I was amazed to read that one of the pioneers and a long time fan of WiMAX has publicly called it a failed technology and scrapped it’s network in Australia. I wonder how would the scenario be in Pakistan, where Wateen Telecom is working on the implementation of Pakistan first WiMAX network. Orascom Telecom is also in the process of starting its own WiMAX network in the country. A detail story can be found here.

Australia’s first WiMAX operator, Hervey Bay’s Buzz Broadband, has closed its network, with the CEO labeling the technology as a “disaster” that “failed miserably.”

 

In an astonishing tirade to an international WiMAX conference audience in Bangkok yesterday afternoon, CEO Garth Freeman slammed the technology, saying its non-line of sight performance was “non-existent” beyond just 2 kilometres from the base station, indoor performance decayed at just 400m and that latency rates reached as high as 1000 milliseconds. Poor latency and jitter made it unacceptable for many Internet applications and specifically VoIP, which Buzz has employed as the main selling point to induce people to shed their use of incumbent services. (Source Commsday)

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