This has been reported by a few people, including Mike Rogoway at the Oregonian, but I'm particularly intrigued by a quote in CNET's article (http://news.cnet.com/8301-11128_3-10250943-54.html):
"SkyPilots Wi-Fi mesh networking gear has the range of WiMax but is cheaper, said Brian Jenkins, director of marketing for the company. "We take standard chips and make system look like a WiMax in terms of range and capacity," he said." Does anyone actually believe that? If that were the case, I'd expect that the Portland MetroFi deployment would have worked much better. Of course, if that's even half true, then I really would like the City of Portland to take down the gear and put it in the hands of the community to do something with. One possibility is that Jenkins is (somewhat disingenuously) referring to unlicensed, 5GHz WiMax, rather than the expensive licensed stuff ala Clearwire, and happily accepting the public's confusion over WiMax flavors. -- Michael Weinberg President Personal Telco Project, Inc. A 501(c)(3) Non-Profit --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ The Personal Telco Project - http://www.personaltelco.net/ Donate to PTP: http://www.personaltelco.net/donate Archives: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.network.wireless.portland.general/ Etiquette: http://www.personaltelco.net/index.cgi/MailingListEtiquette List information: http://lists.personaltelco.net To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
