I saw this in the Sur newspaper, don't know if its any help for those of you looking for internet connection on Don Juan. Just out of interest, have we had any feedback from Telefonica when we will have phone lines going into Don Juan.
Remember this name: it is called Wimax and it is a new, more powerful means of accessing the internet. Clients can use it as if they were always carrying their connection with them, because with this system there is no need to seek out a WiFi point in order to be able to connect. In November, Malaga will become the first city in Europe to use the Wimax technology, and only the second place in the world after the American state of Oregon. Malaga’s Councillor for New Technologies, Francisco Salas, confirms that next month the Clearwire company will be testing the new network which will enable internet users to connect from anywhere in the city.
The plan which has been approved by the Town Hall consists of the installation of 25 nodes in the provincial capital, and these will be similar to the telephone antennae on the roofs of buildings. The councillor says that this is "just another telecommunications operator such as Telefónica or Ono, which will enable people to access the internet from any point of cover in the city". The company offers a product similar to ADSL, via a card for a laptop computer or a wireless modem, but it will connect to the network through Wimax (in the same way as other operators offer a cable service). "It will make it easier to access the internet wherever there is cover, whether it’s at home or on the beach" he says.
Apart from this facility, the system permits greater cover, within a radius of up to 48 kilometres, at speeds up to 70 Mbps (megas per second) and much greater bandwidth. This will provide more capacity for downloading webpages and receiving data, images, music and videos. Francisco Salas explains that the deployment of this technology will attract experts from all over Spain and other European countries, as well as company directors and manufacturers.
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The discussions about its implementation took place in the Malaga Valley Club, but the initial plans of the company were for the investment to be made in the city of Hamburg. Francisco Salas believes that it is Malaga’s push towards new technologies which will result in progress of this type.
The Clearwater company responded to this newspaper’s requests for information with a communication indicating that it doesn’t comment on future markets for competitive reasons. Its website explains that the company uses a new wireless technology based on high speed internet services with a ‘plug and play’ connection. It operates on the 3,5 GHz band has exclusive rights to use the spectrum which broadcasts its signal.