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What's wrong with wireless? (Unless that means LTE or WiMax or some broadband tech like that) I've always had FTTH, but at current residence (non-US) I have a
by drdaeman 9y ago
What's wrong with wireless? (Unless that means LTE or WiMax or some broadband tech like that)
I've always had FTTH, but at current residence (non-US) I have a radio bridge for the last ~500 meters - there's a railroad nearby so my ISP can't lay fiber directly to my house.
I've expected worse (esp. in a bad weather), but have zero problems whatsoever. Besides an extra half millisecond to what it could've been - which is insignificant - I have no issues.
- wtallis 9y agoBroadcast wireless (including LTE and WiMax) obviously doesn't scale. Point to point wireless can make far better use of the spectrum, but requires a lot more equipment at the endpoints and doesn't scale to large numbers of customers as easily as broadcast wireless. It's much closer to wired connections both in terms of cost and performance, but is fairly rare because it doesn't have a compelling business case except in cases like yours where the simple straightforward reliable wired solution is unavailable.