On Tuesday 20 August 2002 09:42 am, Nathanial Freitas wrote: > So what are the quantitative facts behind this claimed "degraded > service"? Is there some sort of known algorithm for determining > reduction in bandwidth/throughput based on the signal strength of > overlapping base stations at a certain point?
PersonalTelco.net missed a *major* opportunity to educate the public about public wireless and spread spectrum technologies by responding to the reporter's question and complaining about degradation of service. The better response would go something like this: "Even though Starbucks is offering their service on the same band as we have been for the last few months, both services can be operational at the same time due to a concept called 'spread spectrum', which nearly eliminates interference between radio transmitters and receivers operating on similar frequencies. In fact, Starbucks patrons can simply continue to use our free service in the store if they don't feel like overpaying for internet access while they're overpaying for coffee." Promoting the idea of "interference" is just asking for community wireless to be shut down in favor of commercial interests. I'm sure the 2.4Ghz band would bring millions in an FCC auction. -- Michael Sims -- NYCwireless - http://www.nycwireless.net/ Un/Subscribe: http://lists.nycwireless.net/mailman/listinfo/nycwireless/ Archives: http://lists.nycwireless.net/pipermail/nycwireless/
