[nycwireless] Article: Covad goes the last mile
Hmm. Another suggestion about how to get off copper. How feasible is this? http://voxilla.com/soapvox/2007/06/08/covad-goes-the-last-mile-219 snip When youre the only national DSL network in the U.S. what do you do for your next act? You disintermediate the copper wire. In plain English, you take it out of the equation. And the way you take it out is with fixed WiMax technology. Thats the idea right now at Covad, according to Director of Marketing Simon McIver. The SMB market is ripe for a new connection, according to McIver. Small and mid-size businesses are waking up to the fact that consumer broadband services dont cut it for business applications like POS systems, Web servers, or even office email. The problem with cable and DSL is that its a shared line. That means that things may work smoothly at 9:00 a.m. when kids are in school, but slow down at 3:00 p.m. when they get out and hit the MMOGs (massively multiplayer online games). A traditional solution is a good old fashioned T1 line with 1.5 megabytes locked in, explains McIver. Its consistent, its always there. But for small businesses, its a prohibitively costly solution. Thats where fixed WiMax comes in. Unlike WiFi, WiMax can deliver the assured bandwidth and higher reliability of a T1 with a lot less infrastructure. WiMax also has wider range and better coverage than WiFi especially indoors. /snip -- NYCwireless - http://www.nycwireless.net/ Un/Subscribe: http://lists.nycwireless.net/mailman/listinfo/nycwireless/ Archives: http://lists.nycwireless.net/pipermail/nycwireless/
RE: [nycwireless] Article: Covad goes the last mile
Lol - and wi-max isn't a shared medium and going to take the same hit at 3pm with all those kooky kids (ahmm you mean customers Mr Covad...?) Bad PR spun wrong looking for a story (not that I'm against Wi-Max far from it) I just hate when marketing speople get involved. Regards, Dean Collins Cognation Pty Ltd [EMAIL PROTECTED] +1-212-203-4357 Ph +61-2-9016-5642 (Sydney in-dial). -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:nycwireless- [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rob Kelley Sent: Wednesday, 13 June 2007 1:33 PM To: nycwireless@lists.nycwireless.net Subject: [nycwireless] Article: Covad goes the last mile Hmm. Another suggestion about how to get off copper. How feasible is this? http://voxilla.com/soapvox/2007/06/08/covad-goes-the-last-mile-219 snip When you're the only national DSL network in the U.S. what do you do for your next act? You disintermediate the copper wire. In plain English, you take it out of the equation. And the way you take it out is with fixed WiMax technology. That's the idea right now at Covad, according to Director of Marketing Simon McIver. The SMB market is ripe for a new connection, according to McIver. Small and mid- size businesses are waking up to the fact that consumer broadband services don't cut it for business applications like POS systems, Web servers, or even office email. The problem with cable and DSL is that it's a shared line. That means that things may work smoothly at 9:00 a.m. when kids are in school, but slow down at 3:00 p.m. when they get out and hit the MMOGs (massively multiplayer online games). A traditional solution is a good old fashioned T1 line with 1.5 megabytes locked in, explains McIver. It's consistent, it's always there. But for small businesses, it's a prohibitively costly solution. That's where fixed WiMax comes in. Unlike WiFi, WiMax can deliver the assured bandwidth and higher reliability of a T1 with a lot less infrastructure. WiMax also has wider range and better coverage than WiFi - especially indoors. /snip -- NYCwireless - http://www.nycwireless.net/ Un/Subscribe: http://lists.nycwireless.net/mailman/listinfo/nycwireless/ Archives: http://lists.nycwireless.net/pipermail/nycwireless/ -- NYCwireless - http://www.nycwireless.net/ Un/Subscribe: http://lists.nycwireless.net/mailman/listinfo/nycwireless/ Archives: http://lists.nycwireless.net/pipermail/nycwireless/
RE: [nycwireless] Article: Covad goes the last mile
And unless he was mis-quoted, this Covad spokesperson is just plain wrong on line-shared DSL definition. The DSL circuit is dedicated bandwidth on each circuit -- NOT shared bandwidth like cable. Line-shared DSL merely refers to sharing the physical medium (telephone line), but the services are distinct and separate. So not only is he simply incorrect on facts, this spokes-genius is actually slamming Covad's main product line!! Bway.net is a wholesale customer of Covad's, and as Bway's marketing person, I can assure you that Mr McIver is both incorrect and delivering the wrong message. - Joe At 3:27 PM -0400 6/13/07, Dean Collins wrote: Lol - and wi-max isn't a shared medium and going to take the same hit at 3pm with all those kooky kids (ahmm you mean customers Mr Covad...?) Bad PR spun wrong looking for a story (not that I'm against Wi-Max far from it) I just hate when marketing speople get involved. Regards, Dean Collins Cognation Pty Ltd [EMAIL PROTECTED] +1-212-203-4357 Ph +61-2-9016-5642 (Sydney in-dial). -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:nycwireless- [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rob Kelley Sent: Wednesday, 13 June 2007 1:33 PM To: nycwireless@lists.nycwireless.net Subject: [nycwireless] Article: Covad goes the last mile Hmm. Another suggestion about how to get off copper. How feasible is this? http://voxilla.com/soapvox/2007/06/08/covad-goes-the-last-mile-219 snip When you're the only national DSL network in the U.S. what do you do for your next act? You disintermediate the copper wire. In plain English, you take it out of the equation. And the way you take it out is with fixed WiMax technology. That's the idea right now at Covad, according to Director of Marketing Simon McIver. The SMB market is ripe for a new connection, according to McIver. Small and mid- size businesses are waking up to the fact that consumer broadband services don't cut it for business applications like POS systems, Web servers, or even office email. The problem with cable and DSL is that it's a shared line. That means that things may work smoothly at 9:00 a.m. when kids are in school, but slow down at 3:00 p.m. when they get out and hit the MMOGs (massively multiplayer online games). A traditional solution is a good old fashioned T1 line with 1.5 megabytes locked in, explains McIver. It's consistent, it's always there. But for small businesses, it's a prohibitively costly solution. That's where fixed WiMax comes in. Unlike WiFi, WiMax can deliver the assured bandwidth and higher reliability of a T1 with a lot less infrastructure. WiMax also has wider range and better coverage than WiFi - especially indoors. /snip -- NYCwireless - http://www.nycwireless.net/ Un/Subscribe: http://lists.nycwireless.net/mailman/listinfo/nycwireless/ Archives: http://lists.nycwireless.net/pipermail/nycwireless/ -- NYCwireless - http://www.nycwireless.net/ Un/Subscribe: http://lists.nycwireless.net/mailman/listinfo/nycwireless/ Archives: http://lists.nycwireless.net/pipermail/nycwireless/ -- === Joe Plotkin Broadband/Marketing Bway.net - NYC's Best Internet === Bway.net 568 Broadway Suite 404 New York, NY 10012 phone: 212.982.9800 fax: 212.982.5499 efax: 772.365.5877 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] connectivity: [EMAIL PROTECTED] VoIP info: [EMAIL PROTECTED] web: http://www.bway.net === Fight the Monopoly! http://www.TeleTruth.org === -- NYCwireless - http://www.nycwireless.net/ Un/Subscribe: http://lists.nycwireless.net/mailman/listinfo/nycwireless/ Archives: http://lists.nycwireless.net/pipermail/nycwireless/
