From steve@strohpub.com Wed Jan 5 14:12:51 2005 Received: from srv01.compumont.com (root@localhost) by stevestroh.net (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id j05KCpLZ022794 for ; Wed, 5 Jan 2005 14:12:51 -0600 X-ClientAddr: 66.114.140.153 Received: from [192.168.1.28] (pia140-153.pioneernet.net [66.114.140.153]) (authenticated bits=0) by srv01.compumont.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id j05KCpDL022790 for ; Wed, 5 Jan 2005 14:12:51 -0600 Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v619) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed To: bwia_posting@stevestroh.net From: Steve Stroh (legacy) Date: Wed, 5 Jan 2005 12:23:50 -0800 X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.619) Subject: [bwia_posting] test posting to list #1 Sender: bwia_posting-admin@stevestroh.net Errors-To: bwia_posting-admin@stevestroh.net X-BeenThere: bwia_posting@stevestroh.net X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.14 Precedence: bulk List-Unsubscribe: , List-Id: Articles on Broadband Wireless Internet Access Weblog List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: --- Steve Stroh Editor, FOCUS On Broadband Wireless Internet Access Broadband Wireless Internet Access Weblog - www.bwianews.com 425-939-0076 | Skype: stevestroh2 | steve@stevestroh.net | www.stevestroh.com From steve@strohpub.com Wed Jan 5 14:32:52 2005 Received: from srv01.compumont.com (root@localhost) by stevestroh.net (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id j05KWqPZ023841 for ; Wed, 5 Jan 2005 14:32:52 -0600 X-ClientAddr: 66.114.140.153 Received: from [192.168.1.28] (pia140-153.pioneernet.net [66.114.140.153]) (authenticated bits=0) by srv01.compumont.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id j05KWpDL023837 for ; Wed, 5 Jan 2005 14:32:52 -0600 Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v619) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <8142DF3F-5F5A-11D9-A856-000A95D35C46@strohpub.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed To: bwia_posting@stevestroh.net From: Steve Stroh (legacy) Date: Wed, 5 Jan 2005 12:43:50 -0800 X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.619) Subject: [bwia_posting] test2 Sender: bwia_posting-admin@stevestroh.net Errors-To: bwia_posting-admin@stevestroh.net X-BeenThere: bwia_posting@stevestroh.net X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.14 Precedence: bulk List-Unsubscribe: , List-Id: Articles on Broadband Wireless Internet Access Weblog List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: test 2 --- Steve Stroh Editor, FOCUS On Broadband Wireless Internet Access Broadband Wireless Internet Access Weblog - www.bwianews.com 425-939-0076 | Skype: stevestroh2 | steve@stevestroh.net | www.stevestroh.com From wa7nwp@jnos.org Wed Jan 5 14:38:03 2005 Received: from srv01.compumont.com (root@localhost) by stevestroh.net (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id j05Kc3q0024405 for ; Wed, 5 Jan 2005 14:38:03 -0600 X-ClientAddr: 66.98.186.45 Received: from geo (srv01.compumont.com [66.98.186.45]) by srv01.compumont.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with SMTP id j05Kc2DL024401 for ; Wed, 5 Jan 2005 14:38:02 -0600 Message-ID: <003501c4f367$fe1e5bc0$c27ea8c0@vodall.com> From: "Bill Vodall" To: References: Date: Wed, 5 Jan 2005 12:49:03 -0800 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1409 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1409 Subject: [bwia_posting] My post #1 Sender: bwia_posting-admin@stevestroh.net Errors-To: bwia_posting-admin@stevestroh.net X-BeenThere: bwia_posting@stevestroh.net X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.14 Precedence: bulk List-Unsubscribe: , List-Id: Articles on Broadband Wireless Internet Access Weblog List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: test test Sent: Wednesday, January 05, 2005 12:23 PM Subject: [bwia_posting] test posting to list #1 From steve@stevestroh.net Wed Jan 5 15:42:12 2005 Received: from srv01.compumont.com (root@localhost) by stevestroh.net (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id j05LgC7g027246 for ; Wed, 5 Jan 2005 15:42:12 -0600 X-ClientAddr: 66.114.140.153 Received: from [192.168.1.28] (pia140-153.pioneernet.net [66.114.140.153]) (authenticated bits=0) by srv01.compumont.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id j05LgBDL027242 for ; Wed, 5 Jan 2005 15:42:12 -0600 Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v619) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <30E39FF6-5F64-11D9-A856-000A95D35C46@stevestroh.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed To: bwia_posting@stevestroh.net From: Steve Stroh Subject: Test of bwia_posting mailing list Date: Wed, 5 Jan 2005 13:53:10 -0800 X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.619) Sender: bwia_posting-admin@stevestroh.net Errors-To: bwia_posting-admin@stevestroh.net X-BeenThere: bwia_posting@stevestroh.net X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.14 Precedence: bulk List-Unsubscribe: , List-Id: Articles on Broadband Wireless Internet Access Weblog List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: You're receiving this message because you are subscribed to the bwia_posting mailing list. 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Thanks, steve --- Steve Stroh Editor, FOCUS On Broadband Wireless Internet Access Broadband Wireless Internet Access Weblog - www.bwianews.com 425-939-0076 | Skype: stevestroh2 | steve@stevestroh.net | www.stevestroh.com From steve@stevestroh.net Tue Jan 11 16:58:38 2005 Received: from srv01.compumont.com (root@localhost) by stevestroh.net (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id j0BMwcl0016416 for ; Tue, 11 Jan 2005 16:58:38 -0600 X-ClientAddr: 66.114.140.153 Received: from [192.168.1.28] (pia140-153.pioneernet.net [66.114.140.153]) (authenticated bits=0) by srv01.compumont.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id j0BMwbDL016412 for ; Tue, 11 Jan 2005 16:58:37 -0600 Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v619) Message-Id: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=WINDOWS-1252; format=flowed To: bwia_posting_dist@stevestroh.net From: Steve Stroh Subject: [Broadband Wireless Internet Access] Administrivia - Back To Writing About BWIA (Here) Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2005 15:10:03 -0800 X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.619) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-MIME-Autoconverted: from quoted-printable to 8bit by stevestroh.net id j0BMwcl0016416 Sender: bwia_posting-admin@stevestroh.net Errors-To: bwia_posting-admin@stevestroh.net X-BeenThere: bwia_posting@stevestroh.net X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.14 Precedence: bulk List-Unsubscribe: , List-Id: Articles on Broadband Wireless Internet Access Weblog List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: (Catch-up Broadband Wireless Internet Access Weblog Posting Notification, 1 of 10) From: Steve Stroh Date: January 1, 2005 01:40:02 PST To: steve@stevestroh.net Subject: [Broadband Wireless Internet Access] Administrivia - Back To Writing About BWIA (Here) As of January 1, 2005, I will resume writing about Broadband Wireless Internet Access on this venue, Broadband Wireless Internet Access. For most of 2004, I wrote about Broadband Wireless Internet Access on Corante. Writing there was an interesting experience and a worthwhile experiment, which is now at an end. During December, 2004 I have re-posted here all articles that I have previous posted - on Radio Userland, strohpub.com, and Corante. Because this format is so useful as a chronological reference, I will "backdate post" articles of significant events in 2004 (and perhaps earlier) for which I did not post an article at the time. Backdated entries made after January 1, 2005 will be noted in the change log posting that, as it is updated, its date will be made current so that readers will be aware of it. Notification Mailing List I am considering the development of an email mailing list to notify readers of new postings to Broadband Wireless Internet Access. This will be a semi-manual process as this capability isn't native to Blogger and doesn't seem to be available as an add-on. If you are interested in being added to a Broadband Wireless Internet Access Mailing List, please send me an email message using this link: BWIA New Posting Notification Mailing List. Future (?) Features for Broadband Wireless Internet Access I have previously used Radio Userland (lost a lot of writing with it), Microsoft Word (produces really terrible HTML), Movable Type (heavily customized), and Blogger. Of all of them, I find Blogger to now the overall best environment for posting online articles. It has many of the capabilities which were lacking in other environments such as "post by email" and spell-checking, and excellent WYSIWYG/HTML editor, and especially important to me, Blogger works well with Macs and the FireFox browser. In short, Blogger is more than good enough, and in re-posting so many articles, I put its stability and ability to protect text that is in preparation to a good test. That Blogger is currently available for use for free is of little import to me - if I had to pay to use it, I would do so happily. That said, there are a few things that Blogger lacks, that I will attempt to add: • Slightly better "presentation"; I hate the orange "header", but I picked it for the layout and it appears to be a delicate operation (to my untrained eyes) to change only the color scheme • Better RSS Feeds (not sure if RSS is still needed, or Atom is now sufficient) • Statistics / Visitors tracking • Trackbacks • Integration with aggregators such as Technorati • Graphics! I finally figured out how to do graphics without excessive pain, and so you can expect lots of graphics on articles in 2005 No Comments Section Based on my observations of how badly other comment systems are abused (and not just the spamming, but posting of uninformed (terribly so, at times) comments, I'll likely continue to not offer a comments section. I'll make it clear that feedback is encouraged and appreciated, but mostly of the "Letters To The Editor" basis, which I may, or may not, choose to reprint and reply to as a new article or an update to a previously posted article. 2005 - Year of WiMAX... 2005 will be the most formative year for Broadband Wireless Internet Access since I began writing about the subject in April, 1997 in my Wireless Data Developments column in Boardwatch Magazine. Many of the developments in 2005 will relate to the WiMAX systems being finally certified and beginning production. WiMAX is the "glamour" story of Broadband Wireless, and the majority of press and analysts won't bother to look beyond WiMAX. Advertising on Broadband Wireless Internet Access In addition to Google Adsense ads, I plan to solicit "direct" advertising on Broadband Wireless Internet Access to help to reliably cover my base expenses - hosting, Internet connectivity, telephony (Skype is great, but...), and rent for my small office. If your company is directly related to Broadband Wireless Internet Access and you'd like to advertise where readers look specifically for information on Broadband Wireless Internet Access, please email me. But non-WiMAX May Be Bigger But, the bigger story in 2005 will be the parallel development and deployment of non-WiMAX systems that will often exceed the performance and cost-effectiveness of WiMAX systems. Technologies such as: • Cognitive / Huerestic techniques to automatically avoid interference with incumbent systems such as television broadcasting • Dynamic Frequency Selection (DFS) (mandatory for 5.250 - 5.350 GHz and 5.470 - 5.725 GHz • "Smart" / Phased Array Antenna Systems • Dynamic Wireless Mesh Networks • Mobile Broadband • Public Broadband Wireless Internet Access Infrastructure Using Wi-Fi Clients (Wi-Fi HotSpots / HotZones) • Very robust modulation techniques - FHSS, PPM, BFSK • Other modulation techniques such as DOCSIS for "wireless cable modems" • And others and spectrum such as: • License-exempt sharing of television broadcast spectrum • 700 MHz • 902-928 MHz (US and Canada) • 2.40 - 2.4835 GHz • 5.250 - 5.350 GHz (mid-UNII band) • 5.470 - 5.725 GHz (proposed additional 255 MHz in US) • 24 GHz • 60 GHz • 70-80-90 GHz are not (yet) addressed by WiMAX's plans to focus system profiles to use OFDM modulation, operating in the 3.5 GHz licensed (non-US), 5.8 GHz license-exempt, and 2.5 GHz licensed bands, in that order. FOCUS On Broadband Wireless Internet Access As in years past, my primary outlet for in-depth discussion of Broadband Wireless Internet Access technology, vendors, service providers, and industry developments will be in my newsletter, FOCUS On Broadband Wireless Internet Access. In addition to completing the final year of FOCUS as a subscription newsletter, I plan to complete and release my book (possibly books) on Broadband Wireless Internet Access, and re-post all my previously written material on Broadband Wireless Internet Access (that weren't works for hire and thus owned by the client) with the exception of 2004 and 2005 issues of FOCUS (which I will re-post in 2006). I plan to continue to co-host Wireless Tech Radio, whose coverage of the wireless industry will be more important than ever in 2005. Coming Attractions In 2005 I will begin an exciting project that will meld the best aspects of FOCUS and Wireless Tech Radio - details to follow in the near future - thank you Dewayne, Jim, and Esme for the inspiration and encouragement in this new and exciting venture. Steve Stroh Copyright © 2005 by Steve Stroh. -- Posted by Steve Stroh to Broadband Wireless Internet Access at 1/1/2005 01:30:29 AM --- From steve@stevestroh.net Tue Jan 11 17:00:25 2005 Received: from srv01.compumont.com (root@localhost) by stevestroh.net (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id j0BN0PDI016514 for ; Tue, 11 Jan 2005 17:00:25 -0600 X-ClientAddr: 66.114.140.153 Received: from [192.168.1.28] (pia140-153.pioneernet.net [66.114.140.153]) (authenticated bits=0) by srv01.compumont.