How is a wireless wide area network (WWAN) different than a T-1 or T-3 wide area network (WAN)?
• Bandwidth: Wireless links run at 100 Mbps or even gigabit (1,000 Mbps) speeds. A T-1 is 1.5 Mbps and a T-3 is 45 Mbps à very slow compared to wireless. • Speed of Deployment: A wireless link can be installed and running in a few (6-8) days. T-1 and T-3 lines typically take 6-8 weeks to install. • Ownership: With your own private WWAN, you own the network and have total control. With leased lines, you are renting on a monthly basis, have no ownership, and little control. If I can see my neighbor’s wireless network, how can I be sure that a wireless wide area network (WWAN) can be secured Just like any other form of network security, what you build into the system is the level of security you have. Point-to-Point WWANs have many sophisticated security and encryption options available, some of which are Ã’civilianÔ versions of military battlefield command and control, the highest level of wireless security ever developed. There are no similarities in WWANs to the weak levels of securit
