UQ Communications kicking off WiMAX trials in Japan

On a global scale, WiMAX may be folding under the pressure of LTE, but that's not stopping the next-gen technology from catching the attention of mobile web surfers in Japan. UQ Communications is gearing up to start a WiMAX trial for citizens located in one of the 23 wards of Tokyo, Yokohama or Kawasaki, and at first, speeds will be capped at around 16Mbps down / 4Mbps up. If all goes well, those figures will creep up to a mighty impressive 40Mbps / 10Mbps when the full-on launch occurs in July. The best part? Folks can apply now to get a free data card in order to be a guinea pig, and even after the test period ends, those who want to join in can get service for just ¥4,480 ($50) per month without any sticky contracts attached. Hit up the read links for all the nitty-gritty.

[Via PortableMonkey]

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[The WC Posted Feb 3rd 2009 3:25PM]

[Obligatory chauvinistic comment]

[Sam of the Sun Posted Feb 3rd 2009 3:31PM]

You're not even funny any more. Have you hit puberty?

[The WC Posted Feb 3rd 2009 3:37PM]

Well, I'm in my early twenties, which has become the new adolesence for the United States. If I do seem a little immature, it's because it's been a slow day at work, and I'm rather annoyed...

Oh wait, were you talking to iEye or me?

[(Unverified) Posted Feb 3rd 2009 5:22PM]

I don't think you know what chauvinism means.

[Freakin Ijit Posted Feb 3rd 2009 5:26PM]

> ...chauvinism...

Horse something.

[The WC Posted Feb 3rd 2009 6:02PM]

@Thalium

I suppose I could just go to dictionary.com, pull out one of a thousand definitions, and then paste it here. But any old smhuck could do that. And I'm not "any old smhuck." I'm a writing smhuck. I derive the definition of the word by the way it is used.

So I will tell you this - when a guy tries to pick up a girl with a cheesy one-liner, he is usually referred to by the opposite sex as a "Chauvinistic Pig."

And there you go. Hope that's enough honest for you for one day.

[The WC Posted Feb 3rd 2009 6:04PM]

honesty*

[mauirob Posted Feb 3rd 2009 8:18PM]

You should probably stick to using the dictionary. Your definition/interpretation is pretty bad: http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/Chauvinistic

[The WC Posted Feb 3rd 2009 10:28PM]

:-/

I'll just use "sexist" next time.

And there WILL be a next time.

[(Unverified) Posted Feb 3rd 2009 3:27PM]

I'd connect to her WiMAX any day.

[(Unverified) Posted Feb 3rd 2009 3:31PM]

Eeeew, That is sick!!!

[Sam of the Sun Posted Feb 3rd 2009 3:32PM]

No, this is sick:

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=6lYZVetEnro

[(Unverified) Posted Feb 3rd 2009 3:46PM]

Oh please...

http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=DXSyQjppqG0

sweet underground from back in the day...

[Sam of the Sun Posted Feb 3rd 2009 4:06PM]

About as old school underground as the top 10 from all of '99.

Humour fail.

[collegekid13 Posted Feb 3rd 2009 6:19PM]

ohhh wait ieye is canadian. damnit all! now i cant make fun of his americanism any more. in other news how the rogers plan ieye?

[(Unverified) Posted Feb 3rd 2009 3:30PM]

FUG communications

[(Unverified) Posted Feb 3rd 2009 3:39PM]

"On a global scale, WiMAX may be folding under the pressure of LTE,"

Nortel is going bankrupt for entirely different reasons - so that link is kind of cherrypicking and misrepresentative.

The other link is even more laughable - LTE is JUST getting ratified while WiMAX has been around for a few years and has actual market presense. Yes, I know, not in the US (well, actually yeah, US too) - guess what - the US is hardly the world - by that logic, GSM should be falling under the pressure of CDMA, DVB-T should be falling under the pressure of ATSC.

LTE is more of the same - locked into providers; chained to the existing cellco system.

WiMAX is the way to go - all the advantages of LTE, but not beholden to anyone. Anyone can set up a WiMAX network.

I'm bewildered as to why some of the Engadget staff are so chained at the hip to the cellcos.

Stockholm Syndrome, I guess.

[James Posted Feb 3rd 2009 4:20PM]

The cell phone companies are our friends. They wouldnt do anything to hurt me. Gosh i cant wait till i can renew my contract with them next year, we are going to have so much fun.

[Frankenstein Black Posted Feb 3rd 2009 3:47PM]

MEH!

[(Unverified) Posted Feb 3rd 2009 3:55PM]

But... WiMAX is the future of the internet! I had dreams about similar concepts!

[(Unverified) Posted Feb 3rd 2009 4:26PM]

It's true. This is awesome.

[solarpos Posted Feb 3rd 2009 3:55PM]

You guys slay me.

From Internet Tough Guys to Internet Romeos, we all know that they both have lots of acne, live in their parents basement and TRY to order wine online.

[BoomHeadshot Posted Feb 3rd 2009 5:09PM]

Hold up, hold up! Wimax is what Clear sells, right? We just got this in Portland/Vancuver/Battle Ground....and the top speeds are 6/4mbps (home/mobile). How are they gettting up to 16mbps? Servicing 1/4 the population that is serviced here?

[triptych Posted Feb 3rd 2009 5:26PM]

This sure pisses me off as a WIMAX customer in Baltimore. I'm dealing with an unreliable 3mbps, and I live at one of the highest points in the middle of downtown.

[(Unverified) Posted Feb 3rd 2009 6:54PM]

Oh, that's nice, the card adapter's slick to.

[deadhippo Posted Feb 3rd 2009 7:39PM]

Thanks for the info. I signed up.

[(Unverified) Posted Feb 3rd 2009 7:51PM]

i had to check the comments to see some horny thoughts.

[(Unverified) Posted Feb 3rd 2009 10:08PM]

WoW ..... the model is cute

[Jonny Posted Feb 4th 2009 1:50AM]

Of course she is.

have you ever seen an ugly model?

Last I checked, beauty was required for modeling. o_O

[darkmax Posted Feb 4th 2009 5:27AM]

For a Japanese model, she is okay. But I'll like to have her personal DNS address and email anyway....

[(Unverified) Posted Feb 4th 2009 7:43AM]

in Moscow, Russia, the mobile wimax already works. i use it, actually, but the speed is not as high as japanese promise... but still, this technology kicks ass!