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id j0BN0PDL016510 for ; Tue, 11 Jan 2005 17:00:25 -0600 Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v619) Message-Id: <2CE50332-6426-11D9-9616-000A95D35C46@stevestroh.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=WINDOWS-1252; format=flowed To: bwia_posting_dist@stevestroh.net From: Steve Stroh Subject: [Broadband Wireless Internet Access] Administrivia - Guiding Philosophy Of Broadband Wireless Internet Access Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2005 15:11:50 -0800 X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.619) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-MIME-Autoconverted: from quoted-printable to 8bit by stevestroh.net id j0BN0PDI016514 Sender: bwia_posting-admin@stevestroh.net Errors-To: bwia_posting-admin@stevestroh.net X-BeenThere: bwia_posting@stevestroh.net X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.14 Precedence: bulk List-Unsubscribe: , List-Id: Articles on Broadband Wireless Internet Access Weblog List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: (Catch-up Broadband Wireless Internet Access Weblog Posting Notification, 2 of 10) The well-known author Don Lancaster wrote A Final Thought (from memory, it was in Don's amazing book Incredible Secret Money Machine II), and it beautifully reflects my philosophy of writing on the subject of Broadband Wireless Internet Access. Steve Stroh A Final Thought Many years ago, I was attending a folk concert. The opening act was a single flute player, performing in front of the closed stage curtains. His job was to warm up the audience for the high priced help to follow. He was good. Very good. But as he went along, the music started getting strange and ultimately downright weird. He started playing chords on his flute, along with notes having unbelievable tonal structures. Eventually, the music had turned into bunches of impossible sounding and god-awful squawks. Almost all of the audience got bored and restless as the music seemed to deteriorate. Just then, I happened to notice the friend beside me who had played in and had taught concert band. He was on the edge of his chair with his mouth open. He turned to me and, speaking very slowly, said simply “You can’t do that with a flute.” Of the thousands of people in the audience, at most only five realized they were now witnessing a once-in-a-lifetime performance involving the absolute mastery of a very difficult musical instrument. To pretty near everyone else, it just sounded like a bunch of god-awful squawks. Always play for those five. -- Posted by Steve Stroh to Broadband Wireless Internet Access at 1/1/2005 07:00:48 AM --- From steve@stevestroh.net Tue Jan 11 17:02:25 2005 Received: from srv01.compumont.com (root@localhost) by stevestroh.net (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id j0BN2PI5016686 for ; Tue, 11 Jan 2005 17:02:25 -0600 X-ClientAddr: 66.114.140.153 Received: from [192.168.1.28] (pia140-153.pioneernet.net [66.114.140.153]) (authenticated bits=0) by srv01.compumont.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id j0BN2ODL016680 for ; Tue, 11 Jan 2005 17:02:24 -0600 Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v619) Message-Id: <709FE79C-6426-11D9-9616-000A95D35C46@stevestroh.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed To: bwia_posting_dist@stevestroh.net From: Steve Stroh Subject: [Broadband Wireless Internet Access] Arraycomm Tutorial On Smart Antenna Systems Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2005 15:13:44 -0800 X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.619) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-MIME-Autoconverted: from quoted-printable to 8bit by stevestroh.net id j0BN2PI5016686 Sender: bwia_posting-admin@stevestroh.net Errors-To: bwia_posting-admin@stevestroh.net X-BeenThere: bwia_posting@stevestroh.net X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.14 Precedence: bulk List-Unsubscribe: , List-Id: Articles on Broadband Wireless Internet Access Weblog List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: (Catch-up Broadband Wireless Internet Access Weblog Posting Notification, 3 of 10) David Isenberg pointed out what looks like a good overall tutorial on "Smart" (adaptive, dynamic array, beam-forming) antenna systems, at the International Engineering Consortium (IEC), written by ArrayComm. ArrayComm is in an excellent position to write such a tutorial. Their IntelliCell antenna system is well proven in the cellular industry, and in Broadband Wireless Internet Access with its iBurst system. Steve Stroh Copyright © 2005 by Steve Stroh. -- Posted by Steve Stroh to Broadband Wireless Internet Access at 1/1/2005 07:52:43 AM --- From steve@stevestroh.net Tue Jan 11 17:10:15 2005 Received: from srv01.compumont.com (root@localhost) by stevestroh.net (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id j0BNAFPd016964 for ; Tue, 11 Jan 2005 17:10:15 -0600 X-ClientAddr: 66.114.140.153 Received: from [192.168.1.28] (pia140-153.pioneernet.net [66.114.140.153]) (authenticated bits=0) by srv01.compumont.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id j0BNAEDL016959 for ; Tue, 11 Jan 2005 17:10:14 -0600 Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v619) To: bwia_posting_dist@stevestroh.net Message-Id: <86658F50-6427-11D9-9616-000A95D35C46@stevestroh.net> Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=Apple-Mail-8-476955375 From: Steve Stroh Subject: [Broadband Wireless Internet Access] Wireless Relief Being Organized for Tsunami-impacted Areas Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2005 15:21:30 -0800 X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.619) Sender: bwia_posting-admin@stevestroh.net Errors-To: bwia_posting-admin@stevestroh.net X-BeenThere: bwia_posting@stevestroh.net X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.14 Precedence: bulk List-Unsubscribe: , List-Id: Articles on Broadband Wireless Internet Access Weblog List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: --Apple-Mail-8-476955375 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=WINDOWS-1252; format=flowed (Catch-up Broadband Wireless Internet Access Weblog Posting=20 Notification, 4 of 10) =46rom my reading and contacts, I'm aware of four distinct efforts=20 underway for Communications-related relief for the tsunami-impacted=20 areas of Southern Asia. #1 - Post-Tsunami Reconnect Mike Outmesguine, as Chairman of the Southern California Wireless Users=20= Group (SOCALWUG), is organizing individuals and companies that would=20 like to offer Broadband Wireless equipment, expertise, and support for=20= the areas impacted by the recent earthquake and tsunami in Southern=20 Asia. Links are for an initial posting on what Mike calls Post-Tsunami=20= Reconnect, and a 12/31/04 Progress Report. Outmesguine's contact information is mike@transstellar.com and=20 telephony 1-818-889-9445 ext. 102. To date, smartBridges has pledged a donation of equipment to=20 Post-Tsunami Reconnect. Thanks to Glenn Fleishman, Wi-Fi Networking News, for the pointer to=20 Outmesguine's efforts. #2 - Relevant information from the isp-wireless mailing list: (begin isp-wireless posting 1) From: Taufik_mh@uii.net.id Subject: Re: [isp-wireless] Tsunami Date: December 30, 2004 04:17:58 PST To: isp-wireless@isp-wireless.com Dear all, The Indonesian Information Technology (IT) community wishes to=20 facilitate the relief efforts to our brothers and sisters in Aceh=20 (Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam, NAD), North Sumatra and other affected parts=20= of the Indian Ocean which were badly hit by this disaster. http://www.airputih.or.id This community is supported by APJII (Indonesia Internet Service=20 Provider Association), FTII (Indonesian Information Technology=20 Federation), IndoWLI ( Indonesia Wireless LAN Internet Association),=20 etc. Contact information : Deputy Coordinator 1: Ahmad Khalil Alkazimy (HP: +62-813-1608-5757=20 email:ahmad@apjii.or.id, YIM : ahmadkaz) Internasional Affairs Advisor: Idris Sulaiman (HP: +62-811-11-1312=20 email:idriss@indo.net.id) Thank for all people who participate , contribute and help. Taufik (end isp-wireless posting 1) (begin isp-wireless posting 2) From: peggy@townsendconsulting.net Subject: [isp-wireless] Tsunami relief Date: December 31, 2004 07:38:00 PST To: isp-wireless@isp-wireless.com I have had a response from the the individuals listed at this website: http://www.airputih.or.id/en/ I am listing there equipment needs below. INITIAL LIST OF REQUIRED EQUIPMENT NEED FOR THE IT-MEDIA CENTERS: - Electronic Generator Set, batteries AA-size rechargeable for Handy=20 Talky VHF and the battery chargers (60 rechargable batteries and the=20 battery packs) - Additional Handy Talkies (5-10 units) - 5-10 Notebook and Geographic Positioning System (Compas, Altimeter,=20 Barometer) - Cable RG8 VHF (for transmission radio/HT) minimal 30 meter and its=20 connectors - Power supply minimal 30A, 12 volt DC - Repeater VHF with duplexer and antena omni directional high gain=20 (standard) - VSWR meter VHF/UHF - HT VHF duplex mode and tone control - antena HT mobile/for cars VHF and bracket + cable - a pair of GHDSL modem (point to point mode) - Converter DC to AC 300 - 500 watt - Complete VSAT unit (ODU, IDU) with 2.4 m antena either DVB RCS or SCPC - 2 - 5 pairs of wireless 2.4 ghz units complete with omni antenaes and=20= parabolic grid and mounting plus cables, connectors, power over=20 Ethernet dll. including outdoor box with amplifier (0,5 - 1 watt) Please send equipment to: Indonesia Information Technology and ISP Association (IITF - APJII)=20 Office Cyber Building 11th floor, Jl. Kuningan Barat No 8, Jakarta Selatan 12710 Indonesia Phone: +62-2-5296 0634, Fax +62-21-5296 0635, email: info@apjii.or.id Peggy (end isp-wireless posting 2) #3 - Wireless Communications Association International (WCA) Convenes=20 Meeting on January 13, 2005 To Discuss Communications Assistance to=20 Tsunami-impacted Areas In Souther Asia (begin WCA Press Release) For Immediate Release Contact: Olga Ranaweera Email: olga@wcai.com 1333 H Street, NW Suite 700 West Washington, D.C. 20005 tel: 202-452-7823; fax: 202-452-0041 website: www.wcai.com WCA Organizes Relief Effort For South Asia Disaster & Wireless=20 Infrastructure Needs At Jan. 13 Meeting WASHINGTON, DC (Dec. 29, 2004) =96 In response to the devastating=20 earthquake and corresponding tsunamis in South Asia, the Wireless=20 Communications Association International (WCA) announced organizational=20= efforts within the wireless broadband industry leading to a meeting on=20= Jan. 13 during WCA=92s annual International Symposium and Business Expo=20= in San Jose, CA. The Jan. 13 meeting will foster industry efforts on immediate disaster=20= relief, both monetary and in vitally needed equipment for First=20 Responders. Participants also will help plan for longer-term=20 infrastructure needs especially suited to the emerging capabilities of=20= wireless broadband. The Hon. Devinda Subasinghe, Sri Lanka=92s Ambassador to the United=20 States, commented on WCA=92s goal: The Embassy of Sri Lanka looks forward to working with WCA and its=20 member companies on this critical initiative, which will support relief=20= efforts and have a long-term impact on rehabilitation of the areas=20 devastated by this natural disaster. The government of Sri Lanka will=20 be examining the capabilities of wireless companies, both with=20 gratitude and with understanding of our long-term infrastructure needs. With a growing regional death toll now estimated at 80,000+, the 9.0=20 earthquake originating offshore near Sumatra in Indonesia created=20 powerful tsunamis that devastated also shorefront areas of Sri Lanka,=20 India, Thailand, Malaysia and the Maldives, and as far away as Africa=92s=20= East Coast. This produced one of the world=92s worst recent natural=20 disasters. The island nation of Sri Lanka is one of the worst-afflicted=20= countries, with over 23,000 killed and 1.5 million left homeless. More=20= than 45,000 so far are reported dead in Indonesia in this unprecedented=20= tragedy. WCA=92s meeting will leverage WCA members=92 expertise into short-term = and=20 long-term relief. Short-term, industry leaders will organize a task=20 force to raise money and to coordinate equipment donations for=20 effective emergency deployment. Also, the task force will plan=20 longer-term infrastructure advisory services for the region, building=20 upon ongoing work within WCA=92s Wireless Broadband Public Safety Task=20= Force. It convenes bi-weekly conference calls, and is preparing a =93Best=20= Practices=94 guide helping First Responders increase their capabilities=20= for challenges ranging from emergency warnings to critical post-event=20 communications. =93Fast-response is exactly what both the public and its leaders = expect=20 from the wireless broadband industry,=94 commented WCA President Andrew=20= Kreig. =93This relief effort after the tragedy in South Asia is a = logical=20 outgrowth of the industry=92s post-9/11 responses. Industry members were=20= able then promptly to provide vital help for New York City and=20 Washington, DC. Since then, an especially strong industry priority has=20= been to foster advanced technologies that can help First Responders and=20= underserved communities worldwide.