>
> Latency depends mainly on the modulation scheme, as it does on cable and
> DSL.
> Packet loss, unfortunately, is more common than not and is directly
> related to
> oversubscription. I was lucky in that both systems I used (a local ISP
> using
> Canopy as well as ClearWire when they first moved in) were not
> oversubscribed
> and I rarely encountered packet loss though my speed would vary quite a
> bit.
> The Canopy was real nice because it was sold as a business service so
> day speeds
> were bad but at night I was pretty much the only person on the segment
> so I would
> get over 2 megs/second down AND up!
>
>
Hmm.. My experience with Canopy is that its rock solid day or night. The way
it works each subscriber has a guaranteed time slice to transmit their data
so the amount of traffic hitting the AP shouldn't degrade an individual
subscriber.
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