The focus was on the history and I wasn't aware of some of the history that was behind wireless. It wasn't truly technical, however, since I am on the non-technical end of things here, I learned a little of the technical. I also found the Bay Area project to be quite interesting in what they have done and how they got there.
Martha Tom DeReggi wrote: > Anything specific interesting learned? > > Tom DeReggi > RapidDSL & Wireless, Inc > IntAirNet- Fixed Wireless Broadband > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Martha Huizenga" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "WISPA General List" <wireless@wispa.org> > Sent: Monday, April 07, 2008 5:00 PM > Subject: [WISPA] [Fwd: [WISPA Promotion] [Fwd: Re: [Fwd: [WISPA Members] THE > GENESIS OF UNLICENSED WIRELESS POLICY - An Information Economy Project > Conference]]] > > > >> Sorry sent this to the promotions committee....oops! >> >> Just wanted everyone to know that Matt and I went to this conference on >> Friday that was put out by Jack Unger a couple of weeks ago. It was very >> interesting, a bit more academic than the usual conference, but well >> worth it. >> >> We met Tim Pozar from the Bay Area Wireless User Group and heard a host >> of others speak on unlicensed wireless. Their topics were actually >> papers they had each written. You can see them here: >> http://www.iep.gmu.edu/ >> >> Happy reading! >> >> >> Thanks to Jack Unger for sending. >> >> Martha >> >>> -------- Original Message -------- >>> Subject: [WISPA Members] THE GENESIS OF UNLICENSED WIRELESS POLICY - >>> An Information Economy Project Conference >>> Date: Fri, 14 Mar 2008 22:21:15 -0700 >>> From: Jack Unger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> To: WISPA General List <wireless@wispa.org>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> >>> >>> >>> Unlicensed wireless has become an industry, with hundreds of millions of >>> radios in use today. These devices range from short-range wireless >>> computer keyboards to microwave links with ranges of several miles. >>> Among the most well known are wireless local area networks (WLANs) >>> often referred to as Wi-Fi or 802.11. >>> >>> This conference will review the development of unlicensed wireless >>> policy with the goal of assisting How Wi-Fi Got Its Regulatory >>> Goovescholars in understanding how the current unlicensed policies came >>> into being. It looks at the interplay between regulation and innovation >>> and examines policy initiatives from industry and from inside the >>> government. It also reviews technological and market responses to >>> changes in regulation. >>> >>> The speakers include several individuals who were deeply involved with >>> the development of unlicensed policy and of standards and devices that >>> operated under that policy. >>> >>> This conference should prove informative to people interested in either >>> spectrum policy generally or unlicensed wireless in particular. It may >>> also interest students of regulation, innovation, or, more widely, law >>> and economics.... >>> >>> >>> <http://www.iep.gmu.edu/UnlicensedWireless.php> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Jack Unger - President, Ask-Wi.Com, Inc. >>> Serving the Broadband Wireless Industry Since 1993 >>> Author of the Cisco Press Book - "Deploying License-Free Wireless WANs" >>> Vendor-Neutral Wireless Training-Design-Troubleshooting-Consulting >>> FCC License # PG-12-25133 >>> Phone 818-227-4220 Email <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> >>> WISPA Membership Mailing List >>> >>> ----------------------------------------------- >>> >>> >>> >> -- >> <http://www.dcaccess.net> >> >> > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > >> _______________________________________________ >> Want to help the Committee? Help edit the Wiki at >> http://wikihost.org/wikis/wispa6. 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