WiMax frequency range confusion...any help?

[Guest guest]

Okay - after spending at least half an hour with " technical support "

from Sympatico WiMax unplugged, trying to figure out the range at

which this abomination operates (so as to know if I'm gonna be able to

measure for better areas with what I've got), I get told by the rep

that it operates at 30 to 3000 khz, which translates into 0.03 to 3 MHz.

Huh? Say what? That's like ULF, or VLF, isn't it? Like Ultra, or Very

Low Frequency? That's not even measurable by conventional gear. In

fact, I don't believe that even falls into the range of " microwave " at

all!

Is it possible that they operate at that, thus rendering any meter

unusable to find, or was I given some obscure and incorrect piece of

information by a tech support guy who'd never been asked that question

before and had to consult a manual (as may have been the case from the

long periods I was on hold on the phone for)?

My assumption was that WiMax or any such wireless internet service

operates at higher frequencies, 2.4 GHz or higher.

What's going on? Tell me that it was just technical incompetence, and

that, not that I want to have to, but if I needed to, I could check

areas for non-cell phone (instead, wireless internet, be it called

WiMax or otherwise) signals, with currently available equipment.

Any thanks hugely appreciated!

Cheers,

R.