Can someone break down WiMax to me?

michael_knight

Ahh once again to my favorite tech site on the web, My day at work consists of reading the sports page checking out techexams studying checking out techexams again and going back to studying...Occasionally this pesky guy called a manager or something tells me I need to do some work, but I just tell him to please not use that type of language with me since work is a 4 letter word and I know his mother taught him better than to say 4 letter words.


Anyway all jokes aside I've been hearing alot about WiMax and I'm not sure I understand what it is so I know at least one of our tech geniuses can tell me Is it simply a Global wireless network? I think i read that you would be able to fly from New York to London without losing your wireless signal? Is this correct?

dynamik

I think the correct answer is: Hypothetically, yes.

Wikipedia has a pretty good breakdown: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wimax

The "uses" and "competing technologies" sections should answer all your questions.

JDMurray

WiMAX is not an attempt to blanket the entire Earth with network (Internet) access. The WiMAX project is instead an effort to unite a collection of telecommunications technologies that can create a wireless equivalent to DSL and cable access (3-30 mile range, 25-75Mbps) and compete with cellular networks. Can WiMAX be used to create a part of a single, global telecommunications network? Sure, but that's not the goal of the WiMAX project.

Intel - WiMAX Broadband Wireless Technology