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true enough, but the Cisco system 5.8GHz does. Curtis On 4 Oct 2001, Robert E. Seastrom wrote: > > <vijay>it does not scale</vijay> > > > Curtis Maurand <[email protected]> writes: > > > There are an awful lot of small ISP's out there doing fixed wireless and > > making a bit of money at it. They're not doing MMDS, they're doing 802.11 > > and just getting it done. Better yet, they have no recurring loop costs > > to contend with. That Nokia rooftop system looks pretty cool from where I > > sit. > > > > Curtis Maurand > > System Administrator > > lamere.net powered by Prexar > > > > *** My opinions are not those of my employer. *** > > > > > > On Wed, 3 Oct 2001, Bora Akyol wrote: > > > > > > > > If they actually did this, it is about time they finally woke up and > > > smelled the coffee. > > > > > > There is pretty much no way any wireless (or free space optical) > > > technology is going to compete with wireline (including FTH) in an area > > > where there is abundant infrastructure. The capacity in fixed wireless > > > technologies even with the latest advances in technology including MIMO > > > antenna arrays, CDMA etc is just not there. When you start talking > > > mobile wireless data delivery, the price/performance ratio changes > > > making wireless delivery of information profitable provided that you > > > don't pay XXX billion dollars for bandwidth. Another alternative is > > > using fixed wireless in areas without infrastructure including > > > continents other than North America. > > > > > > I once participated in a similar analysis for another broadband fixed > > > wireless delivery network and the capacity to support enough subscribers > > > such that the scheme broke even was simply unsupportable in the spectrum > > > that was allocated for the system given the power and antenna size > > > restrictions. > > > > > > Bora Akyol > > > > > > On Wednesday, October 3, 2001, at 04:36 , Christopher J. Wolff wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > Hello folks, > > > > > > > > I heard today that Sprint is ready to capitulate to the FCC and > > > > reassign the > > > > radio spectrum it occupies in most major markets (MMDS) to mobile > > > > use. I > > > > guess they will be shutting off the Sprint Broadband Internet product > > > > in 30 > > > > days. Can anyone corroborate this? > > > > > > > > Regards, > > > > Christopher J. Wolff, VP, CIO > > > > Broadband Laboratories, Inc. > > > > http://www.bblabs.com > > > > email:[email protected] > > > > phone:520.622.4338 x234 > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > ------------------------------------------------------------ > > Curtis Maurand System Administrator > > lamere.net Powered by Prexar http://www.lamere.net > > mailto:[email protected] Linux, OS/2, Windows (any flavor) > > http://www.prexar.com Cisco, OpenRoute, Lucent > > MySQL, SQL Server, PHP, Perl > > ------------------------------------------------------------ > -- ------------------------------------------------------------ Curtis Maurand System Administrator lamere.net Powered by Prexar http://www.lamere.net mailto:[email protected] Linux, OS/2, Windows (any flavor) http://www.prexar.com Cisco, OpenRoute, Lucent MySQL, SQL Server, PHP, Perl ------------------------------------------------------------
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