[GRLUG] 4g "ymax"

[Ben DeMott]

>From my understanding 4g is all IP based and is an extension of the 802.11
standard with a larger spectrum.
Things should behave in general more like you are on a wifi network.
Just imagine forwarding your own IP telephony connection to a phone in your
house?

Right now when I get on the internet with my phone - the actual internet
connection pops out in Virginia... I gotta assume the way the infrastructure
is fashioned presents a huge bottleneck to the carriers.

It will never happen but I really want my Television to ring when my cell
phone is called without having a "meta-number".

On Thu, Sep 9, 2010 at 7:21 PM, Clay Ashby <kingpoiuy at gmail.com> wrote:

> I'm no expert on the subject, but i know a few people with 4g phones, and
> they say the coverage is pretty sparse. But 4g is new, so it will get better
> over time.  From what I've heard other companies (like this one) rent the
> service from Sprint, so basically it's a Sprint 4g connection.
>
> Your latency on 3g is pretty bad, around 200, so don't plan on playing many
> shooters, 4g is probably similar, but like i said, i'm no expert.
>
>
> On Thu, Sep 9, 2010 at 6:10 PM, Topher <topher at codeventure.net> wrote:
>
>> Anyone heard of Clear "YMax" before?  They had a stand at woodland and I
>> grabbed a brochure.  The coverage map on their web site looks pretty decent.
>>  http://www.clear.com/coverage?intcmp=index_d_prmnav_cvg
>>
>> The web site says "up to" 6M down, "up to" 1M up, but the brochure was a
>> little more honest, and said the average up is 3-4M.
>>
>> Home-only is $44/mo, and home+mobile is $64.  All of the plans require a
>> 2yr contract, which is awful in my opinion.
>>
>> topher
>>
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