Re: [GKD-DOTCOM] Misunderstanding Broadband

2003-11-07 Thread Vickram Crishna
Al Hammond wrote: > WiFi networks already cover ranges of 100 miles or more, > with repeaters and tuned anntennae--in Laos, in California, in India, > and in many other places. If it is happening in India, sadly, it is illegal. We are only permitted to operate WiFi indoors. However, the definitio

Re: [GKD-DOTCOM] Bringing Connectivity to Under-Served Communities

2003-11-07 Thread Robert Miller
Hello Thaths and Others: Thaths wrote regarding the issue of viruses becoming bandwidth consumers and ultimately undermining the user experience for students, faculty, and others. While I had discussed the technology behind the solution I wrote about, it provides a remotely managed server that is

Re: [GKD-DOTCOM] How Much Bandwidth is Necessary?

2003-11-07 Thread Cornelio Hopmann
I would like to throw in my 20 ounces of salt ... and support Pam McLean. Stories from my life: When changing the German National Research Center for Computing in 1985 for the Engineering University of Nicaragua I felt like I was transported to the moon - dark side. Whereas in Germany I had alrea

Re: [GKD-DOTCOM] Misunderstanding Broadband

2003-11-07 Thread Wire Lunghabo James
I liked the statement below: Al Hammond wrote: > Thus the critical feature of broadband wireless is that it will lower > end user cost, by aggregating more demand. The fact that it is broadband > and allows more multimedia content (such as video mail and video > conferencing, and face/voice recog

Re: [GKD-DOTCOM] Bringing Connectivity to Under-Served Communities

2003-11-07 Thread Guido Sohne
On Mon, 2003-11-03 at 17:26, Ahmed Isah wrote: > In my opinion, Cornelio Hopmann got it all wrong. The issue is not to do > with selling a useless product that has no demand. Rather, it has to do > with whether the target market is really aware of the benefits of the > product to them. This then b