- from the other thread, was replying there.
Not any more then 3g or voice. You just have a more towers for voice and 3g.
The fade on average from 500mhz-3ghz is about 2%. But in some cases it can hit up to 20%.
The issue right now is not penetration, but tower density and angle.
With most 3g you have a couple of towers focused in narrow areas, with wimax you have a few towers over a large areas.
With at worst case a 20% degradation from 500mhz-3ghz. Care to guess the degradation from 1.9ghz (3g evdo) and 2.5ghz (wimax). Yep, not much.
http://descanso.jpl.nasa.gov/Propagation/napex20/vogel2.pdf
From nasa, worst case, if you have -12 decibel fade at 800mhz (lte), -15 decibel fade at 1900mhz (evdo), and -19 decibel fade at 2500mhz (wimax).
It is not the fade that is the problem, but tower density, but if you do not believe me I am ok with that.
oh the the battery hog, no it is not, having 3g and wimax is a battery hog. But wimax radio alone sucks less battery then your 3g radio does.
oh probably want me to prove that too, ok
Power output of the wimax radio is about 200milliamps
https://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/eas/GetApplicationAttachment.html?id=1278009
Power output for cdma is about 240 milliamps
https://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/eas/GetApplicationAttachment.html?id=1278132
Power output for evdo is about, surprise surprise it is the same radio, 240milliamps
https://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/eas/GetApplicationAttachment.html?id=1278133
Of course the cdma/evdo radio can not really fully shut down, but can hibernate at 70milliamps. Wimax radio can turn completely off, sucking a whole 0 milliamps.