Williams did that twice, one network is now with Verizon and one is now with
Level 3.
The Verizon one in my area was built by the Great Lakes Pipeline Company in
1931. It goes through my family's property. Williams picked it up in the 60s
and turned it into fiber in the 80s. Apparently a 4" line wasn't really worth
it anymore.
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Mike Hammett
Intelligent Computing Solutions
Midwest Internet Exchange
The Brothers WISP
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From: ch...@wbmfg.com
To: af@af.afmug.com
Sent: Saturday, July 7, 2018 12:26:01 PM
Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Starry raises $100M for 802.11-based fixed wireless
rollout | FierceWireless
I just find it crazy that these VC houses don’t have a single cynical RF
engineer on tap to advise them on deals like this.
I used to do that job for a smaller VC banker in a previous life.
I shot down every single presentation I remember except one:
A company wanted to buy the rights to an abandoned pipeline (water, sewer
something, cannot remember) between Philadelphia and Manhattan (as I recall) a
company wanted to blow a fiber down it.
This was about 1998.
I told them to go full steam ahead on that project.
The banker rejected it.
From: Bill Prince
Sent: Saturday, July 7, 2018 11:09 AM
To: af@af.afmug.com
Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Starry raises $100M for 802.11-based fixed wireless
rollout | FierceWireless
Anyone remember MetroFi? I do. We got a couple of nice Dragonwaves when they
went bankrupt.
bp
<part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com>
On 7/7/2018 8:28 AM, Chuck McCown wrote:
A C series of financing... that means they have already blown all the seed
round, series A and series B money.
And they are just re-packaging the same tired old idea. Google Fiber morphed
into one of these... did it ever amount to anything?
I am totally cynical. I don’t believe in these mm bands for PMP.
Range and weather are always going to be a problem.
Use the $100M to build fiber instead.
From: Jaime Solorza
Sent: Saturday, July 07, 2018 9:16 AM
To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group
Subject: [AFMUG] Starry raises $100M for 802.11-based fixed wireless rollout |
FierceWireless
https://www.fiercewireless.com/tech/starry-raises-100m-for-802-11-based-fixed-wireless-rollout
Jaime Solorza
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