RE: [WISPA] NextLink in Phoenix
what hardware ? -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Peter R. Sent: Monday, March 19, 2007 6:52 PM To: WISPA General List Subject: [WISPA] NextLink in Phoenix XO Communications today launched broadband wireless services in Phoenix, bringing its NextLink wireless footprint to 10 major cities. XO will initially deploy in downtown Phoenix but plans its base station sites to cover the entire Phoenix metropolitan area including Paradise Valley, Scottsdale and Tempe. XO has Local Multipoint Distribution System licenses in 75 markets-all left over from when the former NextLink tried to build a nationwide first generation broadband wireless access system for businesses. Like all of the initial BWA systems, the NextLink network never got off the ground, and when the company changed its name to XO it shelved the licenses, only to revive them again last year as an alternative to fiber and copper access in its markets. XO has now launched wireless service in Atlanta, Chicago, Dallas, Houston, Los Angeles, Miami, San Diego, Tampa and Washington, D.C. (They don't know where service is available, but it's launched :) Peter -- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ -- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
Re: [WISPA] NextLink in Phoenix
Hughes Network Systems is a strategic Nextlink partner, providing its LMDS AIReach AB9400 system in both point-to-point and point-to-multipoint modes to support Nextlink's high-speed Internet access and Ethernet services. Peter R. wrote: XO Communications today launched broadband wireless services in Phoenix, bringing its NextLink wireless footprint to 10 major cities. XO will initially deploy in downtown Phoenix but plans its base station sites to cover the entire Phoenix metropolitan area including Paradise Valley, Scottsdale and Tempe. XO has Local Multipoint Distribution System licenses in 75 markets—all left over from when the former NextLink tried to build a nationwide first generation broadband wireless access system for businesses. Like all of the initial BWA systems, the NextLink network never got off the ground, and when the company changed its name to XO it shelved the licenses, only to revive them again last year as an alternative to fiber and copper access in its markets. XO has now launched wireless service in Atlanta, Chicago, Dallas, Houston, Los Angeles, Miami, San Diego, Tampa and Washington, D.C. (They don't know where service is available, but it's launched :) Peter -- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
Re: [WISPA] NextLink in Phoenix
Nothing new. XO has had an active Wireless Broadband division for the last few years. Tom DeReggi RapidDSL Wireless, Inc IntAirNet- Fixed Wireless Broadband - Original Message - From: Peter R. [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: WISPA General List wireless@wispa.org Sent: Monday, March 19, 2007 5:51 PM Subject: [WISPA] NextLink in Phoenix XO Communications today launched broadband wireless services in Phoenix, bringing its NextLink wireless footprint to 10 major cities. XO will initially deploy in downtown Phoenix but plans its base station sites to cover the entire Phoenix metropolitan area including Paradise Valley, Scottsdale and Tempe. XO has Local Multipoint Distribution System licenses in 75 markets—all left over from when the former NextLink tried to build a nationwide first generation broadband wireless access system for businesses. Like all of the initial BWA systems, the NextLink network never got off the ground, and when the company changed its name to XO it shelved the licenses, only to revive them again last year as an alternative to fiber and copper access in its markets. XO has now launched wireless service in Atlanta, Chicago, Dallas, Houston, Los Angeles, Miami, San Diego, Tampa and Washington, D.C. (They don't know where service is available, but it's launched :) Peter -- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ -- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
Re: [WISPA] NextLink in Phoenix
Matt, Agreed. They are in a number of our buildings. Everything done to top Telco standards. The Hughes AirReach gear aint cheap either. They definately are throwing money at it. But at the end of the day, can they walk away with the customer AND still make a profit? Teligent/Winstar proved the LMDS model ineffective 7 years ago. What has changed? I'm not sure the cost has? The other thing to add is, if the model is the right one for todays market, its not an opportunity unique to XO, Teligent licenses (38Ghz) are obtainable by anyone on lease for like $50 a month. (I think Nextlink/XO was somewhere between 26Ghz-29Ghz?) Its a tough call, on what's best today. Is the higher demand for broadband, and property owners' fees brought back down to reality, allowing it to work today? Truthfully Dragonwave class gear gets pretty clsoe to cost of the LMDS stuff. LMDS does well at 3-4 miles, a sweet spot in Urban america, apposed to limiting short range MMW type gear, which is now still twice the cost? And LMDS still allows cost saving with PtMP. I think the big differentiator is whether T1s (channelized) are the thing of the past, and whether Ethernet will be the dominator. I'm betting on Ethernet, but the licensed gear still needs to come down in cost, based on the PTP limitation. Tom DeReggi RapidDSL Wireless, Inc IntAirNet- Fixed Wireless Broadband - Original Message - From: Matt Liotta [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: WISPA General List wireless@wispa.org Sent: Tuesday, March 20, 2007 9:33 AM Subject: Re: [WISPA] NextLink in Phoenix Tom DeReggi wrote: Nothing new. XO has had an active Wireless Broadband division for the last few years. They certainly spend a lot of money at least; not much revenue to show for it. -Matt -- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ -- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
