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Wi-max broadband - will speeds decrease?

  • 22-11-2011 11:52am
    #1
    LowOdour
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,583 ✭✭✭


    I currently recieve my broadband via wimax...and a good service is provided. The dish is placed on top of the roof, and is in line of sight of the mast. Now, im moving to a new house 150 feet away and line of sight on the new house is blocked by trees. To get around the issue, the installation enginneer said I could move dish to a poll 50 feet away, and run cable from there.

    My question is, would the signal/speeds be reduced greatly if the wimax receving dish is that far away from the house?

    Dont want to go through the hassel and cost if there is a chance that our speeds are going to decrease (as it only is a 2MB download as it stands).

    Oh, i live in a rural enough area so not many other broadband options available!


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  • #2
    jor el
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,713 ✭✭✭✭jor el


    Who is the ISP? Wimax is a technology, not a service provider. It has various implementations which can effect your service.


  • #3
    LowOdour
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,583 ✭✭✭LowOdour


    Lightnet Broadband is the ISP.


  • #4
    Sponge Bob
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 25,234 ✭✭✭✭Sponge Bob


    No problem, ethernet cable will run 100m.


  • #5
    LowOdour
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    Sponge Bob wrote: »
    No problem, ethernet cable will run 100m.

    And that will be without any impact on the 2MB download speeds? If so, then thats what i wanted to hear!


  • #6
    PogMoThoin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,874 ✭✭✭✭PogMoThoin


    LowOdour wrote: »
    And that will be without any impact on the 2MB download speeds? If so, then thats what i wanted to hear!

    It's not like analogue, it works under 100m, not at all over that


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  • #7
    -=al=-
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,288 ✭✭✭-=al=-


    Should be alrite yeah


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