Mobile Broadband

Are You Ready for 5G Wireless?

May 16 2013 / No Comments

Samsung just announced they have completed a proof of concept that speeds well above 4G LTE are possible.  Initial testing showed more than 1 Gbps speeds with a distance of around 1-1/4 miles was achieved using the millimeter-wave bands. Surprisingly, there are a lot of wireless pundits pooh-poohing the announcement.  I’ll ...

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FCC Reveals High Speed Internet Acceleration Initiative

Feb 4 2013 / No Comments

The FCC has been pushing to increase wireless broadband-based high speed Internet for years.  The NBP (National Broadband Plan) was started in March, 2010 with a goal of providing affordable, high-speed Internet access to everyone in America. They hoped to stimulate the economy, create more jobs, and improve education, healthcare and ...

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Free Broadband Is the Next Niche Market

Oct 11 2012 / No Comments

There is an old Pennsylvania Dutch saying “For free, take.  For buy, ask questions.”  It certainly looks like that saying holds true today in practice. Offer something for free and people will flock to you and grab whatever you are offering.  The same thing appears to be happening in a niche ...

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Is the wireless spectrum shortage fact or fiction?

Aug 27 2012 / 1 Comment

For years we have heard the wireless companies complaining about the shortage of spectrum.  All the big ones: AT&T, Verizon, Sprint and T-Mobile have been the most vocal. When AT&T applied to purchase T-Mobile and use their licenses and infrastructure to jumpstart their 4G LTE network, all the other companies complained.  ...

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Huawei announces 30 Gbps wireless broadband technology

Mar 20 2012 / No Comments

Huawei announced today, March 20th, that they have developed a wireless data technology which is 20 times the speed of existing LTE technology.  That works out to a speed of 30 Gbps. In order to achieve such speeds, Huawei is using advanced IF (Intermediate Frequency) algorithms, Multi-user MIMO (Multi-Input Multi-Output), “ultra ...

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NetZero announces new free 4G mobile broadband service

Mar 19 2012 / No Comments

NetZero is a company that was first known for free Internet access through dial-up when other companies were charging from $20 a month on up for the same modem access.  Now they are breaking the free wireless broadband ground. You heard me right; you can get free wireless broadband access.  Just ...

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Wireless broadband services dramatically enhanced in the past year in Austin by AT&T

Mar 9 2012 / No Comments

AT&T has made great progress in expanding and enhancing its wireless broadband services in Austin, Texas.  In the past year, around 350 wireless network upgrades were performed. A total of 10 new cell sites and wireless towers were installed.  These additional sites now provide greater and more reliable coverage throughout ...

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FCC poised to kill LightSquared 4G LTE network

Feb 15 2012 / No Comments

The FCC is ready to hit the kill switch and cut off the 4G LTE network build for LightSquared.  Broadband Expert has been reporting on the LightSquared problems between their proposed 4G LTE network and GPS operations since June 1st of last year. Broadband Expert also suggested a simple solution: The ...

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Wireless broadband antennas hiding in plain sight in your neighborhood [pictures]

Jan 31 2012 / No Comments

If you keep up on the broadband news at your local neighborhood you will find someone complaining about a broadband antenna that they would rather have put somewhere else.  The “not in my backyard” syndrome is often seen in the local towns. There are a small group of people who think ...

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Three Ohio cities received more than 760 wireless broadband improvements from AT&T

Jan 20 2012 / No Comments

In the past year, three Ohio cities have had improvements to their AT&T wireless broadband infrastructure.  Major improvements in the backhaul connections were made. A backhaul connection is the data pipe that connects the wireless broadband cellular site to the Internet.  As the capacity of this pipe is increased the wireless ...

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