Re: Motorola Canopy?

[darm0k]

I extracted this from Mathieu Mauser's digest reply... this original 
has not shown up on macnetwork yet?!

 > Message-Id: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
 Date: Wed, 30 Mar 2005 06:38:14 -0800
 From: "Dennis B. Swaney" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
 > Subject: Motorola Canopy?
 Has anyone heard of this wireless system? A local ISP, North Valley
 > Wireless ( http://www.northvalleywireless.com  ), is using this
 system for high speed internet
HOOYAAA!   An ISP that has actually fielded WiMAX!
WiMAX is the marketing name for 802.16a, which is (+/- implementation 
and standards squabbling) a wireless system that does 70 Mbps over a 
31 mile range!

It's a fat pipe technology to your home (or group of homes), to 
replace that last-mile POTS, xDSL, or coax drop.  The WiMAX WAPs 
output ethernet or they bridge to 802.11a/b/g.

This is one of the technologies being developed as a direct reaction 
to the Bells and Cables trying to lock out / crush the local ISPs.

 > Does anyone use a non-satellite, (non-cable, non-dsl, etc) wireless
 internet system similar to this?
Would if I could.  Our local ISP is currently trying to put up a 
tower to broadcast WiMAX, but is being hammered by Verizon and 
Comcast.

The future is coming...
- Dan.
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