=94 WCA=92s South Asia disaster organizational breakfast on Jan. 13 is at = 7=20 a.m. at the Fairmont Hotel in San Jose, and is open to any interested=20 potential volunteer and the press. For planning purposes, non-WCA=20 members should RSVP to WCA=92s Olga Ranaweera (olga@wcai.com), who can=20= provide also a VIP pass to the convention. (end WCA Press Release) #4 - Amateur Radio Involved In Emergency Communications For=20 Tsunami-impacted Areas In Southern Asia As could be expected, Amateur Radio Operators in the affected areas=20 were able to provide emergency communications. The ARRL is a primary=20 source of general information on Amateur Radio in the USA. Indian Ham Radio Team Heads To Disaster Scene (Common Sense Technology) Asian Radio Amateurs Bridging Communication Gap following Tsunami=20 (ARRL) Amateur Radio "Saved Lives" in South Asia (ARRL) Winlink 2000 Helping with Southern Asia Disaster Communications (ARRL) Nineteen mentions in Google News search for "Amateur Radio" and Tsunami Some Groups That Potentially May Assist In Re-establishing=20 Communications Infrastructure In Tsunami-impacted Areas Of Southern=20 Asia "CommGeeks Without Borders" In an 2002 article I mentioned "CommGeeks Without Borders", and my=20 memory is that the mission of the group is a good fit for the=20 communications needs of the tsunami-impacted areas. Unfortunately the=20 link in that article no longer works, and I was unable to find any=20 other reference to this group. Any help would be appreciated. Engineers Without Borders / Ing=E9nieurs Sans Fronti=E8res Reading the various Engineers Without Borders sites, the=20 organization(s) provide long term development assistance and are not=20 organized for, nor are attempting to, provide immediate services in the=20= Tsunami-impacted areas. Given their overall mission, it see seems likely that they will be involved in longer-term communications=20 restoration projects. Engineers Without Borders International Engineers Without Borders USA Engineers Without Borders Canada Geeks Without Borders No mention of Tsunami Relief... or much information at all, but from=20 what little I can glean, Geeks Without Borders would seem to be an=20 organization that might potentially become involved in communications=20 work in the tsunami-impacted areas. Partners In Technology International While there is no mention at present on the PACTEC web page of a=20 specific response to the recent tsunami in Southern Asia, Partners In=20 Technology (PACTEC) is an international organization that provides=20 aviation and communications support (including impressive capabilities=20= with satellite communications) to non-governmental agencies and=20 organizations in developing and disaster areas. PACTEC's capabilities=20 are obviously a good fit for communications needs of the=20 tsunami-impacted areas. Volunteers In Technical Assistance (VITA) Like Engineers Without Borders, the primary mission of Volunteers In=20 Technical Assistance (VITA) is long term projects. There was no=20 specific mention of tsunami relief on the VITA web page. Steve Stroh Copyright =A9 2005 by Steve Stroh, except for identified excerpts from=20= other sources. -- Posted by Steve Stroh to Broadband Wireless Internet Access at 1/1/2005=20= 01:40:28 PM --- --Apple-Mail-8-476955375 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/enriched; charset=WINDOWS-1252 (Catch-up Broadband Wireless Internet Access Weblog Posting Notification, 4 of 10) =46rom my reading and contacts, I'm aware of four distinct efforts underway for Communications-related relief for the tsunami-impacted areas of Southern Asia. #1 - Post-Tsunami Reconnect=20 0000,0000,EEEEMike Outmesguine, as Chairman of the 0000,0000,EEEESouthern California Wireless Users Group (SOCALWUG), is organizing individuals and companies that would like to offer Broadband Wireless equipment, expertise, and support for the areas impacted by the recent earthquake and tsunami in Southern Asia. Links are for an initial posting on what Mike calls 0000,0000,EEEEPost-Tsunami Reconnect, and a 0000,0000,EEEE12/31/04 Progress Report.=20 Outmesguine's contact information is 0000,0000,EEEEmike@transstellar.com and telephony 1-818-889-9445 ext. 102.=20 To date, 0000,0000,EEEEsmartBridges has pledged a donation of equipment to Post-Tsunami Reconnect.=20 Thanks to 0000,0000,EEEEGlenn Fleishman, Wi-Fi Networking News, for the pointer to Outmesguine's efforts.=20 #2 - Relevant information from the 0000,0000,EEEEisp-wireless mailing list:=20 (begin isp-wireless posting 1)=20 HelveticaFrom: Taufik_mh@uii.net.id=20 HelveticaSubject: Re: [isp-wireless] Tsunami=20 HelveticaDate: December 30, 2004 04:17:58 PST=20 HelveticaTo: isp-wireless@isp-wireless.com=20 HelveticaDear all,=20 HelveticaThe Indonesian Information Technology (IT) community wishes to facilitate the relief efforts to our brothers and sisters in Aceh (Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam, NAD), North Sumatra and other affected parts of the Indian Ocean which were badly hit by this disaster.=20 = Helveticahttp://www.airputih.or.id=20 HelveticaThis community is supported by APJII (Indonesia Internet Service Provider Association), FTII (Indonesian Information Technology Federation), IndoWLI ( Indonesia Wireless LAN Internet Association), etc.=20 HelveticaContact information :=20 HelveticaDeputy Coordinator 1: Ahmad Khalil Alkazimy (HP: +62-813-1608-5757 email:ahmad@apjii.or.id, YIM : ahmadkaz)=20 HelveticaInternasional Affairs Advisor: Idris Sulaiman (HP: +62-811-11-1312 email:idriss@indo.net.id)=20 HelveticaThank for all people who participate , contribute and help.=20 HelveticaTaufik=20= (end isp-wireless posting 1)=20 (begin isp-wireless posting 2)=20 HelveticaFrom: peggy@townsendconsulting.net=20 HelveticaSubject: [isp-wireless] Tsunami relief=20 HelveticaDate: December 31, 2004 07:38:00 PST=20 HelveticaTo: isp-wireless@isp-wireless.com=20 HelveticaI have had a response from the the individuals listed at this website:=20 = Helvetica0000,0000,EEEEhttp://www.airputih.or.id/en/ HelveticaI am listing there equipment needs below.=20 HelveticaINITIAL LIST OF REQUIRED EQUIPMENT NEED FOR THE IT-MEDIA CENTERS:=20 Helvetica- Electronic Generator Set, batteries AA-size rechargeable for Handy Talky VHF and the battery chargers (60 rechargable batteries and the battery packs)=20 Helvetica- Additional Handy Talkies (5-10 units)=20 Helvetica- 5-10 Notebook and Geographic Positioning System (Compas, Altimeter, Barometer)=20 Helvetica- Cable RG8 VHF (for transmission radio/HT) minimal 30 meter and its connectors=20 Helvetica- Power supply minimal 30A, 12 volt DC=20 Helvetica- Repeater VHF with duplexer and antena omni directional high gain (standard)=20 Helvetica- VSWR meter VHF/UHF=20 Helvetica- HT VHF duplex mode and tone control=20 Helvetica- antena HT mobile/for cars VHF and bracket + cable=20 Helvetica- a pair of GHDSL modem (point to point mode)=20 Helvetica- Converter DC to AC 300 - 500 watt=20 Helvetica- Complete VSAT unit (ODU, IDU) with 2.4 m antena either DVB RCS or SCPC=20 Helvetica- 2 - 5 pairs of wireless 2.4 ghz units complete with omni antenaes and parabolic grid and mounting plus cables, connectors, power over Ethernet dll. including outdoor box with amplifier (0,5 - 1 watt)=20 HelveticaPlease send equipment to:=20 HelveticaIndonesia Information Technology and ISP Association (IITF - APJII) Office=20 HelveticaCyber Building 11th floor, Jl. Kuningan Barat No 8, Jakarta Selatan Helvetica12710 Indonesia=20 HelveticaPhone: +62-2-5296 0634, Fax +62-21-5296 0635, email: info@apjii.or.id=20 HelveticaPeggy=20= (end isp-wireless posting 2)=20 #3 - Wireless Communications Association International (WCA) Convenes Meeting on January 13, 2005 To Discuss Communications Assistance to Tsunami-impacted Areas In Souther Asia=20 (begin WCA Press Release)=20 For Immediate Release=20 Contact: Olga Ranaweera=20 Email: olga@wcai.com 1333 H Street, NW Suite 700 West=20 Washington, D.C. 20005 tel: 202-452-7823; fax: 202-452-0041=20 website: www.wcai.com WCA Organizes Relief Effort For South Asia Disaster & Wireless Infrastructure Needs At Jan. 13 Meeting=20 WASHINGTON, DC (Dec. 29, 2004) =96 In response to the devastating earthquake and corresponding tsunamis in South Asia, the Wireless Communications Association International (WCA) announced organizational efforts within the wireless broadband industry leading to a meeting on Jan. 13 during WCA=92s annual International Symposium and Business Expo in San Jose, CA.=20 The Jan. 13 meeting will foster industry efforts on immediate disaster relief, both monetary and in vitally needed equipment for First Responders. Participants also will help plan for longer-term infrastructure needs especially suited to the emerging capabilities of wireless broadband. The Hon. Devinda Subasinghe, Sri Lanka=92s Ambassador to the United States, commented on WCA=92s goal:=20 HelveticaThe Embassy of Sri Lanka looks forward to working with WCA and its member companies on this critical initiative, which will support relief efforts and have a long-term impact on rehabilitation of the areas devastated by this natural disaster. The government of Sri Lanka will be examining the capabilities of wireless companies, both with gratitude and with understanding of our long-term infrastructure needs.=20 With a growing regional death toll now estimated at 80,000+, the 9.0 earthquake originating offshore near Sumatra in Indonesia created powerful tsunamis that devastated also shorefront areas of Sri Lanka, India, Thailand, Malaysia and the Maldives, and as far away as Africa=92s East Coast. This produced one of the world=92s worst recent natural disasters. The island nation of Sri Lanka is one of the worst-afflicted countries, with over 23,000 killed and 1.5 million left homeless. More than 45,000 so far are reported dead in Indonesia in this unprecedented tragedy.=20 WCA=92s meeting will leverage WCA members=92 expertise into short-term = and long-term relief. Short-term, industry leaders will organize a task force to raise money and to coordinate equipment donations for effective emergency deployment. Also, the task force will plan longer-term infrastructure advisory services for the region, building upon ongoing work within WCA=92s Wireless Broadband Public Safety Task Force. It convenes bi-weekly conference calls, and is preparing a =93Best Practices=94 guide helping First Responders increase their capabilities for challenges ranging from emergency warnings to critical post-event communications. =93Fast-response is exactly what both the public and its leaders expect from the wireless broadband industry,=94 commented WCA President Andrew Kreig. =93This relief effort after the tragedy in South Asia is a logical outgrowth of the industry=92s post-9/11 responses. Industry members were able then promptly to provide vital help for New York City and Washington, DC. Since then, an especially strong industry priority has been to foster advanced technologies that can help First Responders and underserved communities worldwide.=94 WCA=92s South Asia disaster organizational breakfast on Jan. 13 is at 7 a.m. at the Fairmont Hotel in San Jose, and is open to any interested potential volunteer and the press. For planning purposes, non-WCA members should RSVP to WCA=92s Olga Ranaweera (olga@wcai.com), who can provide also a VIP pass to the convention. (end WCA Press Release)=20 #4 - Amateur Radio Involved In Emergency Communications For Tsunami-impacted Areas In Southern Asia=20 As could be expected, Amateur Radio Operators in the affected areas were able to provide emergency communications. The 0000,0000,EEEEARRL is a primary source of general information on Amateur Radio in the USA.=20 0000,0000,EEEEIndian Ham Radio Team Heads To Disaster Scene (0000,0000,EEEECommon Sense Technology)=20 0000,0000,EEEEAsian Radio Amateurs Bridging Communication Gap following Tsunami (ARRL)=20 0000,0000,EEEEAmateur Radio "Saved Lives" in South Asia (ARRL)=20 0000,0000,EEEEWinlink 2000 Helping with Southern Asia Disaster Communications (ARRL)=20 0000,0000,EEEENineteen mentions in Google News search for "Amateur Radio" and Tsunami=20 Some Groups That = HelveticaPotentially May Assist In Re-establishing Communications Infrastructure In Tsunami-impacted Areas Of Southern Asia=20 "CommGeeks Without Borders"=20 In an 0000,0000,EEEE2002 article I mentioned "CommGeeks Without Borders", and my memory is that the mission of the group is a good fit for the communications needs of the tsunami-impacted areas. Unfortunately the link in that article no longer works, and I was unable to find any other reference to this group. Any help would be appreciated. Engineers Without Borders / Ing=E9nieurs Sans Fronti=E8res=20= Reading the various Engineers Without Borders sites, the organization(s) provide long term development assistance and are not organized for, nor are attempting to, provide immediate services in the Tsunami-impacted areas. Given their overall mission, it see=20 seems likely that they will be involved in longer-term communications restoration projects.=20 0000,0000,EEEEEngineers Without Borders International=20 0000,0000,EEEEEngineers Without Borders USA=20 0000,0000,EEEEEngineers Without Borders Canada=20 Geeks Without Borders=20 No mention of Tsunami Relief... or much information at all, but from what little I can glean, 0000,0000,EEEEGeeks Without Borders would seem to be an organization that might potentially become involved in communications work in the tsunami-impacted areas.