OK. Good luck to both the one-armed baseball player and to Earthlink. Matthew Reed wrote:
> > Dated but a great article > > http://www.wi-fiplanet.com/columns/article.php/3391231 > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf > Of Jack Unger > Sent: Monday, May 22, 2006 5:23 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [SOCALWUG] Re: WiFi Launched in Downtown Pomona > > > Matthew, > > With all due respect to you, I must offer the following... > > Per Wireless Broadband Innovations's website: "Entries will be judged on > the basis of the information provided to the independent judging panel > on the entry form and additional supporting materials where permitted. > Details of the judging panel meetings will not be disclosed". > > Unfortunately, it looks as if this Tropos award proves only that the > claims that Tropos submitted about their "architecture" sounded sexier > than the claims made by AirSpan, PicoChip, and SkyPilot. > > In terms of performance, Tropos single-radio, single-band mesh > architecture is like a one-armed baseball player who claims that they > can outplay a two-armed (dual-band, multiple-radio mesh node) baseball > player. In time, the truth will become obvious. In the next year or two, > the real-world deployments of the upcoming Tropos-based Philadelphia and > San Francisco mesh networks may very well reveal the truth in terms of > both performance and cost. > > Hopefully, some day soon, Tropos will "wake up" and offer a two, three, > or four-radio dual-band mesh node. Only then can they (IMHO) claim to be > a major-league contender. > > All the best, > jack > > > Matthew Reed wrote: > > >>Friends at SOCALWUG - >>According to Wireless Broadband Innovation's >> >>Tropos was awarded Best WiMAX / Wireless Broadband Product 2006 >>Tropos was also nominated for Best Public WiFi Product 2006 >> >> >>-----Original Message----- >>From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > > Behalf > >>Of Tim Schaeffer >>Sent: Wednesday, May 17, 2006 5:29 PM >>To: [email protected] >>Subject: [SOCALWUG] Re: WiFi Launched in Downtown Pomona >> >>Sure for mesh all of the follwing handily outperform tropos: belair, > > strix, > >>firetide, qorvus, and both firetide and qorvus ae much less expensive and >>both have builtin 5 ghz backhaul, which tropos makes you buy a seperat >>motorola canopy for. Nomaix is just a captive portal with a firewall and >>waled garden, any linux box can be configured that way using nocat and >>iptables. Or for a cmmercial product you can Colubris. And qorvus already >>has the nomadix function built into there box. >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: Matthew Reed >> To: [email protected] >> Sent: Monday, May 15, 2006 7:55 PM >> Subject: [SOCALWUG] Re: WiFi Launched in Downtown Pomona >> >> >> Tim, I noticed in you're post you didn't list any of the better > > solutions > >>so could you for the sake of the forum members offer one. Also, I don't > > know > >>if you're were aware of this an article was put out last week concerning > > the > >>Top 10 movers and shakers in Telecom, guess who made the list? >>http://www.lightreading.com/document.asp?doc_id=94333&page_number=1&site= >> >> >> >> Matthew Reed >> >> >> > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > >>-- >> >> From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On >>Behalf Of Tim Schaeffer >> Sent: Monday, May 15, 2006 6:15 PM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: [SOCALWUG] Re: WiFi Launched in Downtown Pomona >> >> >> >> Ijust always like it better when the best cost/perfroming systems win > > the > >>bid. Tropos is far far away from that- so is nomadix for that matter :) > > Much > >>better solutions for less money are readily availabkle these days. >> >> >> >> Tim Schaeffer >> Network Engineer >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> >> From: Richard >> >> To: [email protected] >> >> Sent: Sunday, May 14, 2006 10:23 AM >> >> Subject: [SOCALWUG] Re: WiFi Launched in Downtown Pomona >> >> >> >> Yeah! >> >> Very perceptive, Larry... >> >> WHERE'S MINE!?!? >> >> On 5/13/06, Larry Weber <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote: >> >> Do I detect some jealousy here? >> >> >> >> >> > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On >>Behalf Of Tim Schaeffer >> Sent: Saturday, May 13, 2006 10:18 PM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: [SOCALWUG] Re: WiFi Launched in Downtown Pomona >> >> Marketing hype wins over technology and costeffectiveness. >> >> >> >> Tim Schaeffer >> Network Engineer >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> >> From: Frank Keeney >> >> To: [email protected] >> >> Sent: Friday, May 12, 2006 4:58 PM >> >> Subject: [SOCALWUG] WiFi Launched in Downtown Pomona >> >> >> >> "The City of Pomona Califonia reached an agreement with Affiliated >>Computer Services in a joint pilot project with Cheetah Wireless >>Technologies, Inc. , Tropos Networks and Nomadix to use wireless > > technology > >>and innovative applications to enhance government efficiency, promote >>economic growth, foster greater community satisfaction and bridge the >>digital divide." >> >> Full press release here. >> >> >> >> More news from Muniwireless. >> >> >> >> >> >> Frank Keeney >> >> http://www.unwiredadventures.com >> >> http://www.wlanparts.com >> > > -- Jack Unger ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) - President, Ask-Wi.Com, Inc. 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