On Mon, Mar 23, 2009 at 6:28 PM, Dinesh A. Joshi dinesh.a.joshi@gmail.comwrote:
Harsh Busa wrote:
for this wimax service they fix a dish type thing and suspends a lan
cable
in to your home POE device which will then feed lan cable to your laptop
/
computer / wireless device
I've a few questions.
- How is the latency and uptime on the connection?
uptime fairly decent now with both tata and reliance. in blr i had some trouble with tata initially but it works now.
- How much electricity does the dish consume?
never bothered to check. i didnot hear my parents complain about electricity bill
- How fast does the connection setup?
it took 2 days for reliance and 1 week for tata indicom.
- How much does the service deteriorate during rains?
did not for me atleast
- Where is the dish fixed?
on the terrace of my bldg . in bombay i m on 7th floor of 7 floor so cable aint too long . in blr i m on first floor of 5 floor bldg. still as good
- If I have a laptop with a wimax card in it, can I use this service on
that laptop?
not sure
- How do you login?
browser based auth .
- Dinesh