=20 Partners In Technology International=20 While there is no mention at present on the PACTEC web page of a specific response to the recent tsunami in Southern Asia, 0000,0000,EEEEPartners In Technology (PACTEC) is an international organization that provides aviation and communications support (including impressive capabilities with satellite communications) to non-governmental agencies and organizations in developing and disaster areas. PACTEC's capabilities are obviously a good fit for communications needs of the tsunami-impacted areas.=20 Volunteers In Technical Assistance (VITA)=20 Like Engineers Without Borders, the primary mission of 0000,0000,EEEEVolunteers In Technical Assistance (VITA) is long term projects. There was no specific mention of tsunami relief on the VITA web page.=20 Steve Stroh Copyright =A9 2005 by Steve Stroh, except for identified excerpts from other sources.=20 -- 8080,8080,8080Posted by Steve Stroh to 0000,0000,EEEEBroadband Wireless Internet Access8080,8080,8080 at 1/1/2005 01:40:28 PM=20 --- --Apple-Mail-8-476955375-- From steve@stevestroh.net Tue Jan 11 17:12:20 2005 Received: from srv01.compumont.com (root@localhost) by stevestroh.net (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id j0BNCKSV017072 for ; Tue, 11 Jan 2005 17:12:20 -0600 X-ClientAddr: 66.114.140.153 Received: from [192.168.1.28] (pia140-153.pioneernet.net [66.114.140.153]) (authenticated bits=0) by srv01.compumont.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id j0BNBRDM016992 for ; Tue, 11 Jan 2005 17:12:20 -0600 Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v619) To: bwia_posting_dist@stevestroh.net Message-Id: Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=Apple-Mail-10-477093173 From: Steve Stroh Subject: [Broadband Wireless Internet Access] BWIA Related Conferences Q1 2005 - Updated 2005-01-03 Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2005 15:23:48 -0800 X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.619) Sender: bwia_posting-admin@stevestroh.net Errors-To: bwia_posting-admin@stevestroh.net X-BeenThere: bwia_posting@stevestroh.net X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.14 Precedence: bulk List-Unsubscribe: , List-Id: Articles on Broadband Wireless Internet Access Weblog List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: --Apple-Mail-10-477093173 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed (Catch-up Broadband Wireless Internet Access Weblog Posting=20 Notification, 6 of 10) January 5-7, 2005 - Phoenix, Arizona USA - National Telecommunications=20= Cooperative Association (NTCA) 2005 IOC Wireless Symposium January 6-9, 2005 - Las Vegas, Nevada USA - Consumer Electronics=20 Association (CEA) Consumer Electronics Show (CES) January 10-12, 2005 - San Jose, California USA - Part-15.Org How to Run=20= a Profitable Small WISP January 13, 2005 - San Jose, California USA - Wireless Communications=20 Association International (WCA) Relief Effort For South Asia Disaster &=20= Wireless Infrastructure Needs Meeting January 11-14, 2005 - San Jose, California USA - Wireless=20 Communications Association International (WCA) International Symposium=20= & Business Expo. I hope to attend this conference. January 19-21, 2005 - Denver, Colorado USA - Electro-comm Distributing=20= EC Expo February 17-18, 2005 - Chicago, Illinois USA - Wireless Internet=20 Service Providers Network Operators Group (WISPNOG) Conference March 14-16, 2005 - New Orleans, Louisiana USA - CTIA Wireless 2005 Steve Stroh Copyright =A9 2005 by Steve Stroh -- Posted by Steve Stroh to Broadband Wireless Internet Access at 1/3/2005=20= 10:28:00 AM --- --Apple-Mail-10-477093173 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/enriched; charset=ISO-8859-1 (Catch-up Broadband Wireless Internet Access Weblog Posting Notification, 6 of 10) January 5-7, 2005 - Phoenix, Arizona USA - = Helvetica0000,0000,EEEENational Telecommunications Cooperative Association (NTCA) = 0000,0000,EEEE2005 IOC Wireless Symposium=20 January 6-9, 2005 - Las Vegas, Nevada USA - = Helvetica0000,0000,EEEEConsumer Electronics Association (CEA) 0000,0000,EEEEConsumer Electronics Show (CES)=20 January 10-12, 2005 - San Jose, California USA - = HelveticaFFFF,FFFF,FFFFPart-15.Org 0000,0000,EEEEHow to Run a Profitable Small WISP=20 January 13, 2005 - San Jose, California USA - = Helvetica0000,0000,EEEEWireless Communications Association International (WCA) = 0000,0000,EEEERelief Effort For South Asia Disaster & Wireless Infrastructure Needs Meeting=20 January 11-14, 2005 - San Jose, California USA - = Helvetica0000,0000,EEEEWireless Communications Association International (WCA) = 0000,0000,EEEEInternational Symposium & Business Expo. I hope to attend this conference. January 19-21, 2005 - Denver, Colorado USA - = Helvetica0000,0000,EEEEElectro-comm Distributing 0000,0000,EEEEEC Expo=20 February 17-18, 2005 - Chicago, Illinois USA - = Helvetica0000,0000,EEEEWireless Internet Service Providers Network Operators Group (WISPNOG) = 0000,0000,EEEEConference=20 March 14-16, 2005 - New Orleans, Louisiana USA - = Helvetica0000,0000,EEEECTIA 0000,0000,EEEEWireless 2005=20 Steve Stroh Copyright =A9 2005 by Steve Stroh -- 8080,8080,8080Posted by Steve Stroh to 0000,0000,EEEEBroadband Wireless Internet Access8080,8080,8080 at 1/3/2005 10:28:00 AM=20 --- --Apple-Mail-10-477093173-- From steve@stevestroh.net Tue Jan 11 17:13:17 2005 Received: from srv01.compumont.com (root@localhost) by stevestroh.net (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id j0BNDHKT017122 for ; Tue, 11 Jan 2005 17:13:17 -0600 X-ClientAddr: 66.114.140.153 Received: from [192.168.1.28] (pia140-153.pioneernet.net [66.114.140.153]) (authenticated bits=0) by srv01.compumont.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id j0BNBRDN016992 for ; Tue, 11 Jan 2005 17:13:17 -0600 Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v619) To: bwia_posting_dist@stevestroh.net Message-Id: Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=Apple-Mail-11-477150048 From: Steve Stroh Subject: [Broadband Wireless Internet Access] Citywide Wi-Fi for Phoenix, Scottsdale, and Tempe Arizona Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2005 15:24:45 -0800 X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.619) Sender: bwia_posting-admin@stevestroh.net Errors-To: bwia_posting-admin@stevestroh.net X-BeenThere: bwia_posting@stevestroh.net X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.14 Precedence: bulk List-Unsubscribe: , List-Id: Articles on Broadband Wireless Internet Access Weblog List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: --Apple-Mail-11-477150048 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed (Catch-up Broadband Wireless Internet Access Weblog Posting=20 Notification, 7 of 10) The Wi-Fi projects for the three cities are in different phases of=20 planning and/or deployment. Particularly notable is that Tempe's=20 project is being done in conjunction with Arizona State University; the=20= ASU students will certainly know how to make good use of a public Wi-Fi=20= Network. Links: MSNBC story, originally reported by Jenifer Javia of The=20 Business Journal of Phoenix. Thanks for the intial tip from Wi-Fi=20 Planet (Week of January 3-7, 2005). Steve Stroh Copyright =A9 2005 by Steve Stroh -- Posted by Steve Stroh to Broadband Wireless Internet Access at 1/3/2005=20= 12:03:51 PM --- --Apple-Mail-11-477150048 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/enriched; charset=ISO-8859-1 (Catch-up Broadband Wireless Internet Access Weblog Posting Notification, 7 of 10) The Wi-Fi projects for the three cities are in different phases of planning and/or deployment. Particularly notable is that Tempe's project is being done in conjunction with Arizona State University; the ASU students will certainly know how to make good use of a public Wi-Fi Network.=20 Links: 0000,0000,EEEEMSNBC story, originally reported by Jenifer Javia of The Business Journal of Phoenix. Thanks for the intial tip from 0000,0000,EEEEWi-Fi Planet (Week of January 3-7, 2005).=20 Steve Stroh Copyright =A9 2005 by Steve Stroh -- 8080,8080,8080Posted by Steve Stroh to 0000,0000,EEEEBroadband Wireless Internet Access8080,8080,8080 at 1/3/2005 12:03:51 PM=20 --- --Apple-Mail-11-477150048-- From steve@stevestroh.net Tue Jan 11 17:17:19 2005 Received: from srv01.compumont.com (root@localhost) by stevestroh.net (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id j0BNHJlS017372 for ; Tue, 11 Jan 2005 17:17:19 -0600 X-ClientAddr: 66.114.140.153 Received: from [192.168.1.28] (pia140-153.pioneernet.net [66.114.140.153]) (authenticated bits=0) by srv01.compumont.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id j0BNHIDL017368 for ; Tue, 11 Jan 2005 17:17:19 -0600 Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v619) To: bwia_posting_dist@stevestroh.net Message-Id: <8878309E-6428-11D9-9616-000A95D35C46@stevestroh.net> Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=Apple-Mail-13-477388347 From: Steve Stroh Subject: [Broadband Wireless Internet Access] Wireless Tech Radio News For January 5, 2005 Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2005 15:28:43 -0800 X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.619) Sender: bwia_posting-admin@stevestroh.net Errors-To: bwia_posting-admin@stevestroh.net X-BeenThere: bwia_posting@stevestroh.net X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.14 Precedence: bulk List-Unsubscribe: , List-Id: Articles on Broadband Wireless Internet Access Weblog List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: --Apple-Mail-13-477388347 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed (Catch-up Broadband Wireless Internet Access Weblog Posting=20 Notification, 8 of 10) Welcome! We're here to bring you the best of Wireless Technology Talk=20 Radio. Remember - you can send Instant Messages the Wireless Tech Radio host=20= and co-hosts who will try to get your questions to the guests. AOL Instant Mesenger (AIM)/Apple iChat: Jim Sutton (Host): jimsuttonva Marlon Schafer (Co-host): marlonoffice Steve Stroh (Co-host): stevestroh2 (Do you use Yahoo or MSN Messenger (or another IM system) and would=20 like to submit questions and comments via those other systems? Let us=20 know - email jim@wirelesstechradio.com Because of the fast-paced nature of the show, the host and co-hosts=20 generally can't monitor email while the show is in progress.) This week's news segment will be Steve Stroh's Top Ten Wireless Stories=20= of 2004: 1. The debut, development, and success of Wireless Tech = Radio! 2. Wide-Area Wi-Fi Networks Proliferate 1. Philadelphia's proposed city-wide Wi-Fi Network, and the=20= legislative assault instigated by Verizon brought this trend, and the=20 obvious threat it poses to landline and wireless telephone companies,=20 out into the open 2. IDT's Wi-Fi Network for portions of Newark, New Jersey = will be=20 built specifically to provide Voice Over Internet Protocol (VOIP) Over=20= Wi-Fi telephony service 3. Many, many announcements - likely averaging to more than = one=20 major announcement per week 3. WiMAX 1. 802.16-2004 standard is completed, basis of WiMAX = compatibility=20 suites 2. WiMAX Forum began the year with approximately 60 members = and more=20 than thripled that figure through the course of 2004 3. WiMAX hype reaches fever pitch - 70 Miles! 70 Megabits! = Built=20 Into Laptops! Sigh... 4. Term "Pre-WiMAX is born and instantly overused 4. Lots of jostling in the in Wireless Telephony 1. Cingular acquisition of AT&T Wireless 2. Announcement of Sprint Wireless / Nextel Merger 3. Nextel's 800 MHz for 1.9 GHz spectrum swap was approved 4. Sprint and Nextel between them control 80%+ of the = commercial=20 2.5-2.69 GHz licenses in the US... with no stated plan for that=20 spectrum from either company. 5. AT&T Wireless brand to resurface on Sprint 6. Verizon bulks up with spectrum purchases of Qwest (now = also on=20 Sprint) and Nextwave Wireless (finally ending that sad chapter in=20 spectrum misallocation) 7. AT&T Wireless / Cingular and Verizon begin serious = deployments of=20 EDGE and 1xEV-DO respectively - kind of 3G and kind of broadband. Still=20= too expensive. 8. Death of Monet Mobile Wireless 5. Emergence of Craig McCaw's Clearwire 1. McCaw's star power now being applied to Broadband, Fixed = Wireless 2. Stealthily bought soectryn licenses around the US, = including=20 Clearwire, which it's now using (spiffed up quite a bit) as its brand 3. Also bought equipment vendor NextNet Wireless for = field-proven=20 systems (but [cringe] Pre-WiMAX 4. Agressive pricing and stated goal of providing telephony = service=20 using Voice Over Internet Protocol (VOIP) 6. Chinese require WAPI security standard for sales of = Wireless=20 Local Area Network equipment in China 1. Only Chinese vendors can get a license from Chinese = goverment to=20 embed WAPI 2. Caused a diplomatic tiff at the highest levels of = diplomacy -=20 Secretary of State Powell chides the Chinese 3. Chinese back down shortly before WAPI requirement date 4. By end of year, Chinese reinstate requirement for WAPI 7. Boeing Connexion Begins Commercial In-Flight Wireless = Internet=20 Access 1. Secret to success of real broadband connection in the = air is an=20 electronically steerable phased array antenna system on the fuselage 2. Overseas airlines first to deploy Connexion 8. New technologies emerge 1. VANU Software Radio Approved By FCC 2. Flarion/Nextel demonstrates that there's more out there = than just=20 3G, Wi-Fi, and WiMAX. 