Matthew Poole wrote:
The easy answer at this point is that people keep on deluding themselves into thinking that wireless will be capable of replacing fibre as a fast, scalable service "real soon now"[tm]. Which is constantly proven to be testicles, but it muddies the waters just enough to confuse the lay observers.
Yes... where are our GPRS and CDMA wireless local loops? [1] -- Juha [1] "Wireless local-loop services also seem well placed to offer higher-speed Internet services, using CDMA and GPRS overlays on the Telecom and Vodafone networks respectively, within one to two years, and through the emergence of third generation(3G) services within two to four years." - From the Ministerial Inquiry into Telecommunications, Final Report, 27 Sept 2000. http://www.med.govt.nz/upload/30006/final.pdf