In Seattle there are a ton of office buildings with roof penetrations/duct/conduit route from an upper floor mechanical room to the roof, installed by Winstar for their DS3 capacity 38 GHz network 15-16 years ago... And frequently one or two 42U two post racks somewhere near the top of the building that were formerly occupied by Winstar. Usually a few 3.00" pipes on walls also from Winstar.
If they acquire a lot of AP sites on commercial real estate, in a few years when this thing goes belly up, I predict that there will be two things: a) unhappy Boston landlords that signed rooftop access agreements with Starry b) vacant space on the same buildings that can be taken over by other, properly engineered boston area metro ISPs, to re-use the equipment installation and antenna locations for PTP links. On Thu, Jan 28, 2016 at 10:57 AM, Ken Hohhof <[email protected]> wrote: > According to Starry, launch was yesterday. Launch apparently means your > website goes live. They are claiming the gizmo will ship Feb. 5. The > Internet service is a more fuzzy sometimes this summer in Boston. SOON! > > > *From:* Chuck McCown <[email protected]> > *Sent:* Thursday, January 28, 2016 12:08 PM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Starry Internet - Ex Aereo WISP - Announced > > Shall we start a pool, or maybe 7 of them? > > Launch date. > First customers installed. > First news report of really unhappy customers. > First press release that they are making changes to the product. > Date CEO is fired. > Date Company shuts down operation for re-tooling. > Date Assets acquired by another company. > > *From:* Paul McCall <[email protected]> > *Sent:* Thursday, January 28, 2016 11:04 AM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Starry Internet - Ex Aereo WISP - Announced > > > The real play here is probably OPM, taking big $$ salaries until it blows > up J > > > > *From:* Af [mailto:[email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Ken Hohhof > *Sent:* Thursday, January 28, 2016 11:54 AM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Starry Internet - Ex Aereo WISP - Announced > > > > That article almost makes you think the fancy router is the real play here. > > > > Also, in case it wasn’t already posted, here is the FCC application: > > > > > https://apps.fcc.gov/oetcf/els/reports/442_Print.cfm?mode=current&application_seq=69226&license_seq=69930 > > > > > > > > *From:* Travis Johnson <[email protected]> > > *Sent:* Thursday, January 28, 2016 10:37 AM > > *To:* [email protected] > > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Starry Internet - Ex Aereo WISP - Announced > > > > > http://www.xconomy.com/new-york/2016/01/28/kanojia-returns-with-a-starry-plan-for-wireless-internet-smart-homes/ > > On 1/28/2016 9:13 AM, Ken Hohhof wrote: > > Also they filed an experimental application with the FCC. So does that > mean they can’t charge users? > > > > > > *From:* Ken Hohhof <[email protected]> > > *Sent:* Wednesday, January 27, 2016 12:53 PM > > *To:* [email protected] > > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Starry Internet - Ex Aereo WISP - Announced > > > > I’m not sure licensed band equipment needs equipment approval filed with > the FCC. > > > > *From:* Keefe John <[email protected]> > > *Sent:* Wednesday, January 27, 2016 12:16 PM > > *To:* [email protected] > > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Starry Internet - Ex Aereo WISP - Announced > > > > are they making this equipment or someone else? We should see something > on the FCC website... > > On 1/27/2016 12:14 PM, Josh Luthman wrote: > > 38 GHz I think. It was discussed in another thread. > > > > > > Josh Luthman > Office: 937-552-2340 > Direct: 937-552-2343 > 1100 Wayne St > Suite 1337 > Troy, OH 45373 > > > > On Wed, Jan 27, 2016 at 1:14 PM, Keefe John <[email protected]> wrote: > > what band are they using? > > On 1/27/2016 12:05 PM, Josh Reynolds wrote: > > "That said, it comes with a 3.6-inch touchscreen and runs on Android, > going above and beyond simply facilitating a connection. Starry > Station includes software called the Internet Health Score, which is > constantly monitoring the connection and doing speed tests powered by > Ookla." > > Oh FFS. > > This shit is such a game to these people. > > On Wed, Jan 27, 2016 at 11:25 AM, Gino Villarini <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Here you go… > > > > http://techcrunch.com/2016/01/27/starry-internet-is-aereo-founder-chet-kanojias-latest-salvo-in-the-war-on-isps/ > > > > > > > > >