3. MIMO Quietly Emerges 4. Atheros debuts a single chip that incorporates = 802.11B/A/G=20 standards. Maybe now we'll see some significant 802.11A (capable),=20 reasonably-priced equipment 5. With the ink barely dry on IEEE 802.16-2004, 802.16 goes = back to=20 work on 802.16e to implement broadband mobility 6. IEEE chartered 802.11 subcommittee S to incroprate = Dynamic=20 Wireless Mesh Networking in to 802.11 7. IEEE also charterted 802.22 to develop technology for = Broadband=20 Wireless Internet Access systems to operate in the television broadcast=20= spectrum, license-exempt, without causing interference to incumbent=20 television broadcasting use 8. 802.15.4 - AKA Zigbee, was approved. Zigbee is short = range, low=20 data rate, very efficient (battery life measured in month) wireless=20 standard - think thermostats. 9. Not to be outdone in the technology development = department...=20 crackers (hackers, to some) created "Bluesnarfing" and other exploits=20 for the relatively weak security of Bluetooth links built into many=20 current-generation wireless phones. 10. The Nintendo's next generation handheld gaming system, = the DS,=20 comes standard with Wi-Fi so two DS users in close proximity can do=20 battle against each other. 9. The FCC was very busy 1. Proposed license-exempt sharing of television broadcast = spectrum 2. Released 2.5 GHz band reorganization plan 3. Declared that private venues such as airports and = college=20 campuses cannot regulate the use of license-exempt wireless equipment=20 like privately-owned Wi-Fi gear 4. To date, the FCC is still losing the argument with the = NTIA and=20 DOD about WLANs jamming RADAR systems, so the "new" 255 MHz of spectrum=20= at 5.4 GHz still isn't available for use 5. Approved Broadband Over Powerline (BPL) as another = broadband=20 delivery option... to the fury of Amateur Radio Operators and a=20 lackluster reception by electrical utility companies 6. Declared that - Free World Dialup, a Voice Over Internet = Protocol 7. Will study the potential for allowing cellular telephony=20= "picocells" in planes. Oh joy! 8. "Telephony-like" service that's not connected to the = Public=20 Switched Telephone Network (PSTN)... is not a Telecommunications=20 Service. 9. Unbundled Network Elements Provisions of 1996 = Telecommunications=20 Reform Act are finally killed... again... really dead this time. The=20 wireline telephony cackle with glee. It's impressive what $Billions in=20= legal and lobbying fees... all fully reimburseable by ratepayers, can=20 accomplish. Broadband Wireless Internet Access Service Providers don't=20= exactly rush to defend their wireline-based competitors. 10. The "You can't do that! department 1. TowerStream Boldly Goes... Into Chicago, and = spectrum-crowded LA=20 using license-exempt spectrum and offering businesses service level=20 agreements 2. First free VOIP/Wi-Fi HotSpot is started in Portland. 3. Reasonably-priced, non-proprietary VOIP/Wi-Fi Phones = emerge.=20 They work really well in coffee shops with free Wi-Fi across the street=20= from the headquarters of major wireless telephony companies. 4. Death Of Cometa. Yup... turns out that you can't deploy = lots of=20 Wi-Fi HotSpots that way. 5. Amazing how for Hutzpah will get you... YDI Wireless = assimilated=20 Ricochet Networks (on its fourth? life now), Karlnet, and Terabeam. Steve Stroh Copyright =A9 2005 by Steve Stroh. This article originally appeared on=20= Wireless Tech Radio's WirelessTechLog. -- Posted by Steve Stroh to Broadband Wireless Internet Access at 1/4/2005=20= 11:54:41 AM --Apple-Mail-13-477388347 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/enriched; charset=ISO-8859-1 (Catch-up Broadband Wireless Internet Access Weblog Posting Notification, 8 of 10) Welcome! We're here to bring you the best of Wireless Technology Talk Radio. Remember - you can send Instant Messages the Wireless Tech Radio host and co-hosts who will try to get your questions to the guests.=20 AOL Instant Mesenger (AIM)/Apple iChat:=20 Jim Sutton (Host): jimsuttonva Marlon Schafer (Co-host): marlonoffice Steve Stroh (Co-host): stevestroh2 (Do you use Yahoo or MSN Messenger (or another IM system) and would like to submit questions and comments via those other systems? Let us know - email 0000,0000,EEEEjim@wirelesstechradio.com=20 Because of the fast-paced nature of the show, the host and co-hosts generally can't monitor email while the show is in progress.)=20 This week's news segment will be Steve Stroh's Top Ten Wireless Stories of 2004:=20 1. The debut, development, and success of Wireless = Tech Radio!=20 2. Wide-Area Wi-Fi Networks Proliferate 1. Philadelphia's proposed city-wide Wi-Fi Network, and the legislative assault instigated by Verizon brought this trend, and the obvious threat it poses to landline and wireless telephone companies, out into the open 2. IDT's Wi-Fi Network for portions of Newark, New Jersey = will be built specifically to provide Voice Over Internet Protocol (VOIP) Over Wi-Fi telephony service 3. Many, many announcements - likely averaging to more than = one major announcement per week 3. WiMAX 1. 802.16-2004 standard is completed, basis of WiMAX = compatibility suites 2. WiMAX Forum began the year with approximately 60 members = and more than thripled that figure through the course of 2004 3. WiMAX hype reaches fever pitch - 70 Miles! 70 Megabits! = Built Into Laptops! Sigh... 4. Term "Pre-WiMAX is born and instantly overused 4. Lots of jostling in the in Wireless Telephony 1. Cingular acquisition of AT&T Wireless 2. Announcement of Sprint Wireless / Nextel Merger 3. Nextel's 800 MHz for 1.9 GHz spectrum swap was approved 4. Sprint and Nextel between them control 80%+ of the = commercial 2.5-2.69 GHz licenses in the US... with no stated plan for that spectrum from either company. 5. AT&T Wireless brand to resurface on Sprint 6. Verizon bulks up with spectrum purchases of Qwest (now = also on Sprint) and Nextwave Wireless (finally ending Helveticathat sad chapter in spectrum misallocation) 7. AT&T Wireless / Cingular and Verizon begin serious = deployments of EDGE and 1xEV-DO respectively - kind of 3G and kind of broadband. Still too expensive. 8. Death of Monet Mobile Wireless 5. Emergence of Craig McCaw's Clearwire 1. McCaw's star power now being applied to Broadband, Fixed = Wireless 2. Stealthily bought soectryn licenses around the US, = including Clearwire, which it's now using (spiffed up quite a bit) as its brand 3. Also bought equipment vendor NextNet Wireless for = field-proven systems (but [cringe] Pre-WiMAX 4. Agressive pricing and stated goal of providing telephony = service using Voice Over Internet Protocol (VOIP) 6. Chinese require WAPI security standard for sales of = Wireless Local Area Network equipment in China 1.=20 = HelveticaOnly = Chinese vendors can get a license from Chinese goverment to embed WAPI 2. Caused a diplomatic tiff at the highest levels of = diplomacy - Secretary of State Powell chides the Chinese 3. Chinese back down shortly before WAPI requirement date 4. By end of year, Chinese reinstate requirement for WAPI 7. Boeing Connexion Begins Commercial In-Flight Wireless = Internet Access 1. Secret to success of real broadband connection in the = air is an electronically steerable phased array antenna system on the fuselage 2. Overseas airlines first to deploy Connexion 8. New technologies emerge 1. VANU Software Radio Approved By FCC 2. Flarion/Nextel demonstrates that there's more out there = than just 3G, Wi-Fi, and WiMAX. 3. MIMO Quietly Emerges 4. Atheros debuts a single chip that incorporates = 802.11B/A/G standards. Maybe now we'll see some significant 802.11A (capable), reasonably-priced equipment 5. With the ink barely dry on IEEE 802.16-2004, 802.16 goes = back to work on 802.16e to implement broadband mobility 6. IEEE chartered 802.11 subcommittee S to incroprate = Dynamic Wireless Mesh Networking in to 802.11 7. IEEE also charterted 802.22 to develop technology for = Broadband Wireless Internet Access systems to operate in the television broadcast spectrum, license-exempt, without causing interference to incumbent television broadcasting use 8. 802.15.4 - AKA Zigbee, was approved. Zigbee is short = range, low data rate, very efficient (battery life measured in month) wireless standard - think thermostats. 9. Not to be outdone in the technology development = department... crackers (hackers, to some) created "Bluesnarfing" and other exploits for the relatively weak security of Bluetooth links built into many current-generation wireless phones. 10. The Nintendo's next generation handheld gaming system, = the DS, comes standard with Wi-Fi so two DS users in close proximity can do battle against each other. 9. The FCC was very busy 1. Proposed license-exempt sharing of television broadcast = spectrum 2. Released 2.5 GHz band reorganization plan 3. Declared that private venues such as airports and = college campuses cannot regulate the use of license-exempt wireless equipment like privately-owned Wi-Fi gear 4. To date, the FCC is still losing the argument with the = NTIA and DOD about WLANs jamming RADAR systems, so the "new" 255 MHz of spectrum at 5.4 GHz still isn't available for use 5. Approved Broadband Over Powerline (BPL) as another = broadband delivery option... to the fury of Amateur Radio Operators and a lackluster reception by electrical utility companies 6. Declared that - Free World Dialup, a Voice Over Internet = Protocol 7. Will study the potential for allowing cellular telephony "picocells" in planes. Oh joy! 8. "Telephony-like" service that's not connected to the = Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN)... is Helveticanot a Telecommunications Service. 9. Unbundled Network Elements Provisions of 1996 = Telecommunications Reform Act are finally killed... again... Helveticareally dead this time. The wireline telephony cackle with glee. It's impressive what $Billions in legal and lobbying fees... all fully reimburseable by ratepayers, can accomplish. Broadband Wireless Internet Access Service Providers don't exactly rush to defend their wireline-based competitors. 10. The "You can't do that! department 1. TowerStream Boldly Goes... Into Chicago, and = spectrum-crowded LA using license-exempt spectrum and offering businesses service level agreements 2. First free VOIP/Wi-Fi HotSpot is started in Portland. 3. Reasonably-priced, non-proprietary VOIP/Wi-Fi Phones = emerge. They work really well in coffee shops with free Wi-Fi across the street from the headquarters of major wireless telephony companies. 4. Death Of Cometa. Yup... turns out that you Helveticacan't deploy lots of Wi-Fi HotSpots that way. 5. Amazing how for Hutzpah will get you... YDI Wireless assimilated Ricochet Networks (on its fourth? life now), Karlnet, and Terabeam. Steve Stroh Copyright =A9 2005 by Steve Stroh. This article originally appeared on 0000,0000,EEEEWireless Tech Radio's 0000,0000,EEEEWirelessTechLog.=20 -- 8080,8080,8080Posted by Steve Stroh to 0000,0000,EEEEBroadband Wireless Internet Access8080,8080,8080 at 1/4/2005 11:54:41 AM=20 --Apple-Mail-13-477388347-- From steve@stevestroh.net Tue Jan 11 17:17:56 2005 Received: from srv01.compumont.com (root@localhost) by stevestroh.net (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id j0BNHuXj017396 for ; Tue, 11 Jan 2005 17:17:56 -0600 X-ClientAddr: 66.114.140.153 Received: from [192.168.1.28] (pia140-153.pioneernet.net [66.114.140.153]) (authenticated bits=0) by srv01.compumont.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id j0BNHIDM017368 for ; Tue, 11 Jan 2005 17:17:56 -0600 Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v619) To: bwia_posting_dist@stevestroh.net Message-Id: Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=Apple-Mail-14-477428802 From: Steve Stroh Subject: [Broadband Wireless Internet Access] WISP Heresies (Three Of Them, Anyway) Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2005 15:29:23 -0800 X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.619) Sender: bwia_posting-admin@stevestroh.net Errors-To: bwia_posting-admin@stevestroh.net X-BeenThere: bwia_posting@stevestroh.net X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.14 Precedence: bulk List-Unsubscribe: , List-Id: Articles on Broadband Wireless Internet Access Weblog List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: --Apple-Mail-14-477428802 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=WINDOWS-1252; delsp=yes; format=flowed (Catch-up Broadband Wireless Internet Access Weblog Posting =20 Notification, 9 of 10) As part of my panel discussion at the Fall, 2004 Wi-Fi Planet =20 Conference, I presented "Ten WISP Heresies". Following the conference, =20= I was asked to write a short article based on that presentation. That article has now been published on JupiterMedia's ISP Planet =20 website in the Fixed Wireless Business section. Here's a brief intro: WISP Heresies Although the WISP industry is still very young, one wireless pundit =20 says that the industry is already mired in groupthink on several key =20 business issues. by Steve Stroh Editor of FOCUS On Broadband Wireless Internet Access [December 27, 2004] As a writer who watches the Wireless ISP and Broadband Wireless =20 Service Provider industry, I observe from "30,000 feet". Because I'm =20 purely an observer and not an operating WISP or otherwise affiliated =20 with a vendor, service provider, or analyst firm, I've developed some =20= "unconventional" perspectives. When I jokingly (I thought) offered to present a list of what I called =20= "WISP Heresies" during my time on a panel discussion at the Fall 2004 =20= Wi-Fi Planet Conference & Expo WISP session, moderator Alex Goldman =20 said "Great! I'll look forward to it!" In my presentation I discussed a =20= total of Ten WISP Heresies, but space only permits an extended =20 discussion of what I consider to be the three most compelling =20 "Heresies." ... WISP Heresy #10: Invest In Better Systems Up Front WISP Heresy #7: Competition From=85 Where?!?!?! WISP Heresy #5: WiMAX Isn't Almost Here=85For WISPs The full article is online at =20 http://www.isp-planet.com/fixed_wireless/business/2004/=20 stroh_heresies.html. At some point in the near future, I'll post the other seven "Heresies" =20= here. Steve Stroh Copyright =A9 2005 by Steve Stroh -- Posted by Steve Stroh to Broadband Wireless Internet Access at 1/4/2005 =20= 02:51:49 PM --- Steve Stroh Editor, FOCUS On Broadband Wireless Internet Access Broadband Wireless Internet Access Weblog - http://www.bwianews.com 425-939-0076 | Skype: stevestroh2 | steve@stevestroh.net | =20 http://www.stevestroh.com --Apple-Mail-14-477428802 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/enriched; charset=WINDOWS-1252 =20 (Catch-up Broadband Wireless Internet Access Weblog Posting Notification, 9 of 10) As part of my panel discussion at the 0000,0000,EEEEFall, 2004 Wi-Fi Planet Conference, I presented "Ten WISP Heresies". Following the conference, I was asked to write a short article based on that presentation. That article has now been published on JupiterMedia's 0000,0000,EEEEISP Planet website in the 0000,0000,EEEEFixed Wireless Business section. Here's a brief intro:=20 HelveticaWISP Heresies=20 HelveticaAlthough the WISP industry is still very young, one wireless pundit says that the industry is already mired in groupthink on several key business issues.