[LINK] National Broadband Network - except it's not national.

Martin Barry marty at supine.com
Tue May 11 18:45:29 AEST 2010


$quoted_author = "Richard Chirgwin" ;
> 
> Nobody's denying the popularity of wireless. The question is whether its 
> capability is comparable to a 100 Mbps FTTP solution. I say no; the 
> Shannon-Hartley theorem says no; even some of the wireless vendors 
> (Ericsson is on the record here) say no.

In fact, one of the benefits of the FTTH network was the possibility to
utilise femtocells to assist wireless coverage (lower power but more of
them). The ultimate "bundling" of landline and mobile?

cheers
Marty



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