Pat - Excellent video and example of WiMax 802.16 (e) Wow. I am just waiting for a whole bunch of WiMax enabled products. Pat =Tell us more about the next "PlugFest". Any nifty dual mode products coming out?
Felix Lopez Utilites and Wireless Practioneer Calif. --- Patrick Leary <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > DBC uses 2.5 GHz. They did not exist as an operator > one year ago. They > are a start-up that raised money. Nothing prevents > WISPs from doing this > sort of thing too Travis and I know a few WISPs who > are in fact doing > this very thing. > > Travis, anyone can provide tons of reasons why > something can't be done, > but someone always comes along who says "I can" and > they do. It is that > group of people who dare who become the next set of > millionaires. > > As for the model, the DBC guys are pros who have > been around the block. > They deployed several thousand unlicensed CPEs a few > years back in > another company. It is not like they are just > winging it. And in any > event, chances are a guy like this gets bought out a > few years from now > for a good-sized multiple of the original > investment. > > Also, WISPs need to understand that the financial > world considers > licensed band leases as assets, not expenses. Why do > you think a company > like Clearwire that is losing money hand over fist > has a $3.5B > valuation? It is because of the value of their > licensed holdings > primarily. > > > Patrick Leary > AVP, Market Development > Alvarion, Inc. > o: 650.314.2628 > c: 760.580.0080 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Visit Alvarion at WiMAX World > Chicago, September 25-27 > Booth #409 > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Travis Johnson > Sent: Tuesday, September 18, 2007 1:29 PM > To: WISPA General List > Subject: Re: [WISPA] OT: video of news segment in > Idaho about a new > localWiMAX service > > Everyone should realize this is a licensed frequency > (2.3ghz?) and that > the base stations are very expensive. > > So, if you have a few million dollars (I think they > actually paid $7 > million for the license in our area about 10 years > ago, with a > population of 150,000 people) and want to spend a > few more million for > AP's and CPE's, you should be able to breakeven in > about 1,000 years. ;) > > Travis > Microserv > > Patrick Leary wrote: > > http://youtube.com/watch?v=6fag7cy2Nr4 > > > > Our customer, Digital Bridge Communications (DBC), > sent this video to > me > > today after it recently appeared on the local > news. Nice piece, > > especially since it was unsolicited. It is from an > ABC news affiliate > in > > Idaho. 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