FCC Approves First Laptop WiMax Card

[Joe]

Clearwire has been given the FCC's stamp of approval for its laptop WiMAX card. The card, which will be available during the second half of this year, will enable laptop users to connect to Clearwire's WiMAX network via a standard Type II card. Clearwire will support Windows XP and Vista with the cards, which will be manufactured by Motorola.

Clearwire is based in Kirkland, WA and provides wireless broadband and VoIP services. It controls around 15 percent of the US 2.5GHz spectrum and claimed to have over 160,000 wireless broadband customers as of last September. The company currently offers WiMAX service with download speeds of up to 1.5Mbps in 37 markets across 12 states, which it says covers over 350 towns and cities. The company is also active in Belgium, Ireland, and Denmark.

This will be Great in Ireland where a company called 'Irish Broadband' offer basically all Ireland WiMax Coverage (according to their advertisements)

|Source :: ArsTechnica|

 

[Joe]

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[Ham]

So is this like satalite BB or what? 1.5mbps may seem like a bad day on DSLmax for the city folk here but us stuck in the sticks on 512 could do with a 1mb boost!

 

[Joe]

So is this like satalite BB or what? 1.5mbps may seem like a bad day on DSLmax for the city folk here but us stuck in the sticks on 512 could do with a 1mb boost!

WiMax --- NetGen Wifi its like a cellular WiFi Network

 

[PP Mguire]

Yea its like buying a Cingular or Verizon wireless broadband card for your laptop. I guess cept this is a different company. So its WiFi not satelite.

 

[nathan]

3G are competitors of WiMax just to give you an idea of what it is.

EDIT: Woooo, just reading about the next best thing, 4G. Says a speed of >100Mbps up and down :O

 

[PP Mguire]

Ooo nice. Yea i was thinking about getting one of those cards for my laptop when i realized 1 i dont have those PCMIA slots and 2 its 60 bucks a month.