RE: Is Low-Cost Wi-Fi Un-American?

ART tried doing this as well. It was a cool idea, but you can barely
make enough on metro fiber rings as it is.  Also, microwave cannot even
match the reliability and capacity.



> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected] 
> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Ralph Sims
> Sent: Wednesday, April 27, 2005 9:10 AM
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> Subject: RE: Is Low-Cost Wi-Fi Un-American?
> 
> I think the infrastructure was somewhat limited by the range. 
>  Winstar did OK in providing short-haul (1-3 mi.) links.  
> There was some "frequency reuse" by placing units 
> back-to-back to get a relay in place.  Generally speaking it 
> was from a Winstar POP to a building a short distance away.
> 
> They were marginally successful in getting service 
> established from their old POP at 109th & NE8th St. in 
> Bellevue to Seattle--just beyond the fringe of two nines of 
> reliability, if I recall.
> 
> > ....not to mention that 38 gig allocations are a trash band.  
> > I guess one man's junk is another man's treasure.  Too bad nearly 
> > every company who tried building infrastructure with that gear has 
> > failed.
> 
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