{"id":3966,"date":"2010-10-08T06:55:07","date_gmt":"2010-10-08T10:55:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mhgoldberg.com\/blog\/?p=3966"},"modified":"2010-10-07T21:56:22","modified_gmt":"2010-10-08T01:56:22","slug":"the-wait-is-over","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mhgoldberg.com\/blog\/?p=3966","title":{"rendered":"The wait is over"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/9GV7Y8\" target=\"_blank\">papers<\/a> carried the news of the arrival of fourth generation wireless to Canada with announcements by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.electronista.com\/articles\/10\/10\/07\/rogers.ericsson.test.lte.alongside.bell\/\" target=\"_blank\">Bell<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/9GV7Y8\" target=\"_blank\">Rogers<\/a> that they are trialling LTE mobile technology. However, it was <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/bjWH74\" target=\"_blank\">acknowledged<\/a> that there aren&#8217;t consumer devices available yet for LTE.<\/p>\n<div style=\"margin: 0px; width: 320px; float: left; padding: 0px;\"><object classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" width=\"320\" height=\"260\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"flashvars\" value=\"&amp;file=http:\/\/www.newswire.ca\/en\/releases\/mmnr\/smr\/BARRETTXPLORE20101007.mov\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/smr.newswire.ca\/swf\/videoplayer.swf\" \/><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"quality\" value=\"high\" \/><embed type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"320\" height=\"260\" src=\"http:\/\/smr.newswire.ca\/swf\/videoplayer.swf\" flashvars=\"&amp;file=http:\/\/www.newswire.ca\/en\/releases\/mmnr\/smr\/BARRETTXPLORE20101007.mov\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" quality=\"high\"><\/embed><\/object><a href=\"http:\/\/smr.newswire.ca\/en\/barrett-xplore-inc\/canadas-first-national-4g-network-launched\" target=\"_blank\">Canada\u2019s First National 4G Network Launched<\/a><\/div>\n<p>But Barrett Xplore <a href=\"http:\/\/smr.newswire.ca\/en\/barrett-xplore-inc\/canadas-first-national-4g-network-launched#video3780\" target=\"_blank\">announced<\/a> that it is moving even faster. Barrett Xplore is already starting to build its commercial 4G network for rural markets, comprised of roughly 1200 towers. Operating under the Xplornet brand, this network will be capable of speeds over 40Mbps, improving to 100Mbps by next year.<\/p>\n<p>I\u00a0sit\u00a0on the advisory board for Barrett Xplore and it is exciting news that customers across Canada will begin to have access to the advanced capabilities of\u00a0this $150M investment before the end of the year.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/smr.newswire.ca\/en\/barrett-xplore-inc\/canadas-first-national-4g-network-launched#video3780\" target=\"_blank\">announcement<\/a> from Barrett Xplore included confirmation of the progress of its new 4G high-throughput satellite network being launched in 2011 and 2012.<\/p>\n<p>As the video says, the wait is over for rural Canada. Faster broadband is on the way.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday&#8217;s papers carried the news of the arrival of fourth generation wireless to Canada with announcements by Bell and Rogers that they are trialling LTE mobile technology. However, it was acknowledged that there aren&#8217;t consumer devices available yet for LTE. 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