Posted by: Anonymous Coward
on August 07, 2002 05:38 PM
I started hmmwv.net in 1997 with a friend who lived up in the mountains and could not telecommute to the silicon valley below (where I lived) - we brought up the first broadband link to the mountain community known as redwood estates (50,000' + from the CO - no dsl, no cable, and dialup was 20kbps best case) - two years later, I bought www.uwave.com - acquired more customers in more mountain communities, linked sites, installed more circuits, and began colocation of servers as well - the niche has always been to service those who CAN NOT get broadband by any other means - even in the crowded bay area of california, cities like San Jose have large sections (hint: spot beams) that can not get either cable or DSL. By focusing on a tech savvy customer base, I've maintained a profitable, growing business for 5+ years, longer than sprint's broadband wireless commercial sysem (which came and went in that timeframe) - and all with 802.11b hardware (and some custom outdoor enclosures).
The exciting part is that companies are now starting to commercially sell what we had to make in 1998 - outdoor routers, poletop customer links, POE (power over ethernet) systems, etc.
I'm looking forward to the day when we have mesh networks that can grow (wirelessly) and have true spanning tree routing of packets. I'd be eager to convert my point to point networks over to a mesh structure that can grow cost effectively and lower costs for users, while simplifying installations. This is the technology that will allow wisps to compete with larger telco/cable outfits.
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Posted by: Anonymous Coward on August 07, 2002 05:38 PMThe exciting part is that companies are now starting to commercially sell what we had to make in 1998 - outdoor routers, poletop customer links, POE (power over ethernet) systems, etc.
I'm looking forward to the day when we have mesh networks that can grow (wirelessly) and have true spanning tree routing of packets. I'd be eager to convert my point to point networks over to a mesh structure that can grow cost effectively and lower costs for users, while simplifying installations. This is the technology that will allow wisps to compete with larger telco/cable outfits.
Everett Basham
support@uwave.com
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