ASUS WiMAX Today and Tomorrow

by Jarred Walton on 1/7/2008 6:35 PM EST
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  • larrybailey - Tuesday, April 7, 2009 - link

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  • Regs - Tuesday, January 8, 2008 - link

    Is it going to be the same encryption and security protocol with any other wireless connection? 50km is a lot of real estate for people to leech or hack.
  • JarredWalton - Tuesday, January 8, 2008 - link

    WiMAX is actually going to be more like the 3G/4G phone networks, so the encryption is not at all the same I don't think. Besides, only WEP encryption is totally insecure; I'm not aware of WPA/WPA2 being easily hackable - but then I'm not a hacker really, so what do I know? :)
  • elessar1 - Wednesday, January 9, 2008 - link

    it works flawslesly here in Santiago (Chile), you can have a wimax connection (400 kbps) + 1 phone line (also wireless) for USD$50.

    For USD$70 you get 1 mbs + 2 phone lines.

    http://www.telmex.cl/hogar/?cont=01_04">http://www.telmex.cl/hogar/?cont=01_04

    is nice that asus is going to sell a wimax ready eee...it would be a killer offer to get a laptop with your internet connection in all the city for USD$80.

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