I know the one shown as Colesville NJ is still there as of Monday! Never was able to get a reply though about using it :( In a message dated 4/2/2009 10:11:39 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, wireless-requ...@wispa.org writes:
Send Wireless mailing list submissions to wireless@wispa.org To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to wireless-requ...@wispa.org You can reach the person managing the list at wireless-ow...@wispa.org When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of Wireless digest..." Today's Topics: 1. Resurrect old Microwave paths back to cheaper bandwidth? (Brian Webster) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Thu, 2 Apr 2009 21:51:18 -0400 From: "Brian Webster" <bwebs...@wirelessmapping.com> Subject: [WISPA] Resurrect old Microwave paths back to cheaper bandwidth? To: "Motorola Canopy List" <motor...@wispa.org>, <memb...@wispa.org>, "WISPA List" <wireless@wispa.org> Message-ID: <lmejkjfkojeckcpjknpjoebajlaa.bwebs...@wirelessmapping.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" I've been working on a consolidated map of the fiber available around the country and was thinking about who would have infrastructure that would be worth showing. As I was thinking it occurred to me that back in the day fiber did not exist, Ma Bell did everything on microwave. So I dug around the internet and found some interesting old maps. One is the old AT&T long lines microwave network and the other is the old Western Union network. If a few WISP's wanted to get together and start rebuilding these paths from their areas back to a big city, the towers are mostly still in place and some of them still have the dishes. We know the paths exist (many of them were 6 GHz) and they are well documented for the original designs on the net. American Tower owns many of the olds sites now so it should be easy to lease the space. The paths all terminate in major telecom hubs so it should be easy to get bandwidth. Just thought I would put these out there as food for thought for the WISP's who are trying to get a lot of bandwidth cheap in rural markets. Maybe these old networks pass through your area...... Have fun! Thank You, Brian Webster -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: AT&T Microwave routes 1960.jpg Type: application/octet-stream Size: 2195611 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/attachments/20090402/f1790b1b/attachment.obj -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: AT&T Microwave routes 1966.jpg Type: application/octet-stream Size: 698197 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail /wireless/attachments/20090402/f1790b1b/attachment-0001.obj -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: Western Union Microwave map 1977.jpg Type: application/octet-stream Size: 414219 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/attachments/20090402/f1790b1b/attachment-0002.obj ------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Wireless mailing list Wireless@wispa.org http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless End of Wireless Digest, Vol 16, Issue 3 *************************************** **************New Low Prices on Dell Laptops – Starting at $399 (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100126575x1220433304x1201394525/aol?redir=http:%2F%2Fad.doubl eclick.net%2Fclk%3B213540718%3B35046385%3Be) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
