On Mon, Feb 25, 2008 at 2:03 PM, Craig White wrote: > On Mon, 2008-02-25 at 13:42 -0700, Joshua Zeidner wrote: > > On Mon, Feb 25, 2008 at 1:27 PM, Craig White wrote: > > > On Mon, 2008-02-25 at 11:28 -0700, Joshua Zeidner wrote: > > > > On Mon, Feb 25, 2008 at 11:11 AM, Mike Schwartz wrote: > > > > > > > > > [4] "[...] the municipal Wi-Fi market isn't dying. [...] But, [...] > > > > > "taxpayers have lost so far." " > > > > > -- > > > > > Mike Schwartz > > > > > > > > as I've noted on this list before, Muni Wifi was pronounced dead > > > > before it was ever even born. [...] > > > ---- > > > Obviously the consumer was the last consideration of Tempe's Muni WiFi > > > system [...] > > > > As was pointed out on the AZIPA list, the contractor that was chosen > > was not even an AZ in-state contractor [...] > > > > > > Lessig discussed the last mile [...] > > > > Can we have some names here? [...] > ---- > [...] There seems to > be a quick charge to the blame game [...] > > Craig > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - [...] Here's a news item: at http://technews.acm.org/archives.cfm?fo=2008-03-mar/mar-24-2008.html#354574 it says: << "Intel Researchers Stretch Wi-Fi to Cover 60 Miles Network World (03/20/08) Cox, John Intel recently demonstrated an 802.11 radio link with a data rate of approximately 6 Mbps and a range exceeding 60 miles. Intel facilitated this rural connectivity platform (RCP) with off-the-shelf hardware and modified the underlying 802.11 media-access-control layer to boost the signal's efficiency. This involved the addition of a method known as time division multiple access (TDMA) that is currently used in GSM cellular networks and which splits the channel into time slots and puts the sending and receiving radios in sync, effectively eliminating waiting for acknowledgments and resending of data. The TDMA technique extends the range by minimizing the wireless overhead and opening up more bandwidth for data transmission. The RCP units can function as endpoints that bookend each link or as relay stations to effect signal-hopping. The RCP software uses an operating system based on the SnapGear embedded Linux distribution. Pilot RCP deployments have been established in India, Vietnam, Panama, and South Africa. RCP, which Intel Research and Intel's Emerging Markets Platform Group has been working on for around two years, is one of several efforts to extend the Internet into rural regions, especially in developing nations, through the employment of low-cost, low-power Wi-Fi radios." >> ...and the final "Click Here to View Full Article" is a hyper link to http://www.networkworld.com/news/2008/032008-intel-wi-fi-60-miles.html (where you may want to click on "Print"; -- (even to read it on-screen)) [quote] [the first sentence]: << "Intel recently demonstrated a modified 802.11 radio link with a data rate of around 6 Mbps and a range of more than 60 miles." >> -- Mike Schwartz Glendale AZ schwartz@acm.org --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss