DSL alternative
Designing Multihop Wireless Backhaul Networks With Delay Guarantees
White Paper Existing wired backhaul technologies such as copper wires running at DSL, T1, or T3 speeds can be expensive to install or lease, and are becoming a performance bottleneck as wireless access speeds increase. [09 Nov 2009]
Mobile WiMax won't win race to become 4G king
News We see mobile WiMax [as being] less about mobile broadband and far more about an untethered, ubiquitous DSL alternative, delivering an open IP broadband connection across town centres and things of that... [23 Jul 2009]
Deploying Mobile WiMAX Networks
White Paper WiMAX, the Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access, is described by the WiMAX Forum as "A standards-based technology enabling the delivery of last mile wireless broadband access as an alternative to cable and... [23 Apr 2009]
Extending WiMAX to Novel and Stringent Wireless Scenarios: An Introduction to the WEIRD Project
White Paper Many application scenarios have been studied so far, including Wireless Local Loop, Wireless DSL and as an alternative to 3G in developing countries. IEEE 802.16/WiMAX is one of the most promising... [23 Apr 2009]
Extending WiMAX Technology to Support End to End QoS Guarantees
White Paper Many application scenarios have been studied so far, including Wireless Local Loop, Wireless DSL and as an alternative to 3G in developing countries. IEEE 802.16/WiMAX is one of the most promising... [23 Apr 2009]
WiMAX Opportunities in the Broadcast Environment
White Paper While Wi-Fi was developed to cover small areas such as a home, coffee shop or office floor, WiMAX is intended to deliver 'Last mile' wireless broadband access over large coverage areas - typically as an alternative to... [23 Apr 2009]
Performance Analysis of the WIMAX-D Physical Layer Blocks on a Next Generation Baseband Processor Platform
White Paper Wireless MAN Standards-based technology enable the delivery of "Last mile" wireless broadband access as an alternative to Cable and DSL. This paper provides an overview of the radio interface physical... [22 Apr 2009]
Broadband: Incumbents' grasp slipping in Europe
News In July 2003, the EC found, incumbents controlled 77.9 per cent of Europe's DSL broadband lines. According to the research, just over 15 per cent of all Europe's DSL lines are found in the UK. The EC's... [01 Dec 2008]
Alaska Legislative Affairs Agency Gets in the Act With a Juniper Networks NetScreen Firewall and SSL VPN Solution
White Paper The company needed a low cost, highly secure alternative that would function efficiently no matter whether the user was connected to the network via a 56K connection in a tiny field office or a DSL... [11 Sep 2008]
WiMax - spreading to more UK businesses
News Like the company Freedom4 - a spin-off from the former Pipex Wireless - On-Communications is offering fixed WiMax as a cheaper, wireless alternative to symmetrical DSL. On-Communications has said it has... [10 Jul 2008]
Nationwide WiMax in next two years?
News However, according to Patel, WiMax is not going to be a "competitor to 3G or DSL", rather it will form a new market and all the technologies can happily co-exist. This is the most significant WiMax-related deal to be... [09 May 2008]
Commercial WiMax on the council?
News Run by a council-owned business called ConnectMK, the service offers local residents and businesses a wireless alternative to the relatively expensive symmetrical DSL (SDSL) connections. However, the... [19 Dec 2007]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: The GDP threat
Comment The bad news is there has been around 20 years of investment in the wrong technologies (ie more copper cables and DSL) and any abrupt change of course now is really going to hurt! And best of all, the cost of ownership... [05 May 2006]
Intel pours more cash into worldwide WiMax
News Intel touts WiMax as a last-mile alternative for remote areas not currently served by DSL (digital subscriber line) or cable, as well as a way to make it possible to wirelessly connect buildings located... [11 Nov 2005]
Leader: Cable marriage - look on the bright side
Leader And, as is seen across the world with the exception of the US, DSL over copper phone lines is growing faster than broadband over cable connections. Though don't go thinking the cablecos don't also have the facility to do... [03 Oct 2005]