Comments on: Sneak peek into WiMAX

By: dk

dk — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 17:36:19 +0000

ocworkbench: Is WiMAX available in Singapore mainland already? My understanding is that it is only available in the Straits of Singapore.

Mobile Broadband is good, but the speed is still not fast enough. OK, maybe my expectation is too high.

Can the firmware be upgraded? Where can we do that? I didn’t know can upgrade firmware.

By: ocworkbench

ocworkbench — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 00:40:53 +0000

Wireless@SG is a mess wifi network with hot spots or within isolated coffee bars or restaurants.

If you want to experience Pre Wimax 802.16d, you can check out Qmax.com.sg, I have used it for the past 1 yr and the speeds are consistent unlike HSPA plans.

I am currently using the M1 Broadband USB stick. I can stream youtube unlike Starhub 8mbps fix broadband. If you think HSPA sucks, you should try it again with the Vodaphone K3715 stick. A lot of m1 subscribers never bother to upgrade their Huawei E220 firmware to get better speeds.

You can see my speedtest results at http://my.ocworkbench.com/bbs under networking section.

ocworkbench´s last blog post..Catalyst 8.12 hotfix didn’t solve the CrossFire issue

By: dk

dk — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 11:45:24 +0000

Wireless@sg? Please lor. Don’t get me started on my complains on Wireless@sg.

I’m not sure about WiMAX in Singapore. Currently Qmax is putting WiMAX in the Singapore Straits.

By: RD

RD — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 11:30:25 +0000

So when will wimax come to Singapore beyond the straits? I thought I read a press release about how Wireless@SG was supposed to bring Wifi to the whole island, but I can hardly get a signal in most areas. Which company is deploying nationwide WiMAX in Singapore?

By: dk

dk — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 17:17:52 +0000

pkchukiss: ST and Starhub’s Mobile BB still not that bad. Wait till you use M1.

Nick: I think the main concern from everyone is, whether WiMAX can handle the heavy load in a densely populated place like Singapore.

By: pkchukiss

pkchukiss — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 11:01:10 +0000

@Nick: We're probably too many people per unit land area for the service to cater to properly. I wonder if anybody knows the number of simultaneous users that these things are rated to support. At any rate, the limit is being broken during the evening peak hours! They're evil to deprive us Internet addicts of the service we paid for! *shakes fist* =) pkchukisss last blog post..A Good Meal today

By: Nick Jacobs

Nick Jacobs — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 01:32:56 +0000

Re. ST’s Broadband on Mobile service – that’s why we’ve been saying that HSDPA doesn’t really cut it for the needs of mobile data…

Nick Jacobs
Intel Asia PR

By: Jonathan Nguyen

Jonathan Nguyen — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 20:54:51 +0000

By the sounds of things, I should never complain about Australian Broadband again!

By: pkchukiss

pkchukiss — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 17:47:05 +0000

I'm currently using ST's Broadband on Mobile service, and the data transfer rate practically crawls after 6pm. I sure hope that whatever technology we're transitioning to next (the 4G one appears to be 3GPP Long Term Evolution) has enough capacity to handle all that demand during peak hours. I'm going mad just waiting for Gmail to finish loading! pkchukisss last blog post..A Good Meal today

By: dk

dk — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 17:38:48 +0000

eastcoastlife: This template nicer mah.