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| Thread ID: 138311 | 2014-11-09 08:09:00 | Why do we use phone lines for Broadband? | mzee (3324) | PC World Chat |
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| 1387848 | 2014-11-10 02:29:00 | One size does not fit all. Indeed. I've had a 4G capable phone for a few months now, I did a speedtest in garden place as that's the only spot in Hamilton it works. 15Mbps - nice - pity I never go there. If coverage ever reaches my address and data prices go down, then maybe it could be a substitute for my existing connection. But it's unlikely. On a more interesting front (for me), with spark offering free wi-Fi use of up to 1GB/day from hotspots installed in selected phone booths and me living directly across the road from one (phone booth not hotspot), there's a chance they'll put a hotspot there and I'll have up to 30GB a month for free. Tested at my nearest one and speeds are not bad. |
dugimodo (138) | ||
| 1387849 | 2014-11-10 02:33:00 | Indeed. I've had a 4G capable phone for a few months now, I did a speedtest in garden place as that's the only spot in Hamilton it works. 15Mbps - nice - pity I never go there. If coverage ever reaches my address and data prices go down, then maybe it could be a substitute for my existing connection. But it's unlikely. On a more interesting front (for me), with spark offering free wi-Fi use of up to 1GB/day from hotspots installed in selected phone booths and me living directly across the road from one (phone booth not hotspot), there's a chance they'll put a hotspot there and I'll have up to 30GB a month for free. Tested at my nearest one and speeds are not bad. One speedtest on a 4G phone/device is enough - unless you have data to burn!!! |
johcar (6283) | ||
| 1387850 | 2014-11-10 05:26:00 | Why don't we all use Broadband on Cell phones? They would have to beef up their transmitters and lower the price. You pretty much just answered your own question. Plus, wireless is always subject to random latency problems. Wired is much more reliable and consistent. |
Agent_24 (57) | ||
| 1387851 | 2014-11-10 08:36:00 | And we have to use phone lines for broadband, because the underground bits make it too hard to use them for clothes lines . . . . | R2x1 (4628) | ||
| 1387852 | 2014-11-10 20:11:00 | You pretty much just answered your own question. Plus, wireless is always subject to random latency problems. Wired is much more reliable and consistent. Wireless broadband is also a finite resource. Unlike fiber where you can pump as much data as you want to do the same with wireless you need to pay lots of money for more bandwidth to keep up with demand hence some 3G services are starting to suffer in NZ due to lack of bandwidth.. There's not enough people on 4G to make much difference here but in the US it's not the case.. |
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