>>>>> "Sam" == Sam Churchill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Sam> Municipal WiFi networks typically costs $100K+ per sq mile. For Sam> 100 sq mile coverage, that's $10 million. WiFi requires 30-40 Sam> nodes per sq mile, plus lots of backhaul gear. Plus high Sam> management, maintenence and power costs. Sam> If 2150 Mhz WiMAX were available -- free -- (like WiFi), then it Sam> could average about 3.5 miles range from a basestation (similar Sam> to 2.6 Mhz WiMAX). So each base station might cover about 10 sq Sam> miles. A 100 sq mile city might only need only 10 towers. Fixed Sam> service. I think you are smoking bad rope. All we are talking about here (regarding MetroFi's abandoned gear), is how to salvage some value to the community from the MetroFi failure. Whether the FCC frees the particular spectrum you suggest or not is pretty much immaterial to PTP, as we don't have the money to build the towers or buy the magical 100 square mile covering gear to do what you suggest, afaict. -- Russell Senior, Secretary [EMAIL PROTECTED] --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ The Personal Telco Project - http://www.personaltelco.net/ Donate to PTP: http://www.personaltelco.net/donate Archives: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.network.wireless.portland.general/ Etiquette: http://www.personaltelco.net/index.cgi/MailingListEtiquette List information: http://lists.personaltelco.net To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
