By the way, a story about the inadequacy of 3G: Last week I was in a car zooming south on highway 101 in the Silicon Valley trying to make it on time for a WiMAX panel at WCA about "personal broadband" (the world of mobile WiMAX). I was late. The driver let me use his 3G CDMA connection to upload my presentation to another person who was standing by on my behalf. I began the upload passing Redwood City. Twenty miles later we exited off the freeway and the presentation had still not uploaded though my connection was solid the entire time. That's the problem with 3G -- uploads are horrible and we are fast entering a world where the need for speed is becoming more bi-directional.
Patrick Leary AVP WISP Markets Alvarion, Inc. o: 650.314.2628 c: 760.580.0080 Vonage: 650.641.1243 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Joshua M. Andrews Sent: Saturday, January 27, 2007 12:09 PM To: wireless@wispa.org Subject: [WISPA] Competing with WiMax & 3G+ I've been interested in using 900 MHz technology to start a small WISP in a few areas in my region but am a bit intimidated by the vast amount of competition. Just when I get started on the business plan and feasibility of it all I start hearing about WiMax providers and 3G technology and wonder if it would even be worth it. I mean by the time I get setup and running and start to recover my original costs I will have to compete with not only DSL & Cable but with other wireless type providers. It doesn't seem that 3G has the true speed or pricing that people want but has the penetration (literally). As for WiMax it will have the speed and interoperability to make the equipment cheaper but the penetration (literally) of walls and other items like trees will be lacking. So 900 MHz does seem to be the way to go since speed can be obtained to compete with the standard wired providers and I can get the penetration. Does it even all seem worth it to anyone else? Sincerely, Joshua -- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ ************************************************************************ ************ This footnote confirms that this email message has been scanned by PineApp Mail-SeCure for the presence of malicious code, vandals & computer viruses(190). ************************************************************************ ************ ************************************************************************ ************ This footnote confirms that this email message has been scanned by PineApp Mail-SeCure for the presence of malicious code, vandals & computer viruses(42). ************************************************************************ ************ ************************************************************************************ This footnote confirms that this email message has been scanned by PineApp Mail-SeCure for the presence of malicious code, vandals & computer viruses. ************************************************************************************ -- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
