Just curious if anyone has seen a coverage map that compares WiFi and
WiMax?
I spent a little bit of time researching WiMax, but decided I would
be unlikely to have a license and to just go with what I have that
mostly works (unlicensed). But I would like to know what WiMax means
in a rural, tree filled environment.
As a novice WISP (about 18 months now), I can only hope for good
coverage with 2.4GHz to maybe a mile. A rare house might have LOS
farther than that, but generally there will be enough trees in the
way by a mile to block my signal. (this is using farm grain legs/
silos for the AP, so maybe 150' max AGL) If I switch to 900MHz,
maybe the distance gets out to 2.5 miles.
Would a 2.5GHz Wimax AP push the signal much better thru trees? I
suppose it would make a difference what was at the customer end - a
laptop with a WiMax card vs a fixed, outdoor radio. And does AP
height help a lot? I don't see an advantage to paying commercial
tower rates to get above 200' in my situation, but maybe that changes
with WiMax.
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