Surfing on a WiMAX Connection

Ah.... Finally I have a 1Mbps WiMAX broadband internet connection at home. Dialog Broadband installed the connection within few days after applying for the same. Installation was a pain due to multiple reasons and took almost a full day. Reasons been:

1. The WiMAX antenna requires a direct line of sight with a base station for proper communication and that can be a difficult task depending on where you live in Colombo. (With all the tall buildings and what not)

2. The installation crew was a bit inexperienced and thats sort of understandable given the service is not even officially launched yet.

Once the hard part was over (installation of the antenna and testing the link with base station) it was as easy as setting up a dialup connection. Dialog provides with you with a username and a password and all you have to do is create an internet connection on your computer using the username /password details.

I opted for the 1Mbps package which is called 'Speed' and from what I have seen during the last couple of days usage, it really gives you download speeds of 1Mbps (128 kilobytes per second) consistently.

I hope dialog will maintain the high level of service as more and more subscribers get onboard since as with ADSL, WiMAX is a shared technology and bandwidth can deteriorate with more subscribers. Good thing about the technology is it is capable of delivering lot more bandwidth than 1Mbps and Dialog already has a package with 4 Mbps down link.

Overall it's really good (No disruptions and blazing fast, compared with other internet options in Sri Lanka) and well worth the additional 2000 bucks you pay over what you would have paid for a crappy ADSL connection from SLT :).

New Dialog Broadband (WiMAX) Internet Connection

I'm getting a new WiMAX connection from Dialog and it is supposed to be installed this week. I got the 1 MB package and it costs 4000 bucks a month since I'm not paying the connection fee of 15000. Actually it would be 4600 per month when you include VAT.

Dialog has not officially launched the WiMAX service or something like that as I haven't seen anything on their site or the local media regarding the service. I found the package information and a presentation from Dialog at KoolB's Blog.

Anyhoo I hope it's gonna be worth it and I'll post more details when I get the connection.