People purchase a car, because they need to, not because they want too. at $750 for CPE, it won't happen. Point in case look at DVD players they didn't take off until they were under $250.
Consumers are not willing to pay $750 for entertainment. And don't kid yourself. Computers at home for the world, breaks down to entertainment then serious work or studying. Xbox's are $200, because thats what the magic price point is to get boxes into consumers homes who didn't buy the hype and jump on the early adopter bandwagon. Kevyn ----- Original Message ----- From: "Russell Nelson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, July 16, 2002 11:47 AM Subject: Re: [BAWUG] canopy > Tim Pozar writes: > > On Tue, Jul 16, 2002 at 09:28:51AM -0500, John Foust wrote: > > > But I'm guessing the CPE equipment in this case is closer to $800 > > > than $200, and it's still not a firewall. Even if this city wasn't > > > charging for net access, selling $750 CPEs to citizens still smacks > > > of giving more to the "haves" than the "have nots". > > > > Right. They will have to subsidize the hardware as well as the > > bandwidth. > > Why? People manage to purchase a car. Those who want one manage to > purchase a computer. Why would someone not be able to afford $800 for > CPE? It's cheaper than a lawn tractor. > > > > Where did you see hints of mesh architecture? The "User Manual" and > > > "Online Demo" links don't work for me. I filled out an info request > > > last week and have received nothing so far. > > > > Not sure where Russell did. I don't belive they use one. > > I didn't see any mention of backhaul from the access points > themselves. Okay, so if the access points don't need a backhaul, they > gotta retransmit from other access points, right? > > > > Will 5.2-7 Ghz punch through neighborhood trees better than 2.4 Ghz? > > > > Nope. Freespace loss is also 7 dB greater but the modulation scheme > > will be better than DSSS or OFDM to interference. It may not works > > as well with multipath as OFDM. > > Yup (in the sense that Tim is correct). That's why you really really > gotta have a mesh architecture. In my town, from an arbitrary house > you can see maybe the two or three neighbor's houses across the > street. Going up doesn't help you because the trees are taller than > the houses. > > For wireless to work in my community, you need to have what amount to > lots of repeaters just to get the signal to a wired point. > > -- > -russ nelson http://russnelson.com | New Internet Acronym: > Crynwr sells support for free software | PGPok | > 521 Pleasant Valley Rd. | +1 315 268 1925 voice | IANAE > Potsdam, NY 13676-3213 | +1 315 268 9201 FAX | I Am Not An Economist > -- > general wireless list, a bawug thing <http://www.bawug.org/> > [un]subscribe: http://lists.bawug.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless -- general wireless list, a bawug thing <http://www.bawug.org/> [un]subscribe: http://lists.bawug.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless
