Thread: N810 Wimax Edition: Get it While it's Lukewarm
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2008-08-04 , 01:07
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Originally Posted by TTgowings View Post
I'm just still curious as to why Nokia seems to think Wi-Max is more important then wireless Gigabit/N especially since the draft is now off of N.

As many ppl have pointed out that Wi-Max starts off on shaky ground and only a select few markets whereas many ppl have or would or could upgrade to Gigabit.
The N8xx's don't really have the CPU power to process that much bandwidth. Even if it could actually transmit a gigabit of information in a second, it wouldn't be able to do anything with it. The N8xx's aren't even likely to max out a 802.11g link.

The point of Wi-Max isn't exceeding the speed limits of the devices' existing links, but rather giving the device greater range for "ubiquitous" connectivity to the internet.

If my area had Wi-Max, I'd be all over it, assuming the rates were reasonable. (Ha ha.)