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Technology Stocks : Qualcomm Moderated Thread - please read rules before posting
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To: GO*QCOM who wrote (54346)8/10/2006 11:18:23 AM
From: Art Bechhoefer  Read Replies (2) of 197629
 
Regarding WiMax, my understanding of the technology is that you do need a line of sight, and buildings/walls or other solid objects interfere, at least at the 2.5 ghz frequency band. And the WiMax tests so far have only been done for fixed wireless, which admittedly would take care of many potential users. Also, I think that WiMax coverage, even as fixed wireless, would have some advantages in rural areas, but that's really because companies like Verizon are so slow in providing adequate coverage in rural areas.

There are enough restrictions or impediments for WiMax such that it is still correct to consider CDMA as the general solution of choice. I doubt that, by the time WiMax is implemented on a large scale, that the cost of WiMax will be much below CDMA, though that ultimately depends on what the service providers do.

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