01-12-2003, 12:10 AM
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IP Wireless Puts Your Car on Broadband
I'm certainly not the first to predict the death of the cell phone companies, but after reading this article it all started to come together. Imagine paying $39 US a month for real-world 50 KB/s (400 kb/s) bandwidth that you can use as easily at home as in your car. Compared to the real-world GPRS speeds of 6 KB/s I can get here for $50, this seems like a very good deal. Add to that the pain the carriers are in from licensing 3G frequencies, and you have the setting for a major shake up in the way people communicate.
"The company has installed a small base station at a local cell phone tower and uses special modems, about the size of 802.11b adapters, in its mobile demo booth. With that setup, I was able to surf the Web at upwards of 400 kilobits per second (about ten times faster than the real-world speed of current cell phone data services). I could view streamed television images from the BBC and made a very clear voice call over the Net. As we drove around downtown Las Vegas, we never lost our signal or even suffered a data hiccup. Company officials say the system can achieve a maximum of 3 megabits per second on downloads and 1 mbps uploading information.
IP Wireless is selling its system to cell phone and Internet access providers, who will remarket the service to consumers. It's already available through companies in Maui and in Jacksonville, Florida, which are providing mobile broadband service as inexpensively as $39 monthly--competitive with rates for traditional DSL service. But unlike traditional DSL service, which can't extend beyond the range of your home network, the IP Wireless system works anywhere a cell phone will, once it's deployed, according to Chris Gilbert, chief executive officer. The company says its base stations will cover a range of up to 17 miles."
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01-12-2003, 12:42 AM
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:lol: :lol: :lol: :roll:
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01-12-2003, 01:07 AM
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Mystic
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Very cool. It'd be nice to see this available across the country.
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01-12-2003, 01:23 AM
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Sounds very much like a VoIP-over-WCDMA connection, which is cool. However, what the writer doesn't realize is if you put 1,000 people on this, you're going to get nowhere near the same bandwidth.
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01-12-2003, 01:39 AM
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In the UK I can get unlimited GPRS for about �6. ($9)
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01-12-2003, 02:15 AM
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Sounds wonderful, but I'm sure there's several major catches not listed. Call me a skeptic... but I'll believe it when I see it.
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01-12-2003, 02:20 AM
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In the UK I can get unlimited GPRS for about �6. ($9)
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From who? None of the four UK networks offers such a package!
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01-12-2003, 02:37 AM
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In the UK I can get unlimited GPRS for about �6. ($9)
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and In Japan I got an Ulimited 128kpbs connection plus ISP for less than 5000 Yen (41,88 US) a month this on a CF Type II modem card wich is allow as well by software the ability to make or receive phone call directly form my Ipaq 3970 or my laptop. On the Ipaq It use both the Mic and Speaker you can also make a kind "conference call" with this or use a Walkman Headset for more privacy, this system work all over Japan
Also very soon Tokyo will be all cover on by Wifi Connection by NTT. Right now only some acces point are working the Internet speeb is a type of 12Mbps Adsl line (I m using a 8Mbps ADSL line at home) the price of this is actually of 1000 Yen (10 US)
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01-12-2003, 02:46 AM
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Magi
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Re: IP Wireless Puts Your Car on Broadband
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Originally Posted by Jason Dunn
IP Wireless is selling its system to cell phone and Internet access providers, who will remarket the service to consumers. It's already available through companies in Maui and in Jacksonville, Florida, which are providing mobile broadband service as inexpensively as $39 monthly--competitive with rates for traditional DSL service. But unlike traditional DSL service, which can't extend beyond the range of your home network, the IP Wireless system works anywhere a cell phone will, once it's deployed, according to Chris Gilbert, chief executive officer. The company says its base stations will cover a range of up to 17 miles.
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01-12-2003, 05:01 AM
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Mystic
Join Date: Jul 2003
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I have something similar
I am getting something similar right now with my internet access. I get about 1.2 - 2Mb throughput. www.zinnianet.com
I believe eventually WiFi type technologies will replace the 3G style networks just now coming online.
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