Broadband (LTE) Slow or Fast

[webboy]

What is your comment on this for LTE

http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/busin...-July_13956455

Who is going to pay for LTE

[comptech]

well the prob is will they govern it and give u reduced connectivity as digicel tends to do at times

[zerodeth]

Well I just wanna know why they are sticking to the 700Band

[dehyah]

It can penetrate buildings and it uses less towers(masts).

[King_Jay16]

Well I just wanna know why they are sticking to the 700Band

never read the article did you? lol

"The 700 MHz band spectrum tends to be more penetrative and propagates farther, meaning that the signal goes through walls more easily, giving better coverage inside buildings, and requires fewer towers to cover a specific geographic area," said Paulwell.

[nevintech]

Internationally the band was used for analogue television broadcasting, but has been allocated by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) for broadband wireless services.

well since this is in the UHF Range (700MHZ) it wont impact current VHF TV Transmissions (30-300MHz), lukin forward to this, and some speeds least 20mb+

[jammin]

wel lukin forward to this, and some speeds least 20mb+

not until 2015. thats when analog switch over will take place

[Flexx17]

again i say if this wont be available to more than the amount of people already covered by digicel's 4g i dont see the sense rural areas need love to lol

[jammin]

actually its just the evolution of mobile technology, thus an inevitable transition. Jamaica do not want to be left behind nor want the digital divide to widen.
Then there is the possibility of having cheaper 4g smartphone handsets, using the APT Plan for the 700 mhz band.