From: email@body.of.post (Jason Soon)
Subject: Re: Internet Svc Provider to use GSM via Radio
Date: 1997/12/24
Message-ID: #1/1
References:  
Organization: Subscriber, Pacific Internet, Singapore
Newsgroups: alt.cellular,alt.cellular.gsm,alt.ham-radio.packet,bc.general,fido.phones


On Tue, 23 Dec 1997 23:17:26 -0600, No Spam  wrote:
>Ted Lee wrote: 
>> I read today in the Vancouver Sun that an Internet Service Provider going to
>> use GSM 1900 MHz to provide internet access to its customer base of 1400 as
>> an experiment. The radiowave link will provide between and up to 14.4k to
>> 250KBS. With hopes to increase to 550 KBS.
>> 
>> I didn't know that GSM could handle high speed data. What about CDMA? Can it
>> do the same?
>
>No, CDMA could not be made to go anywhere near this fast in its present
>form. I'd guess 11-13 kbps would be the top for today's CDMA products.
>
>-Matt

Wide-band CDMA is currently under testing in Japan and will soon be
rolled out to other parts of the world.  Initially it will support
384kbps Data transfer over the air and eventually it will reach the
designed limit of 2Mbps.  That's 2Mbps for each user.  They have bold
plans for such bandwidth, can you say "video-conferencing"?

The GSM consortium is planning a new standard to fight W-CDMA, how it
would turn out, it's anyone's guess.

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