Comments on: Everything's Relative, Especially Wireless Broadband Speeds http://gigaom.com/2009/05/26/everythings-relative-especially-wireless-broadband-speeds/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 22:52:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Shannon http://gigaom.com/2009/05/26/everythings-relative-especially-wireless-broadband-speeds/#comment-211772 Thu, 28 May 2009 02:10:46 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=51486#comment-211772 The thing is, with lab tests, they’ve obtained such high speeds because, they’re probably only a few metres from the tower/reciever and they have the best of equipment on their side working for them. When in all honesty no houses are usually within the 10-50 metres you’d get max speed. The majority of houses are in between 100-upto-3-4 KM (2.5 Miles) away. Why promote speeds that no one will get?

]]> By: Björn http://gigaom.com/2009/05/26/everythings-relative-especially-wireless-broadband-speeds/#comment-211771 Tue, 26 May 2009 17:45:34 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=51486#comment-211771 If I’ve understood the ombudsman correctly operators are still allowed to “advertise their wireless speeds based on the maximum levels achieved in the lab” but not based on some link level data rate that can never be reached (even in theory) at the user level.

Call me a skeptic but why would the typical LTE user data rate be twice as fast as HSPA+ (given both have 2×2 MIMO and use the same spectrum)? Both HSPA+ and LTE are walking the Shannon capacity line, i.e. they are as efficient as physics will allow. Only by adding more base stations, using more spectrum, increasing transmit power or removing users can you increase the typical data rate.

]]> By: Shannon http://gigaom.com/2009/05/26/everythings-relative-especially-wireless-broadband-speeds/#comment-211770 Tue, 26 May 2009 15:50:01 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=51486#comment-211770 Could you please post on wireless and general ADSL speed in Australia? And also if there are to be any developments in increasing their speeds?

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