Da-Chief
03-24-2008, 15:59
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The operator of Australia's first WiMAX network is calling WiMax technology (or at least their implementation of it) "a disaster (http://www.commsday.com/node/228)." Just twelve months ago, Buzz Broadband CEO Garth Freeman was praising the technology as his company began offering discount VoIP services over the network. But after having some time to tinker with the technology, the CEO has drastically changed his tune, saying the technology is "mired in opportunistic hype":In an astonishing tirade to an international WiMAX conference audience in Bangkok yesterday afternoon, CEO Garth Freeman slammed the technology, saying its non-line of sight performance was non-existent beyond just 2 kilometres from the base station, indoor performance decayed at just 400m and that latency rates reached as high as 1000 milliseconds. Poor latency and jitter made it unacceptable for many Internet applications and specifically VoIP, which Buzz has employed as the main selling point to induce people to shed their use of incumbent services.
Such a review certainly can't make the PR folks at Intel (who have been building hype surrounding the technology for years) very happy.
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The operator of Australia's first WiMAX network is calling WiMax technology (or at least their implementation of it) "a disaster (http://www.commsday.com/node/228)." Just twelve months ago, Buzz Broadband CEO Garth Freeman was praising the technology as his company began offering discount VoIP services over the network. But after having some time to tinker with the technology, the CEO has drastically changed his tune, saying the technology is "mired in opportunistic hype":In an astonishing tirade to an international WiMAX conference audience in Bangkok yesterday afternoon, CEO Garth Freeman slammed the technology, saying its non-line of sight performance was non-existent beyond just 2 kilometres from the base station, indoor performance decayed at just 400m and that latency rates reached as high as 1000 milliseconds. Poor latency and jitter made it unacceptable for many Internet applications and specifically VoIP, which Buzz has employed as the main selling point to induce people to shed their use of incumbent services.
Such a review certainly can't make the PR folks at Intel (who have been building hype surrounding the technology for years) very happy.
read comment(s) (http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Australian-ISP-CEO-Wimax-a-Disaster-92913)
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