Fixed wireless plans - maximum speeds

I've been looking at fixed wireless plans and i see that my local supplier offers speeds of up to 5Mb/s, up to 8Mb/s and up to 12Mb/s.

I know the 'up to' bit is the important part but would the 'up to 12' be faster in reality than 'up to 5'. Surely contention would affect all clients?

rob808

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I've been looking at fixed wireless plans and i see that my local supplier offers speeds of up to 5Mb/s, up to 8Mb/s and up to 12Mb/s.

I know the 'up to' bit is the important part but would the 'up to 12' be faster in reality than 'up to 5'. Surely contention would affect all clients?

It comes down to line of sight and signal strength how far your from the mast the further away you are the slower speed plus also if it over subscribe.

ED E

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Surely contention would affect all clients?

I'm not a FWA customer but the impression we get is most of the networks here are oversold to a greater or lesser extent. When you have say the 12Mb package you'll get 12Mb in the middle of the night and 1Mb during the day while the 5Mb guy will get 5Mb at night and 1Mb during the day.

brianwalshcork

I'm on fixed wireless and get 17 or 18 Mpbs on 20 Mbps connection at all times - it depends on your location and provider.

ED E

ED E wrote: »

When you have say the 12Mb package you'll get 12Mb in the middle of the night and 1Mb during the day while the 5Mb guy will get 5Mb at night and 1Mb during the day.

Thats exactly my worry. The extra cost of the 12 package might be worth considering if it gave you 3 or 4Mb during the evenings compared to 1Mb for the 5 package, but when everybody is pulling off the same mast, I can't see how its possible.

ED E

They can implement QoS so that users who pay more get a larger fraction of the available bandwidth, but you'd have to ask the local provider if this is something that they do.

Generally if their packages are totally unlimited you can expect heavy load, but if there are strict caps(say 50GB) load will stay much lighter. I'd ask them to tell you what the current contention rate is before signing up, if they won't tell you then that may say a lot about the situation.

ED E

ED E wrote: »

They can implement QoS so that users who pay more get a larger fraction of the available bandwidth, but you'd have to ask the local provider if this is something that they do.

Generally if their packages are totally unlimited you can expect heavy load, but if there are strict caps(say 50GB) load will stay much lighter. I'd ask them to tell you what the current contention rate is before signing up, if they won't tell you then that may say a lot about the situation.

Thanks for the advice. I will follow up with them. What does QoS stand for?

guil

Quality of service