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Originally Posted by Neptune
...good points, but define mulitple?
I don't think wimax will do what its meant to do on the packet, i.e. up to 50KM. But, in regards to BT using wimax, it could manage the last "mile". Mile meaning the similar kind of area that a BT exchange now covers. For ntl and their offnet strategy. Rather than ntl using BT's ancient wires, they could install Wimax dishes in their cabled-up areas and connect them to their fibre network. But the wimax services wouldn't be for the cabled areas, but to beam services to the neighbouring smaller towns or villages.
I take your points onboard, though. My home router can't even manage a few metres....And if wimax really did work well, there's nothing stopping mobile phone companies or anyone else installing wimax and destroying ntl/bt in a single swipe.
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So lets get this straigt, we have a new suggestion here that BT should use wireless for the last mile?
Would that be the same sort of wireless that they trialed a few years ago in Pontypridd based on the mesh system?
Or would it be the same sort of wireless that ntl trialed ie:WHAM in their trial in South Wales and later London. (London is the only one widely known because, well its erm London innit mate)
Or perhaps it could be the same wireless that we saw 10GHz and 40GHz franchise licences up for tender and issued a few years ago!
Both BT and ntl dropped the idea after the trials because of the implementation costs. In BT's case they decided to soldier on hoping new ADSL technology would give them an acceptable speed for the majority of the country. In ntl's case, well they just dont have any money and the shareholders are more interested in cutting costs that investing to gain new customers.