do you remember WIMAX?? It sounded pretty cool 😎 #speedify #technology #internet #wifi

The Internet changes so often and so fast, from Dial-Up Internet to Wimax to LTE/ 4G to 5G and now maybe even 6G, there’s a LOT to learn about the progress of Internet Technology.

Everyone born before the 2000s has probably heard of Dial up – where you had to use your phone line to get online, hogging the signal, not allowing your mom to get on the phone while you browse the web. Dial-up Internet has been around since the 1980s via public providers, but funny enough, a survey conducted in 2018 estimated that 0.3% of Americans were using dial-up by 2017! … And 1.5 million people still pay for AOL email!

2G was the second-generation cellular, which replaced the first-generation analog FM systems, THEN we got 3G, offering greater security than 2G did but has largely been phased out in the US but still in use in some parts of Europe and developing countries.
4G is the main cellular technology being used right now, with possible speeds of up to 100Mbps, reduced latency as opposed to 3G, and enhanced network capacity allowing more simultaneous connections.
5G, on the other hand is still being phased in, while there’s already talks of 6G becoming a thing maybe in 2028.

WiMAX, on the other hand, stands for Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access.
It was made as a standard for long-range broadband, but it lost out to 4G LTE
Unlike LTE, it’s not backward compatible with 3G.
It typically maxes out at 30-40 Mbps.
It IS still available in some places, but mostly outside the U.S. – where it’s essentially dead.

Then there’s things like IPoAC.. IP over Avian Carrier, BUT birds are NOT actually powering your internet connection.
In computer networking, IP over Avian Carriers is a joke proposal to carry internet traffic by birds such as homing pigeons.
IPoAC HAS been successfully implemented, but for only nine packets of data, with a packet loss ratio of 55% (due to operator error), and a response time ranging from 3,000 seconds (50 min) to over 6,000 seconds (100 min). Thus, this technology suffers from high latency – until someone upgrades the bird drones to travel faster.

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