Reed Hundt's article on the benefits of municipal wireless
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Posted by SMS on October 18, 2005, 4:02 am
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Posted by John Navas on October 18, 2005, 1:29 pm
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Registration required on that direct link. No thanks. I was able to get to it without registration from Google News <http://news.google.com/news?client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official_s&hl=en&q=Reed-Hundt%20municipal-wireless&btnG=Google+Search&sa=N&tab=wn>
or <http://tinyurl.com/corv3>. In part: Congress should grant $1 billion in federal matching grants to any municipality that will pay 50 percent of the cost of such a local wireless broadband network. Local government should let competitive contracts and build city-by-city, county-by-county, coast-to-coast WiFi network. Incredibly bad idea. -- Best regards, HELP FOR CINGULAR GSM & SONY ERICSSON PHONES: John Navas <http://navasgrp.home.att.net/#Cingular>
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Posted by Steve Pope on October 18, 2005, 11:20 pm
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> http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/opinion/12917284.htm
"Officials ought to reallocate a spectrum, probably in the 700 megahertz band, for a national wireless network reserved for first responders. The local WiFi networks can be used by anyone with a laptop. The first-responder network would be available only for authorized emergency services." Um... that's what they've allocated 4.9 GHz to. Also the way this article uses the term "mesh" is incorrect. Steve | ||||
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Posted by Jeff Liebermann on October 19, 2005, 6:22 am
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On Tue, 18 Oct 2005 23:20:51 +0000 (UTC), spope33@speedymail.org (Steve Pope) wrote: >> http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/opinion/12917284.htm
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> "Officials ought to reallocate a spectrum, probably in > the 700 megahertz band, for a national wireless network > reserved for first responders. The local WiFi networks can > be used by anyone with a laptop. The first-responder network > would be available only for authorized emergency services." > >Um... that's what they've allocated 4.9 GHz to. 4.9GHz is where Motorola and others are trying desperately to prevent customers from adopting non-proprietary (802.11a) standards. See any 802.11a mentioned here? http://www.firetide.com/index.cfm?section=products405 700MHz is worse because even acts of congress and major FCC concessions cannot seem to move the broadcasters off the frequencies. Incidentally, depending upon whom you discuss the issues, "wireless data" at 700MHz often means Project 25 data at a fabulous 3600 or 9600 baud. Whoopee. >Also the way this article uses the term "mesh" is incorrect.
Actually, he understands mesh quite well within the frame of reference of when the FCC first mis-allocated the 700MHz band in early 2002. http://dailywireless.org/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=2434 -- Jeff Liebermann 150 Felker St #D Santa Cruz CA 95060 831.336.2558 voice http://www.LearnByDestroying.com AE6KS http://802.11junk.com Skype: JeffLiebermann jeffl@comix.santa-cruz.ca.us jeffl@cruzio.com | ||||
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Posted by Steve Pope on October 19, 2005, 4:10 pm
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>On Tue, 18 Oct 2005 23:20:51 +0000 (UTC), spope33@speedymail.org
>(Steve Pope) wrote: > >>Um... that's what they've allocated 4.9 GHz to.
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>4.9GHz is where Motorola and others are trying desperately to prevent >customers from adopting non-proprietary (802.11a) standards. See any >802.11a mentioned here? > http://www.firetide.com/index.cfm?section=products405
There's a pre-standard product; it will become 802.11p, probably. >
>700MHz is worse because even acts of congress and major FCC >concessions cannot seem to move the broadcasters off the frequencies. >Incidentally, depending upon whom you discuss the issues, "wireless >data" at 700MHz often means Project 25 data at a fabulous 3600 or 9600 >baud. Whoopee. > >>Also the way this article uses the term "mesh" is incorrect.
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>Actually, he understands mesh quite well within the frame of reference >of when the FCC first mis-allocated the 700MHz band in early 2002. > http://dailywireless.org/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=2434 Thanks Steve | ||||
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