Interestingly enough, I have some close friends that build telecom equipment for both companies... really cool stuff.
Some of their products take a 42U rack of telecom equipment and consolidate it down to 4U size (or less). I am told the technology integration that's happened at the towers over the years (not just their products, but all) is huge. Once large rooms that sat at the bases of some of these major towers were full of equipment. Racks and racks... Now, apparently a couple of racks. Unfortunately, I'd assume that some of the old equipment just isn't worth consolidating until there is a dollar reason for it. Which, is why 90% of my rural friends, are FUBAR when it comes to telecom/internet. No DSL, No Cable, crap SAT, bad wireless coverage, etc... I am amazed that much of southern Ontario is still in the dark, yet small places up in bay like Moose Factory have better internet options (not harping on Moose Factory, I love that place and they absolutely should have it). Now if only the Hydro companies could give it a shot. I can hear it now... I'm sorry, our electricity doesn't reach your place... but we can offer you dialup at $14.95/month. ARGH! From: Thomas Keats [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, August 18, 2006 3:55 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [on-asterisk] Advice on rural connectivity for "the boss" Interesting, well, I just checked out the service area's of both rogers portable, and sympatico unplugged, it almost seems like the service area's are a carbon copy of each others. That and my area is excluded. (New Tecumseth, ON) Thomas Keats [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 18 Aug 2006 at 14:23, Thomas Keats wrote: It was my impression from the rogers website that Portable Internet requires cable internet to be available at your 'remote' locations... Being on the outskirts of a serviced area sucks... middle of BF idaho is even worse. Portable internet doesn't require cable service anywhere If you are within the coverage area and you have the CPE radio, then you've got 3mb or 1.5mb service Apparently this service will cover the same footprint as cellular service does now when it is fully deployed The only thing about 'portable' is that they only have desk mounted CPE currently, so it should be called 'luggable' internet --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
