Re: Googlie Wifi - expanded

On Thu, Aug 30, 2007 at 12:38:36PM -0700, Rick Lindahl wrote:
> 
>  Tyler hid it on the head for costs and value. The cost basis I was using
> was based on real life experience with these projects and is LOWER than what
> it would be with BelAir, Cisco and a few others. I WAS factoring in all
> installation and network costs, including backhaul, backup power, etc., but
> again, not the recurring, project design and misc costs. I think you would
> actually find my cost estimates to be on the low end. 

Wow.  I didn't think enough before I posted.  I hadn't considered the
fact that backhaul etc. would be a very large piece of the pie, relative
to APs and rollout.  Thank you for taking the time to elaborate.  

>  Any other thoughts?

I forgot how much MissNet cost, but a rooftop network like that, with
radio (or optical) backhaul to a fixed-wireless 'net connection, should
cut out enough infrastructure costs to be be cheap enough to build.

Of course, if you charge for access, you get out of PTP territory, and
lose the goodwill you need to place rooftop nodes.

Quite a conundrum,
  Aaron

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