=20 Helveticaby Steve Stroh=20 HelveticaEditor of FOCUS On Broadband Wireless Internet Access=20 Helvetica[December 27, 2004] = HelveticaAs a writer who watches the Wireless ISP and Broadband Wireless Service Provider industry, I observe from "30,000 feet". Because I'm purely an observer and not an operating WISP or otherwise affiliated with a vendor, service provider, or analyst firm, I've developed some "unconventional" perspectives.=20 HelveticaWhen I jokingly (I thought) offered to present a list of what I called "WISP Heresies" during my time on a panel discussion at the Fall 2004 Wi-Fi Planet Conference & Expo WISP session, moderator Alex Goldman said "Great! I'll look forward to it!" In my presentation I discussed a total of Ten WISP Heresies, but space only permits an extended discussion of what I consider to be the three most compelling "Heresies." = Helvetica... HelveticaWISP Heresy #10: Invest In Better Systems Up Front HelveticaWISP Heresy #7: Competition From=85 Where?!?!?! HelveticaWISP Heresy #5: WiMAX Isn't Almost Here=85For WISPs=20 The full article is online at = 0000,0000,EEEEhttp://www.isp-planet.com/fixed_wirele= ss/business/2004/stroh_heresies.html.=20 At some point in the near future, I'll post the other seven "Heresies" here.=20 Steve Stroh Copyright =A9 2005 by Steve Stroh -- 8080,8080,8080Posted by Steve Stroh to 0000,0000,EEEEBroadband Wireless Internet Access8080,8080,8080 at 1/4/2005 02:51:49 PM=20 --- Steve Stroh Editor, FOCUS On Broadband Wireless Internet Access Broadband Wireless Internet Access Weblog - http://www.bwianews.com 425-939-0076 | Skype: stevestroh2 | steve@stevestroh.net | http://www.stevestroh.com --Apple-Mail-14-477428802-- From steve@stevestroh.net Tue Jan 11 17:19:15 2005 Received: from srv01.compumont.com (root@localhost) by stevestroh.net (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id j0BNJFRY017420 for ; Tue, 11 Jan 2005 17:19:15 -0600 X-ClientAddr: 66.114.140.153 Received: from [192.168.1.28] (pia140-153.pioneernet.net [66.114.140.153]) (authenticated bits=0) by srv01.compumont.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id j0BNJEDL017416 for ; Tue, 11 Jan 2005 17:19:15 -0600 Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v619) To: bwia_posting_dist@stevestroh.net Message-Id: Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=Apple-Mail-15-477505199 From: Steve Stroh Subject: [Broadband Wireless Internet Access] Administrivia - Change Log For 1Q 2004 Updated Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2005 15:30:40 -0800 X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.619) Sender: bwia_posting-admin@stevestroh.net Errors-To: bwia_posting-admin@stevestroh.net X-BeenThere: bwia_posting@stevestroh.net X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.14 Precedence: bulk List-Unsubscribe: , List-Id: Articles on Broadband Wireless Internet Access Weblog List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: --Apple-Mail-15-477505199 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=WINDOWS-1252; format=flowed (Catch-up Broadband Wireless Internet Access Weblog Posting=20 Notification, 5A of 10) Updated Postings: =95 2005-01-04 - Philadelphia Proposes Citywide Wi-Fi = Network to=20 include text of a WSJ article on the subject. =95 2005-01-03 - Wireless Relief Being Organized for = Tsunami-impacted=20 Areas to include another potential assistance organization - Geekcorps. =95 2005-01-01 - Administrivia - Back To Writing About BWIA = (Here) to=20 include the 4.940 - 4.990 Public Safety band. (earlier updates won't be=20= listed as they backdated as posted. Backdated Postings: =95 2004-03-25-2004-12-31 - Reposting of articles on Corante = /=20 Broadband Wireless Internet Access from first article on March 25, 2004=20= through October 12, 2004. =95 2003-03, 2003-04, 2003-06, 2003-08 - Reposting of = articles from my=20 second Broadband Wireless Internet Access Weblog from March, April,=20 June, and October, 2003. These entries were originally posted at=20 www.strohpub.com/weblog (which is now a redirect to www.bwianews.com). =95 2002-12-16 - Posted "US Military Claims 5 GHz Wireless = LANs Can=20 Interfere With RADAR?"; it was in queue to be posted, but apparently=20 was not posted at the time. =95 2002-06-08 - 2002-12-17 - Reposting of articles from my = original=20 Broadband Wireless Internet Access Weblog from June 8, 2002 through=20 December 17, 2002. I found, to my delight, that in checking the Radio=20 Userland server in late December, 2004, the Radio Userland server that=20= hosted my original Broadband Wireless Internet Access Weblog has been=20 "healed". When I looked at it last, with the hopes of extracting my=20 previous postings from it, it was... "messed up" and there were only a=20= few of the postings available. Now it looks like they're all there, and=20= I've copied them over with a few minor updates such as extracting=20 portions of some postings to standalone postings on more appropriate=20 dates. These "reposted" postings are accessible via the Archives=20 listing on the sidebar. =95 2001-11-07 - Part 18 RF Lighting: A Potential = "Extinction Level=20 Event" For Communications Users Of The 2.4 GHz Band. This article was=20 originally posted "standalone" as an example of the articles published=20= in FOCUS On Broadband Wireless Internet Access. The HTML formatting was=20= a mess (saved as "HTML" from Microsoft Word) and since I was updating=20 it, it made sense to post it on the Broadband Wireless Internet Access=20= Weblog. The original URL for the article -=20 http://www.strohpub.com/0701feat.htm, was widely linked to from, among=20= others, Robert X. Cringely and Slashdot, so I placed a redirect from=20 that URL to this version of the article. Background: A great thing about weblogs and web pages is that they can be changed=20 to reflect updated information. A bad thing about weblogs is that since=20= they're organized chronologically, it's tough to find a page that has=20 been updated. I plan to post a lot of "back-dated" material to this weblog, as well=20 as occasionally update a particularly seminal posting. To call=20 attention to those new (but not visible since their date will be=20 previous to the current date) and updated (added to or otherwise=20 changed the text from the original) postings, I'll maintain this Change=20= Log posting, and change the date to the current whenever I make a=20 backdated posting or update and repost it. I'll list the changes and=20 updates in reverse chronological order so you'll see the most recent=20 changes first. Steve Stroh Copyright =A9 2004-2005 by Steve Stroh. -- Posted by Steve Stroh to Broadband Wireless Internet Access at 1/4/2005=20= 10:11:55 AM --Apple-Mail-15-477505199 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/enriched; charset=WINDOWS-1252 (Catch-up Broadband Wireless Internet Access Weblog Posting Notification, 5A of 10) Updated Postings:=20 =95 2005-01-04 - 0000,0000,EEEEPhiladelphia Proposes Citywide Wi-Fi Network to include text of a WSJ article on the subject. =95 2005-01-03 - 0000,0000,EEEEWireless Relief Being Organized for Tsunami-impacted Areas to include another potential assistance organization - Geekcorps. =95 2005-01-01 - 0000,0000,EEEEAdministrivia - Back To Writing About BWIA (Here) to include the 4.940 - 4.990 Public Safety band. (earlier updates won't be listed as they backdated as posted. Backdated Postings:=20 =95 2004-03-25-2004-12-31 - Reposting of = articles on Corante / Broadband Wireless Internet Access from first article on March 25, 2004 through October 12, 2004. =95 2003-03, 2003-04, 2003-06, 2003-08 - = Reposting of articles from my second Broadband Wireless Internet Access Weblog from March, April, June, and October, 2003. These entries were originally posted at www.strohpub.com/weblog (which is now a redirect to www.bwianews.com). =95 2002-12-16 - Posted "0000,0000,EEEEUS Military Claims 5 GHz Wireless LANs Can Interfere With RADAR?"; it was in queue to be posted, but apparently was not posted at the time. =95 2002-06-08 - 2002-12-17 - Reposting of = articles from my original Broadband Wireless Internet Access Weblog from June 8, 2002 through December 17, 2002. I found, to my delight, that in checking the Radio Userland server in late December, 2004, the Radio Userland server that hosted my original Broadband Wireless Internet Access Weblog has been "healed". When I looked at it last, with the hopes of extracting my previous postings from it, it was... "messed up" and there were only a few of the postings available. Now it looks like they're all there, and I've copied them over with a few minor updates such as extracting portions of some postings to standalone postings on more appropriate dates. These "reposted" postings are accessible via the Archives listing on the sidebar. =95 2001-11-07 - 0000,0000,EEEEPart 18 RF Lighting: A Potential "Extinction Level Event" For Communications Users Of The 2.4 GHz Band. This article was originally posted "standalone" as an example of the articles published in FOCUS On Broadband Wireless Internet Access. The HTML formatting was a mess (saved as "HTML" from Microsoft Word) and since I was updating it, it made sense to post it on the Broadband Wireless Internet Access Weblog. The original URL for the article - http://www.strohpub.com/0701feat.htm, was widely linked to from, among others, Robert X. Cringely and Slashdot, so I placed a redirect from that URL to this version of the article. Background:=20 A great thing about weblogs and web pages is that they can be changed to reflect updated information. A bad thing about weblogs is that since they're organized chronologically, it's tough to find a page that has been updated.=20 I plan to post a lot of "back-dated" material to this weblog, as well as occasionally update a particularly seminal posting. To call attention to those new (but not visible since their date will be previous to the current date) and updated (added to or otherwise changed the text from the original) postings, I'll maintain this Change Log posting, and change the date to the current whenever I make a backdated posting or update and repost it. I'll list the changes and updates in reverse chronological order so you'll see the most recent changes first.=20 Steve Stroh Copyright =A9 2004-2005 by Steve Stroh.=20 -- 8080,8080,8080Posted by Steve Stroh to 0000,0000,EEEEBroadband Wireless Internet Access8080,8080,8080 at 1/4/2005 10:11:55 AM=20 --Apple-Mail-15-477505199-- From steve@stevestroh.net Tue Jan 11 17:23:11 2005 Received: from srv01.compumont.com (root@localhost) by stevestroh.net (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id j0BNNB1Z017599 for ; Tue, 11 Jan 2005 17:23:11 -0600 X-ClientAddr: 66.102.15.83 Received: from blogger.com (ftpout.blogger.com [66.102.15.83]) by srv01.compumont.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id j0BNNBDL017595 for ; Tue, 11 Jan 2005 17:23:11 -0600 Received: from bla53.blogger.com (unknown [10.20.1.213]) by blogger.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id B8F0A196F2 for ; Tue, 11 Jan 2005 15:40:19 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <442295.1105486474318.JavaMail.root@bla53.blogger.com> From: Steve Stroh To: bwia_posting_dist@stevestroh.net Subject: [Broadband Wireless Internet Access] Winncom Technologies WiMAX Seminar In Seattle (updated) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2005 15:40:19 -0800 (PST) Sender: bwia_posting-admin@stevestroh.net Errors-To: bwia_posting-admin@stevestroh.net X-BeenThere: bwia_posting@stevestroh.net X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.14 Precedence: bulk List-Unsubscribe: , List-Id: Articles on Broadband Wireless Internet Access Weblog List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: =20 Winncom Technologies will be presenting Winncom WiMAX Summit 2005 on February 10, 2= 005 . It will be held near the Seattle Tacoma International Airport (SeaTac= ) and will run from 8:30 AM - 3:00 PM.

