----- Original Message ----- From: Dawn DiPietro [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To: WISPA General List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Mon, 16 Apr 2007 09:51:21 -0800 Subject: Re: [WISPA] Ball State receives FCC approval to test and deploy WiMAXtechnology
> Dee, > > I find that there are so many claiming to be the first so at least they > make it sound like it's not the same old thing, even if it is. ;-) So I > guess claims like that have to be taken with a grain of salt in my opinion. > Agreed. Maybe some some snacks with the salt also. > This is part of the reason I don't post such and such a city is putting > up a wireless network anymore. As I like to put it yet another city is > deploying a wifi network. It is not really newsworthy anymore unless > they ARE doing something revolutionary. > Hopefully I'll find some free wifi as I'll be in Harrisburg next week. Cheers, -Dee > Regards, > Dawn DiPietro > > W.D.McKinney wrote: > > So with BellSouth having Navini in 2.3GHz and AT&T Alascom having Alvarion > BreezeMAX, who was the first to have a full fledged 802.16x deployment? > "Among the fist" is easy to say. > > > > -Dee > > > > > > Alaska Wireless Systems > > 1(907)240-2183 Cell > > 1(907)349-2226 Fax > > 1(907)349-4308 Office > > www.akwireless.net > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Patrick Leary > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To: WISPA General List > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Mon, 16 Apr 2007 09:07:53 -0800 > > Subject: > > RE: [WISPA] Ball State receives FCC approval to test and deploy > > WiMAXtechnology > > > > > > > >> If you note the date, you can see this is a few months old. They now > >> have 2.5 GHz gear. > >> > >> 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 Dawn DiPietro > >> Sent: Friday, December 15, 2006 3:16 AM > >> To: WISPA General List > >> Subject: [WISPA] Ball State receives FCC approval to test and deploy > >> WiMAXtechnology > >> > >> Ball State receives FCC approval to test and deploy WiMAX technology > >> > >> By kpaul, Section BSU > >> Posted on Sat Dec 09, 2006 at 11:46:47 AM EST > >> By Anthony Romano > >> > >> MUNCIE, IN - The "wireless world" will be watching Ball State's Office > >> of Wireless Research and Mapping (OWRM) closely as it becomes among the > >> first to test and deploy WiMAX technology in the United States. > >> > >> Using a six-month experimental license granted by the FCC, the OWRM is > >> partnering with Alvarion and Digital Bridge Communications to test WiMAX > >> > >> technology on equipment at 3.5GHz, a frequency used outside of the > >> United States. > >> > >> Testing is being done at this higher frequency because there is > >> currently no equipment available for testing at 2.5 GHz, a frequency > >> that will be used to provide broadband services such as cell phones and > >> Internet in the United States in the coming months. > >> > >> "The goal is to find out as much about this technology as possible, and > >> then begin sharing the information with others who are anxiously > >> awaiting for 2.5GHz WiMAX technology to arrive," said O'Neal Smitherman, > >> > >> Ball State's vice president for information technology. > >> > >> Researchers from OWRM are putting the WiMAX technology through a variety > >> > >> of tests in order to find out more about connectivity, throughput, > >> capacity, signal strength and penetration inside the home under > >> variables such as weather, trees, elevation and distance. > >> > >> Smitherman says several telecommunications companies have already > >> expressed interest in the test results because of valuable information > >> it will provide in the future development of broadband services to more > >> rural and underserved areas of the country. > >> > >> "Through testing and deployment over the next 90 days, we will be able > >> to examine the performance of the WiMAX platform based on the IEEE > >> 802.16 standard, as well as have an opportunity to fine tune our GIS > >> mapping capability using real data," said Smitherman. "This will give us > >> > >> the data needed to accurately predict and map signal coverage anywhere." > >> > >> Digital Bridge Communications, a provider of broadband wireless services > >> > >> to rural and underserved communities, will assist the OWRM in the > >> testing and deployment of true WiMAX technology. Equipment being used > >> for testing comes from Alvarion, the world's largest manufacturer of > >> wireless broadband. 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