[LINK] Re: The PLAN, and broadband speeds?
Glen Turner
gdt at gdt.id.au
Fri Jun 22 04:04:01 AEST 2007
> I found a WiMAX to WiFi Outdoor Gateway to be on sale later in the
> year: <http://www.zcom.com.tw/program/ZMAX-8300AG.asp?infoId=D|sE|u>.
> This has the electronics and antennas built into a weatherproof box.
> Add a solar panel and battery for about $200 extra and you would have
> a self contained unit you could strap to a pole, water tank or
> windmill, to relay the wireless service around a farmyard. Apart from
> Internet access, the same unit would also provide telephony using
> VoIP/WiFi handsets.
Which neatly summarises why Telstra is upset. Not only didn't its
attempt to exploit the situation to get a monopoly FTTN network
fail, but it's going to have government subsidised competition in
the long term for its 3G network too.
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Glen Turner
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