Among the vendors giving presentations are Axxcelera, Alvarion, Bridgewave= , and Orthogon Sy= stems. I'll be looking foward to hearing what the WiMAX strategy is for= Axxcelera and Bridgewave is; Alvarion and Orthogon have already publicly d= iscussed their WiMAX strategies.


Steve Stroh

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Posted by Steve St= roh to Broadband Wireless Internet Access at 1/11/2005 03:3= 4:12 PM From steve@stevestroh.net Tue Jan 18 14:11:06 2005 Received: from srv01.compumont.com (root@localhost) by stevestroh.net (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id j0IKB6qD030367 for ; Tue, 18 Jan 2005 14:11:06 -0600 X-ClientAddr: 66.102.15.83 Received: from blogger.com (ftpout.blogger.com [66.102.15.83]) by srv01.compumont.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id j0IKB6DL030363 for ; Tue, 18 Jan 2005 14:11:06 -0600 Received: from bla3.blogger.com (unknown [10.20.1.213]) by blogger.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1FDAC1FD57D for ; Tue, 18 Jan 2005 12:22:59 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <25103987.1106079779126.JavaMail.root@bla3.blogger.com> From: Steve Stroh To: bwia_posting_dist@stevestroh.net Subject: [Broadband Wireless Internet Access] Freedom To Connect Conference March 30-31, 2005 in Washington DC Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Date: Tue, 18 Jan 2005 12:22:59 -0800 (PST) Sender: bwia_posting-admin@stevestroh.net Errors-To: bwia_posting-admin@stevestroh.net X-BeenThere: bwia_posting@stevestroh.net X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.14 Precedence: bulk List-Unsubscribe: , List-Id: Articles on Broadband Wireless Internet Access Weblog List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: =20 I wholeheartedly endorse the organizer of Freedom To Connect 2005.

I wish I could endorse the conference, as it is outlined at this writ= ing, as effusively.

I agree with David Isenberg's ov= erall premise for FTC 2005, that this year will be pivotal for key decision= s to be made about the real futu= re of telecommunications as it relates to what individuals will be able (al= lowed) to do or not do...

However, I feel that such a conference seems horribly incomplete not = to include as a core precept what, to me, is the most fundamentally personal "Freedom To Connect" - an indi= vidual's ability to use license-exempt spectrum for personal telecommunicat= ions. From that simple "right", new telecommunications infrastructure is co= ming into being... from individual households, to (all, poor and rich alike= ) the citizens of Philadelphia, to entire Native American Nations in North = America, to 100+ mile wireless links to bypass the blatant stupidity and gr= eed of telephony companies.

