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Wimax Latency

cherryghost

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

Thanks!

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Gizo

Anyone got a review of Wimax yet?

Jumpy

Midband forum no?

Hammer of Thor

Seriously? None of you Dubs have it yet?

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 .

jor el

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

cherryghost

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

Sponge Bob

It is , now where do you want it ??

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.

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.

Sponge Bob

Wimax is available already in parts of Longford .

cherryghost

Sponge Bob wrote: »

Wimax is available already in parts of Longford .

that isnt actually wimax and its a terrible service

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.

Thomas from Presence

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

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?

cherryghost

Xcellor wrote: »

Who is offering this?

imagine, according to their website

Sponge Bob

what is wrong with Crossan in the town ???

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.

Sponge Bob

from whom ??

and is it a fixed or mobile wimax ???

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.

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!!!

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.

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 .

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

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?

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.

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?

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.

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 !

cherryghost

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

cable842

no we dont have it in dublin at all.

its said to bring down the prices