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2008-06-14 , 20:39
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Originally Posted by mikkov View Post
If consumer wimax basestations would have same 200 mW maximum ERP as wi-fi and 5 GHz frequency, I don't see it working any better than 200 mW wi-fi at 2 GHz. Of course I or my assumptions might be wrong.
...so where does this idea come from then that Wimax has a much longer range than Wifi?

I can't remember much from physics lessons, but could it be that Wimax's higher frequencies penetrate further through walls etc?