose I should be close behind..

Re: WiMax Pipex Wireless & Nokia Work Together – WiMAX
 

exactly, radio waves are close (relatively) to light waves in form and function ;)

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they cover Cheetham Hill areas of Manchester but dont see fit to setup another shop near the manchester International Airport,wythenshawe, 10 miles south (home of the baguley VM data center for the NW, and the EUs still largest so called garden city) dont like the competition perhaps?.

not to mention, a wythenshawe WiMax would easly reach into the many medium/high roller areas around the airport....

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Im not so sure I only live a few miles from Cheetham Hill and its not here, I think these first areas have a very small coverage.

Is Garden cty another word for Council estate? If so thats not the case any more, purely because of the number of council homes that have now become private.

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After the Manchester completion the area will be extended West as far as Liverpool, this should be completed during 2008, afterwards the system will be expanded East as far as the Pennines with completion during 2009. The system is more cost effective to install outside cities, high buildings play havoc with the signal, requiring a higher number of transmitters per square mile.

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iv not bothered to look up their wireless licence agreement but its generally assumed that the average WiMax base station coverage is 30 miles+ given an agreed commercial power level.

perhap they are running on minimal power right now, or they can easly reach your area but not telling yet, as they havent built up the infrastructure/servers etc so far perhaps.

yep, wythenshawe is BIG ,probably one of biggest CE's in the country (out sourced/managed and run by the private 'willow park' now though).

and as it says, 'garden city' is exactly that ,every house has a garden/front and back. and lots of them, plus lots of public grassy spaces etc, alas no real jobs to speak of other than the airport and 'wythenshawe hospital' (the very first hart transplant in the UK was done there).

and the council sold off much of the schools and large shopping centers (were people could work and learn)to housing associations so they could know down the old and build new far smaller houses for new familys (that then need the old schools and the shops......:rolleyes: ).

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i wonder what they mean 'Manchester Completion', as it stands wythenshawe is as flat as your likely to see and only the odd building here and there, other than the airport and civic center are above your average 3 bedroom house or 3 story flats, some of the trees are taller but not by much....

the airport with it massive international traffic can take all the bandwidth they can muster alone id think, not to mention all the potential VM houses passed that might take (mobile)wireless instead.., so i dont get it why they dont setup there ready to turn on/up the power and get 30 miles+ coverage when their ready and built out, strange.

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ohh , now BT are looking at the UK wireless spectrum fire-sale.

perhaps BT or even SKY will try and buy some of it up, and rent it out to the likes of 'Virgin Media', and 'freds local VISP' to recoop costs until their ready to use it themselves ?.
http://www.itweek.co.uk/itweek/news/...-wimax-auction
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Ofcom gets ready for

‘WiMax’ auction

Could BT join the ranks of the mobile operators again?


Dave Bailey, IT Week, 19 Dec 2007


Ofcom released further details on its planned release of radio spectrum in the 2.0GHz and 2.6GHz region today, which Ofcom chief executive Ed Richards said would be, "The UK's largest single release of spectrum suitable for a range of new wireless services including WiMax.”

Richard said that the spectrum would be released, “On a technology and service neutral basis allowing firms to decide how best to use the spectrum within certain minimum technical specifications to prevent harmful interference.”

In a statement Ofcom said that it is, “Consulting on detailed rules for auctioning the spectrum in order to offer the maximum flexibility in the way that the bands can be used.” A statement will be made in early 2008 and the ongoing consultation closes on 1 Feb next year.

There are industry rumours that BT will be bidding for the spectrum in an effort to join the ranks of the mobile operators again. When contacted about the auction, a BT spokesperson said, “We are aware of the ‘WiMax’ auction but the official line is that no decision has yet being taken on whether we would be bidding for radio spectrum.”
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Clearly they are not b oradcasting at capacity as a base in Cheetham hill would be within that 30 mile radius.

Well aware of the jobs of Wythenshawe, or Wyth-upon-the shire as we call it. I work in the Baguley office most days