Patrick: While I see the term at least once in the Part 15 rules "professionally installed" I have yet to know from a legal standpoint what this means to the FCC.
Since you used the term "professional unlicensed" are you aware of exactly what this means? (to the FCC) Thanks -- Jeff King, [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 12/1/2002 On Sun, 1 Dec 2002 10:49:57 -0800, Patrick Leary wrote: >...and that is one of the major differentiators of Wi-Fi radios with >professional unlicensed wireless broadband systems. They are >intended and >required to do much more, and to do it in a much more RF-hostile >environment. This is no slight against Wi-Fi. > >Think of it as an attempt to explain the difference between a >consumer >automobile designed surface streets and a commercial grade offroad >cargo >hauler. > >Patrick J. Leary >Chief Evangelist, Alvarion, Inc. >Executive Committee Member, WCA/LEA >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Ph: 760.494.4717 >Cell: 770.331.5849 >Fax: 509.479.2374 > > >-----Original Message----- >From: Todd Boyle [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >Sent: Saturday, November 30, 2002 1:03 PM >To: Chris Petrell; [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Re: [BAWUG] CNN Aricle.. > > > >>WiFi activists on free Web crusade >>http://www.cnn.com/2002/TECH/11/21/yourtech.wifis/index.html >>...Richard Dineen, senior analyst at UK-based consultancy Ovum said >>"I think WiFi will act as a compliment to 3G. Its success is heavily >>dependent on people setting up good business models as it is more >>expensive than most people think." >> >>... he says WiFi enthusiasts forget that running a public network >>is >>difficult. >> >>..You need a good network management layer, billing service and user >>software so they don't hog all the available bandwidth." > >Hear hear. > >Owner-operated community networks cannot give serious competition >to central-controlled capitalist models, unless every node has a way >to >communicate some economic signals to other nodes. In my opinion, >a small payable /receivable event table would suffice. > >When another node is significant enough to exist in your router >table or >to be "permitted" in your filters then it might perhaps, be >transparently >created as an account in your payable/receivable system. Nodes >could submit bills and the other party could drop them or walk down >the street and pay them. > >The most critical problem is efficiently communicating and >administering >the amounts, not measuring traffic, or good heavens not settlement >such >as digital coins. Just a common framework to send a bill for x >cents would >be sufficient. > >(any number of small but useful applications are possible on >community >networks, for example, schemes for registering latitude/longitude of >your >node, schemes for emergency or distress pings, schemes for robust >identity, reputation or encryption, etc. All of these ideas are >lost in the >background noise. How can society compete with the marketing of >companies like Microsoft who spends $5.2 billion/year on R&D and >more on marketing? $5.2 billion is enough for 50,000 fulltime people >at $100,000 per year. The egyptian pharaohs built the pyramids >with such numbers ...an equally useless piece of crap) > >Todd > >-- >general wireless list, a bawug thing <http://www.bawug.org/> >[un]subscribe: http://lists.bawug.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless >--------------------------------------------------------------------- >------- >---------------------------------------- >This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and >intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom >they are addressed. >If you have received this email in error please notify the >originator of the message. This footer also confirms that this >email message has been scanned for the presence of computer viruses. > >Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual >sender, except where the sender specifies and with authority, >states them to be the views of Alvarion Inc. > >Scanning of this message and addition of this footer is performed >by SurfControl SuperScout Email Filter software in conjunction with >virus detection software. >-- >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
