Any WiMAX towers currently operating on East Coast???

I want to test my laptop with 802.11g in a WiMAX hotspot, but cant seem to
locate any on the East Coast. The only one I know that is currently operational
is the one on the Space Needle in Seattle.

Anyone know of current WiMAX towers in the East?

>I want to test my laptop with 802.11g in a WiMAX hotspot, but cant seem to
> locate any on the East Coast. The only one I know that is currently
> operational
> is the one on the Space Needle in Seattle.
>
> Anyone know of current WiMAX towers in the East?

802.11g hardware is not compatible with WiMax, it's going to require new
hardware to communicate (not readily available yet)

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/04..._wimax_muddle/

and in the early going, it's not going to be cheap or free....

http://www.speakeasy.net/business/wimax/


-- Paul

"Paul" <paule-(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>> and in the early going, it's not going to be cheap or free....
>
> http://www.speakeasy.net/business/wimax/
>

6mbps costs $1200 per month on a month to month basis. Is this expected to
change in the near future? Will it be priced so that average consumers can
afford it? I'd love to have it, but there's no way I'd pay as much as my
rent for my ISP.

> 6mbps costs $1200 per month on a month to month basis. Is this expected to
> change in the near future? Will it be priced so that average consumers can
> afford it? I'd love to have it, but there's no way I'd pay as much as my
> rent for my ISP.

There's no way WiMAX will stay at that price for long. I remember paying
$60/mo. for ISDN to my house in 1997 and it was only 128K downstream.
Everything new is pricey, but will drop fast.

I predict total nationwide WiMAX coverage by 2012 for a mere
$10/mo.......broadband paradise!

Bootstrap Bill <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
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> "Paul" <paule-(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>>> and in the early going, it's not going to be cheap or free....
>>
>> http://www.speakeasy.net/business/wimax/

> 6mbps costs $1200 per month on a month to month basis. Is this expected to
> change in the near future? Will it be priced so that average consumers can
> afford it? I'd love to have it, but there's no way I'd pay as much as my
> rent for my ISP.

Wi-max is never going to replace copper.
There are simply too many people.
A 10Km radius may have perhaps 10000 internet connections, all going at
an average of some 3K/second.
Wi-max simply can't do even close to 30M/second to thousands of users.

In sparse communities, maybe it might compete a bit.