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Wimax Latency

  • 07-11-2009 04:40PM
    #1
    cherryghost
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 17,150 Mod ✭✭✭✭


    Hi folks, just wondering for those of you who are currently on Wimax.

    Whats the average latency you get when pinging some well known sites? Also, gaming servers. I hear its pretty rubbish, but I wanna hear it straight from some boardsies mouths :o Thanks!


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  • #2
    Gizo
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14 ✭Gizo


    Anyone got a review of Wimax yet?


  • #3
    Jumpy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,606 ✭✭✭Jumpy


    Midband forum no?


  • #4
    Hammer of Thor
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 104 ✭✭Hammer of Thor


    Seriously? None of you Dubs have it yet? :)


  • #5
    Sponge Bob
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 25,234 ✭✭✭✭Sponge Bob


    Wimax where ??

    There are different versions of it some of which have been live for 2 or more years . It would be classed as Broadband were it fixed .

    No boards user has tested and commented on the Imagine one yet Hammer .


  • #6
    jor el
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,713 ✭✭✭✭jor el


    Fixed or nomadic Wimax? They're very different, and user experience will vary significantly.


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  • #7
    cherryghost
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 17,150 Mod ✭✭✭✭cherryghost


    lets go with fixed. far more stable and reliable i believe.


  • #8
    Sponge Bob
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 25,234 ✭✭✭✭Sponge Bob


    It is , now where do you want it ??


  • #9
    cherryghost
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 17,150 Mod ✭✭✭✭cherryghost


    its coming in february in longford, i just want to know the latency yee dubliners are getting before i decide whether its viable for me or not.


  • #10
    jor el
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,713 ✭✭✭✭jor el


    I don't think there is any fixed Wimax in Dublin yet, is there?

    If anyone's thinking Imagine Wimax, that's mobile, and will not be any indication of what you'll get on fixed.


  • #11
    Sponge Bob
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 25,234 ✭✭✭✭Sponge Bob


    Wimax is available already in parts of Longford .


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  • #12
    cherryghost
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 17,150 Mod ✭✭✭✭cherryghost


    Sponge Bob wrote: »
    Wimax is available already in parts of Longford .

    that isnt actually wimax and its a terrible service :)


  • #13
    jor el
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,713 ✭✭✭✭jor el


    Westnet operate fixed wimax in Mayo. You could ask them what typical performance is like. I believe the owners are also members of these boards.

    One companies implementation in one area, may not be a very good indication of what you might get from a different company in your area though. Think of Three, Vodafone and O2. All using the exact same technology, but with vastly varying results.

    You'll really need to wait and see what comes to your area.


  • #14
    Thomas from Presence
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,151 ✭✭✭Thomas from Presence


    Sales at Imagine told me that the contention for Wimax is 24:1 at busy periods. No big leap forward there.


  • #15
    Xcellor
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,821 ✭✭✭Xcellor


    cherryghost wrote: »
    its coming in february in longford, i just want to know the latency yee dubliners are getting before i decide whether its viable for me or not.

    Who is offering this?


  • #16
    cherryghost
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 17,150 Mod ✭✭✭✭cherryghost


    Xcellor wrote: »
    Who is offering this?

    imagine, according to their website


  • #17
    Sponge Bob
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 25,234 ✭✭✭✭Sponge Bob


    what is wrong with Crossan in the town ???


  • #18
    macroman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 980 ✭✭✭macroman


    I've had WiMax for around 2 months now. Took the installer 3 attempts and 3 receivers to get it working (1st wouldn't allow devices to connect, 2nd wouldn't receive a signal and 3rd worked eventually).

    I wouldn't dare call it stable, as I can be at my witts end sometimes when it loses connection. Sometimes its gone weeks without dropping signal whereas sometimes it can happen 3 or 4 times a day.

    The only reason I have it is because it's cheap (€18.95 a month), it was a Free Upgrade and UPC B/B won't be in my area until January.

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  • #19
    Sponge Bob
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 25,234 ✭✭✭✭Sponge Bob


    from whom ??

    and is it a fixed or mobile wimax ???


  • #20
    DECEiFER
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,243 ✭✭✭DECEiFER


    Imagine have a contract with Motorola worth millions.

