4 ms·
No, WiMAX service in Japan was ended. Currently a service called "WiMAX 2+" is operated by same operator, but it's actually just a TD-LTE, zero compatible to Wi
by fomine3 6y ago
No, WiMAX service in Japan was ended. Currently a service called "WiMAX 2+" is operated by same operator, but it's actually just a TD-LTE, zero compatible to WiMAX.
- johnwalkr 6y agoI stand corrected! The branding is pretty confusing. My device/plan had HS mode which is apparently WiMax 2+/TD-LTE, and HS+A mode which is normal LTE and much faster. And, use of the much faster HS+A mode was limited to 7GB per month. Once you go over 7GB, the speed of both modes is throttled to 128kbps for the rest of the month.
- agurk 6y agoThe outdated wikipedia page for WiMAX[0] has been updated with the uncited statement: The latest version of WiMAX, WiMAX release 2.1, popularly branded as/known as WiMAX 2+, is a backwards-compatible transition from previous WiMAX generations. It is compatible and interoperable with TD-LTE. Does this mean that WiMAX 2.1 can talk to an original WiMAX network also also talk to an unrelated TD-LTE one as well? [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WiMAX https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WiMAX
- ncmncm 6y agoMy bet is that the device can be operated by an old WiMax driver, with maybe the same pinout, to make transitioning old designs to continue working in an LTE-only world with just a part substitution and some new config details.