Sounds like WiMAX to the rescue (WiFi on steroids). I believe there are already a few providers in the Orangeville/Caledon serving TO execs living in the country. Coverage in rural areas can be up to 50km from the tower. Ironically, Bell is a big investor in WiMAX R&D and licensed spectrum. Wonder what they are up to?
andrew ----------------------------------------------- Andrew Kooiman P.Eng. Manager, Transport and Infrastructure Engineering Sprint Canada [EMAIL PROTECTED] 416.773.3497 -----Original Message----- From: Ian Darwin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, May 20, 2005 10:42 AM To: Andrew Kooiman Cc: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Fwd: Re: [on-asterisk] Cable will win !] > ADS2+ really rocks, but only if the telco has their gear close to > you. In new neighbourhoods the telcos are already using remotes, > putting the active gear within 2000ft of your door. In the older > neighbourhoods the telcos have a lot of work in installing remotes > closer to you than the central office, but this will allow them to > compete directly with the cable plant... It'll be a Conservative day in Ottawa before this will ever affect me, since I live in an area where the houses are 2,000 ft or more apart. A.K.A. "farm country". The part of Canada that no high speed provider can afford to care about, except for the very rich ($1K/month for a fibre T1, plus $15K up front to run the fiber), or satellite services which have been historically expensive; they're coming down now with Telesat's KA band service, but I expect the latency on that will make VOIP unusable. Sigh. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
