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Wireless Provider?

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  • 08-03-2009 6:37pm
    #1
    thesecretforme
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    What is the best for value Broadband Wireless Provider?


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    Marlow
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    That depends on, what kind of wireless product you are looking for. (Wireless can be many things, there's at least 5 different product types that go under the category wireless).

    And it also depends on where you are.

    /Martin


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    watty
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    Also you can have a Wireless adaptor (WiFi) on any Broadband product. Some people think to have "cordless" use of the Laptop anywhere in the house they need a "Wireless" product. The reverse is true as all Wireless products work better with a fixed outdoor aerial and internal WiFi for a "wireless" connection to the laptop.

    Basic variations of Wireless delivery of Internet
    • Strict Line Of Sight (LOS) Fixed Wireless Broadband. 3Mbps to 1000Mbps (the higer speeds are expensive business products). Outdoor Radio/Aerial/Dish
    • Fixed Wireless Broadband that may not need the mast to be visible (Near LOS or Non-LOS). Outdoor Radio/Aerial/Dish. Performance can be from 256k to 6Mbps depending on band and technology.
    • Nomadic Wireless. Usually not real Broadband performance. (Ripwave, Clearwire). Works best at windowsill facing mast. Latency can be very high.
    • Mobile Wireless using phone company Infrastructure. EDGE via GSM or HSDPA/HSPA via 3G. Very variable performance. Even if it is 4Mbps all this week, it could be less than 0.2Mbps forever afterwards. Latency varies from poor to terrible. It drops connections or refuses to connect. This compares Mobile with Fixed. http://irishwattystuff.com/comparewireless/CompareHSPAandFixed-v4.html Presently Mobile Data is hugely subsidised by Voice (which costs 500x less) and SMS (which costs nearly nothing). Expect no significant rise in Cap and rises in price once they stop adding customers due to eircom's high line rental.
    • Fixed Satellite (VSAT). Expensive and 790ms latency minimum. Low Cap. No self hosting allowed.
    • Portable Satellite (Inmarsat, Thurya). Very expensive, slow, high latency.
    r


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    godskitchen
    Registered Users Posts: 1,826 ✭✭✭godskitchen


    watty wrote: »
    Also you can have a Wireless adaptor (WiFi) on any Broadband product. Some people think to have "cordless" use of the Laptop anywhere in the house they need a "Wireless" product. The reverse is true as all Wireless products work better with a fixed outdoor aerial and internal WiFi for a "wireless" connection to the laptop.

    Basic variations of Wireless delivery of Internet
    • Strict Line Of Sight (LOS) Fixed Wireless Broadband. 3Mbps to 1000Mbps (the higer speeds are expensive business products). Outdoor Radio/Aerial/Dish
    • Fixed Wireless Broadband that may not need the mast to be visible (Near LOS or Non-LOS). Outdoor Radio/Aerial/Dish. Performance can be from 256k to 6Mbps depending on band and technology.
    • Nomadic Wireless. Usually not real Broadband performance. (Ripwave, Clearwire). Works best at windowsill facing mast. Latency can be very high.
    • Mobile Wireless using phone company Infrastructure. EDGE via GSM or HSDPA/HSPA via 3G. Very variable performance. Even if it is 4Mbps all this week, it could be less than 0.2Mbps forever afterwards. Latency varies from poor to terrible. It drops connections or refuses to connect. This compares Mobile with Fixed. http://irishwattystuff.com/comparewireless/CompareHSPAandFixed-v4.html Presently Mobile Data is hugely subsidised by Voice (which costs 500x less) and SMS (which costs nearly nothing). Expect no significant rise in Cap and rises in price once they stop adding customers due to eircom's high line rental.
    • Fixed Satellite (VSAT). Expensive and 790ms latency minimum. Low Cap. No self hosting allowed.
    • Portable Satellite (Inmarsat, Thurya). Very expensive, slow, high latency.
    r

    I think you should get the same amount of information as you have given us.

    My answer is Westnet


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