Fellas, build a business plan around and obvious need of the operators ....
And remember that by wifi , they mean n and future versions which use 2.4 and 5.x ghz.... Sent from my Motorola Startac... On Jan 27, 2012, at 8:34 AM, "Mike Hammett" <wispawirel...@ics-il.net> wrote: > Fiber to the AP is a great idea and the only way we will be able to meet > customer demand. Within 1 year I don't think I'll have any towers that > are more than 1 hop from fiber, with many directly on fiber. > > ----- > Mike Hammett > Intelligent Computing Solutions > http://www.ics-il.com > > > > On 1/26/2012 10:22 PM, John Scrivner wrote: >> Here are my predictions based partly upon the acquisitions we have >> seen of Atheros by Qualcomm and now this latest play into Wifi by >> otherwise generally licensed zealots of the mobile world: >> >> The large mobile carrier equipment companies will supply Wifi >> solutions to the national players who will then build Wifi micro-cell >> infrastructure out using this commodity priced platform. Then these >> same equipment makers will develop a "New and Improved" line of >> pico-base LTE boxes at a better margin than the Wifi-only APs but much >> less than their LTE macro-base equivalents. Cellcos, cablecos, etc. >> will then replace their Wifi-only micro-cell APs with dual mode Wifi >> and LTE pico-bases to enable the benefits of Wifi and cellular both >> while removing the disadvantages from either platform for their needs. >> >> I believe that this move will enable the melding of fixed and mobile >> wireless broadband enabling WISPs to finally get into this dual game. >> Those best positioned to take advantage of this will be fiber to the >> home operators who are also WISPs who will then build out "Fiber to >> the Access Point" and deliver the "Last 1000 feet" wirelessly to their >> customers. With an infrastructure model like this ISPs can deliver the >> capacity needed for customers to supply voice, video and data while >> eliminating one of the terribly expensive parts of the FTTH platform >> invoking the drops to the homes. >> >> I predict we'll see all this come to pass by 2017-18. We'll see how >> clear my crystal ball is in a few years. I hope you guys will remember >> this then and be sure to pull it up and make fun of me for being so >> far off....or not! :-) >> John Scrivner >> >> >> >> >> On Thu, Jan 26, 2012 at 11:00 AM, Jack Unger<jun...@ask-wi.com> wrote: >>> In a sure sign that the cellular industry is getting serious about Wi-Fi, >>> telecom networking giant Ericsson is buying BelAir Networks, adding its >>> high-performance outdoor hotspot technology to its portfolio, sources told >>> GigaOM. The deal could signal a big shift in the mindset of the big wireless >>> vendors, which have always favored their own specialized and expensive >>> cellular technologies to meet growing mobile data demand rather than more >>> generic but much cheaper Wi-Fi tech... >>> >>> <http://gigaom.com/broadband/ericsson-pursuing-wi-fi-with-belair-networks-buy/> >>> >>> -- >>> Jack Unger - President, Ask-Wi.Com, Inc. >>> Author (2003) - "Deploying License-Free Wireless Wide-Area Networks" >>> Serving the WISP Community since 1993 >>> www.ask-wi.com 818-227-4220 jun...@ask-wi.com >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> 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/ >> >> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> 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/ > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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/