    Sources:

    http://mediacenter.motorola.com/content/detail.aspx?ReleaseID=11959&NewsAreaID=2

    http://www.telecompaper.com/news/article.aspx?cid=696784


    Check these:

    http://www.imagine.ie/wimax-splash/imagine-wimax-broadband.html

    http://www.imagine.ie/wimax-splash/mobile-wimax-broadband.html


    If the fixed packages are not in Dublin yet, they will be soon. Coming to Tralee in February too.


    Oh, and:

    http://www.imagine.ie/wimax-splash/imagine-wimax-bundles.html


    Bye bye, Eircon. :)


  • #21
    Hammer of Thor
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 104 ✭✭Hammer of Thor


    So from reading the posts am I to gather that Imagine WiMax is not going to be fixed wireless at all? So its not going to be any good for Xbox Live? Say it ain't so!!!


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  • #22
    DECEiFER
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,243 ✭✭✭DECEiFER


    Hammer of Thor wrote: »
    So from reading the posts am I to gather that Imagine WiMax is not going to be fixed wireless at all? So its not going to be any good for Xbox Live? Say it ain't so!!!
    Did you not read my post? :)

    Check the links that I provided, the middle two specifically. There's mobile and fixed WiMax coming...soon.


  • #23
    Sponge Bob
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 25,234 ✭✭✭✭Sponge Bob


    There is no fixed Wimax coming soon anywhere.

    Imagine ( and Motorola ) only do mobile wimax also known as 802.16e but sometimes the signal is so weak they gotta do ( literally) fixed mobile wireless instead at an unknown extra cost to the customer .


  • #24
    Hammer of Thor
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 104 ✭✭Hammer of Thor


    DECEiFER wrote: »
    Did you not read my post? :)

    Check the links that I provided, the middle two specifically. There's mobile and fixed WiMax coming...soon.


    I did, I did!!! lol, yeah but I just checked again and it doesn't metion anything about fixed, just the dongle and the hub, how can the hub be fixed? I'm a noob in these matters btw, so be kind!:D


  • #25
    Hammer of Thor
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 104 ✭✭Hammer of Thor


    Sponge Bob wrote: »
    There is no fixed Wimax coming soon anywhere.

    Imagine ( and Motorola ) only do mobile wimax also known as 802.16e but sometimes the signal is so weak they gotta do ( literally) fixed mobile wireless instead at an unknown extra cost to the customer .

    So if I'm living close to the mast, around 1 km, and have a pretty clear line of sight, which I do, I shouldn't need fixed to get a decent speed with a low latency? Am I living in cuckoo land?


  • #26
    Sponge Bob
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 25,234 ✭✭✭✭Sponge Bob


    The hub is 'nomadic'...strictly speaking... and can be made 'mobile' if you pay them extra amount every month ...and you plug it in to power wherever you are if there is a signal . At one km the hub should work and the dongle...just about .

    The fixed version ( external antenna) is not shown on their website at all.


  • #27
    Hammer of Thor
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 104 ✭✭Hammer of Thor


    Understood, thanks very muchski! So when do ye reckon the first boards members may have news for us? Anyone been signed up yet or does all that start mid-November still?


  • #28
    jor el
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,713 ✭✭✭✭jor el


    cherryghost wrote: »
    imagine, according to their website

    That is not going to be fixed. Imagine are only offering mobile Wimax.

    Since this thread appears to mainly be about mobile Wimax, and more specifically Imagine's new product, I think it's best off in the Midband forum.


  • #29
    Sponge Bob
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 25,234 ✭✭✭✭Sponge Bob


    Lots of variables here, it depends on how they implement QOS and MAC address based prioritisations to an extent . It also depends on whether they implement the full ERTPS QOS for all customers/services or indeed what if any of UGS, ERTPS, RTPS, NRTPS or BE they use ( and when) and whether this applies to the IP stream or the VOIP only .

    The marketing people don't seem to want to tell us !


  • #30
    cherryghost
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 17,150 Mod ✭✭✭✭cherryghost


    ugh.. feck that then. im too far out of town to get anything above 1mb :/


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  • #31
    cable842
    Closed Accounts Posts: 745 ✭✭✭cable842


    no we dont have it in dublin at all.

    its said to bring down the prices


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