Differences between version 15 and predecessor to the previous major change of WooshWireless.
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| Newer page: | version 15 | Last edited on Friday, November 4, 2005 10:00:04 am | by SamMcKoy | Revert |
| Older page: | version 13 | Last edited on Sunday, July 31, 2005 12:03:33 pm | by MattBrown | Revert |
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''Hah! I looked into getting WalkerWireless when I first arrived in Hamilton in 2000. They've been claiming that they will extend coverage to Hamilton in the near future for as long as I've been here. Don't hold your breath. -- JohnMcPherson''
''They do own 3G frequencies now, and are partnered with Vodafone, so they're a bit more than all talk and nothing but 802.11b -- CraigBox''
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+''Good product, lousy tech service. The company I work for setup a data logging box in a supermarket in Auckland. It took several phone calls even to find out if what we wanted was possible and we had to explain everytime that while the company is in Hamilton, the box needing connection is in Auckland. When we realised their software did not support auto connecting on startup we had to contact their support again with their only solution being to by a external PPPoE router (~$150) not once did they suggest adding another network card and setup XP/Linux to do the PPPoE routing. $150 solution vs a $15 one that worked fine. -- SamMcKoy''
There have been [reports of high latency on woosh wireless|http://www.eadz.co.nz/blog/article/44/]. This makes it unsuitable for online games or anything that requires low latency, like voice over ip.
In June 2004, Woosh were replaced for the 3 regions it had won the