But make no mistake... that "right" is at risk, as it has become possible and now popular to use license-exempt spectrum to begin dis= placing services and systems that used to be possible only on a private, fo= r-pay basis. Just as in wireline telecommunications, those who formerly pro= vided such for-pay services aren't "going to go away gracefully", and view = license-exempt spectrum as just another "regulatory issue" that can be even= tually bent to their purposes. To discuss these and related issues would se= em natural, to me, at a conference with this name. But, to be fair to Isenb= erg, there simply isn't much of a active constituency... at least one willi= ng to pay Isenberg for sponsorships... for license-exempt wireless.

Also in fairness, there's nothing in the current material about Freed= om To Connect 2005 that even hints that discussion of license-exempt wirele= ss will be excluded. But, the li= sted sponsors, speakers, and overall lack of any mention don't bode well fo= r in-depth discussions or presentations about the relevant issues in licens= e-exempt wireless. Thus, I reluctantly draw the conclusion that Freedom To = Connect 2005 will be mostly, if not completely, about wireline regulatory i= ssues.

Update<= span style=3D"font-style: italic;">: I emailed this text to Isenberg before= I posted it, and in his response claims that Wireless "is in there". I loo= ked again, and see no mention of wireless, but you should look at the site = and draw your own conclusions.

I've been to other Isenberg confe= rences, and if nothing else they're amazing just in making connections = among the smart, er SMART= , people that Isenberg attracts (... and a lot more, but that would be tell= ing). I've learned an amazing amount at Isenberg's conferences (Isenberg ha= s brought together some really amazing collaborative techniques and technol= ogy), and for that reason alone I'll break my "Only BWIA-related content" policy here in mentioning Freedom To Connect 2005.


Steve Stroh

Copyright =C2=A9 2005 by Steve Stroh



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Posted by Steve St= roh to Broadband Wireless Internet Access at 1/18/2005 11:= 02:34 AM From steve@stevestroh.net Wed Jan 26 21:43:20 2005 Received: from srv01.compumont.com (root@localhost) by stevestroh.net (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id j0R3hKWS032348 for ; Wed, 26 Jan 2005 21:43:20 -0600 X-ClientAddr: 66.102.15.83 Received: from blogger.com (ftpout.blogger.com [66.102.15.83]) by srv01.compumont.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id j0R3hKbp032344 for ; Wed, 26 Jan 2005 21:43:20 -0600 Received: from bla13.blogger.com (unknown [10.20.1.213]) by blogger.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8E55E19699 for ; Wed, 26 Jan 2005 20:02:09 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <8051687.1106798145994.JavaMail.root@bla13.blogger.com> From: Steve Stroh To: bwia_posting_dist@stevestroh.net Subject: [Broadband Wireless Internet Access] Cheap Wireless Really Changes Things Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2005 20:02:09 -0800 (PST) Sender: bwia_posting-admin@stevestroh.net Errors-To: bwia_posting-admin@stevestroh.net X-BeenThere: bwia_posting@stevestroh.net X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.14 Precedence: bulk List-Unsubscribe: , List-Id: Articles on Broadband Wireless Internet Access Weblog List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: =20 I'm down with my annual cold/flu affliction that seems to be part of the pr= ice to be paid for living in the Seattle area. I'm backed up on meaty BWIA = news and information that I really should blog, FOCUS is overdue, and I cou= ld barely croak through my news segment on Wireless Tech Radio this morning= .

But tonight I read a story that stirred me from my "check the mail to= see if I'm missing anything vital, then back to bed for a few hours" mode = I've been in for the last couple of days. In this story, Broadband Wireless= Internet Access, in the form of self-installed Wi-Fi played a minor, but p= ivotal role in "connecting two of the six billion brains on the planet"* in= a rather special way:

Kitty11_3 turned out to be a 22 y= ear old girl from Hanoi, who, like her father, works for the state-owned oi= l company. She had managed to get five of her neighbors in the Hanoi suburb= where she lives to go in on a DSL line and WiFi which she had set up herse= lf.

Kitty11_3 earns about $100/month - apparently middle class in Hanoi, = but apparently DSL is expensive enough that to be affordable, she has to sh= are the cost with five neighbors. She was able to do it herself with Wi-Fi.

I've said for a long time that the reason that Broadband Wireless Int= ernet Access is important isn't because it's Wireless, it that wireless hap= pens to be a far more practical, and in many cases more cost-effective way = to get Broadband Internet Access to many... or perhaps even most... of the = citizens of the planet. Wireline technologies and distribution systems will= get us only so far before they become impractical or non-cost-effective. S= imilarly, we won't get there with wireless telephony systems that were desi= gned for voice and suffer from that limitation. There's something in the mi= ddle with the advantages of wireless, and the capabilities of wireline broa= dband - Broadband Wireless Internet Access, which originally entered the po= pular consciousness as Wi-Fi, and lately, WiMAX.

You can read the entire story of how Vu My Dun met John Perry Barlow,= courtesy of the Internet, DSL, Wi-Fi/BWIA, and Skype here. Recom= mended!

* "Connecting two of the six billion brains on the planet" is the sta= ted mission of Col. Dave Hughes. I can't think of a better way to describe = the ultimate potential of the Internet.


Steve Stroh

Copyright =C2=A9 2005 by Steve Stroh



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Posted by Steve St= roh to Broadband Wireless Internet Access at 1/26/2005 07:34= :28 PM From steve@stevestroh.net Mon Feb 14 12:21:24 2005 Received: from srv01.compumont.com (root@localhost) by stevestroh.net (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id j1EILOTL023483 for ; Mon, 14 Feb 2005 12:21:24 -0600 X-ClientAddr: 66.102.15.83 Received: from blogger.com (ftpout.blogger.com [66.102.15.83]) by srv01.compumont.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id j1EILObp023479 for ; Mon, 14 Feb 2005 12:21:24 -0600 Received: from bla54.blogger.com (unknown [10.20.1.213]) by blogger.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5339B1FD57B for ; Mon, 14 Feb 2005 10:35:11 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <31760064.1108406111335.JavaMail.root@bla54.blogger.com> From: Steve Stroh To: bwia_posting_dist@stevestroh.net Subject: [Broadband Wireless Internet Access] Update - Freedom To Connect Conference March 30-31, 2005 in Washington DC Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2005 10:35:11 -0800 (PST) Sender: bwia_posting-admin@stevestroh.net Errors-To: bwia_posting-admin@stevestroh.net X-BeenThere: bwia_posting@stevestroh.net X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.14 Precedence: bulk List-Unsubscribe: , List-Id: Articles on Broadband Wireless Internet Access Weblog List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: =20 Update February 14, 2005:
David Isenberg writes in his weblog:
I am so delighted that [Dianah Neff, the CIO of Philad= elphia, who is driving Philadelphia's controversial wireless buildout] has = agreed to speak at F2C: Freedom to Connect, March 30 & 31, Washington DC th= at I can hardly sit still!

Other than Ms. Neff's appearan= ce, there's still very little on the F2C program that overtly reflects wireless, so my original comment= s stand. I suspect (hope?!?!) that the attendees will come to realize, as h= as been the case with some previous Isenberg conferences that I've attended= , that license-exempt wireless is one of the primary ways to accomplish the= ir stated goals - in this case, "Freedom To Connect". I expect that by the = time Ms. Neff is through speaking to this crowd, the attendees will underst= and, to the core of their being, that license-exempt wireless is the "Freedom To Connect".


(Original article, posted January 18, 2005 follows:)

I wholehea= rtedly endorse the organizer of Freedom To Connect 2005.

I wish I could endorse the conf= erence, as it is outlined at this writing, as effusively.

I agre= e with David Isenberg's overall premis= e for FTC 2005, that this year will be pivotal for key decisions to be made= about the real future of teleco= mmunications as it relates to what individuals will be able (allowed) to do= or not do...

However, I feel that such a conference seems horri= bly incomplete not to include as a core precept what, to me, is the most fundamentally personal "Freedom To= Connect" - an individual's ability to use license-exempt spectrum for pers= onal telecommunications. From that simple "right", new telecommunications i= nfrastructure is coming into being... from individual households, to (all, = poor and rich alike) the citizens of Philadelphia, to entire Native America= n Nations in North America, to 100+ mile wireless links to bypass the blata= nt stupidity and greed of telephony companies.

But make no mista= ke... that "right" is at risk, a= s it has become possible and now popula= r to use license-exempt spectrum to begin displacing services and sy= stems that used to be possible only on a private, for-pay basis. Just as in= wireline telecommunications, those who formerly provided such for-pay serv= ices aren't "going to go away gracefully", and view license-exempt spectrum= as just another "regulatory issue" that can be eventually bent to their pu= rposes. To discuss these and related issues would seem natural, to me, at a= conference with this name. But, to be fair to Isenberg, there simply isn't= much of a active constituency... at least one willing to pay Isenberg for = sponsorships... for license-exempt wireless.

Also in fairness, t= here's nothing in the current material about Freedom To Connect 2005 that e= ven hints that discussion of license-exempt wireless will be excluded. But, the listed sponsors, speakers, = and overall lack of any mention don't bode well for in-depth discussions or= presentations about the relevant issues in license-exempt wireless. Thus, = I reluctantly draw the conclusion that Freedom To Connect 2005 will be most= ly, if not completely, about wireline regulatory issues.

Update: I emailed this text to Isenberg before I posted it,= and in his response claims that Wireless "is in there". I looked again, an= d see no mention of wireless, but you should look at the site and draw your= own conclusions.

I've been to other Isenberg conferences, and if nothing else they're amazi= ng just in making connections among the smart, er SMART, people that Isenberg attracts (... and a lo= t more, but that would be telling). I've learned an amazing amount at Isenb= erg's conferences (Isenberg has brought together some really amazing collab= orative techniques and technology), and for that reason alone I'll break my= "Only BWIA-related content" pol= icy here in mentioning Freed= om To Connect 2005.


Steve Stroh

Copyright = =C2=A9 2005 by Steve Stroh

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Posted by Steve Stroh to Broadband Wireless Internet Access at 2/14/2005 10:30:00 AM From steve@stevestroh.net Mon Feb 14 14:34:24 2005 Received: from srv01.compumont.com (root@localhost) by stevestroh.net (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id j1EKYOx8028586 for ; Mon, 14 Feb 2005 14:34:24 -0600 X-ClientAddr: 66.102.15.83 Received: from blogger.com (ftpout.blogger.com [66.102.15.83]) by srv01.compumont.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id j1EKYNbp028582 for ; Mon, 14 Feb 2005 14:34:23 -0600 Received: from bla54.blogger.com (unknown [10.20.1.213]) by blogger.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8E7B019638 for ; Mon, 14 Feb 2005 12:55:30 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <19395525.1108414100096.JavaMail.root@bla54.blogger.com> From: Steve Stroh To: bwia_posting_dist@stevestroh.net Subject: [Broadband Wireless Internet Access] MetroBridge Networks of Vancouver BC Joins WiMAX Forum Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2005 12:55:30 -0800 (PST) Sender: bwia_posting-admin@stevestroh.net Errors-To: bwia_posting-admin@stevestroh.net X-BeenThere: bwia_posting@stevestroh.net X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.14 Precedence: bulk List-Unsubscribe: , List-Id: Articles on Broadband Wireless Internet Access Weblog List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: =20 While large service providers such as AT&T, British Telec= om, Covad, Clearwire and many others have "noisily" joined the WiMAX Forum,= a number of notable smaller service providers have been joining the WiMAX = Forum in the last year.

The most recent member of the WiMAX Forum (now numbering 204 member comp= anies), and its first Canadian Service Provider member and Vancouver, Briti= sh Columbia's largest Broadband Wireless Service Provider is MetroBridge Wireless. CEO Dorian Banks views = joining WiMAX Forum as a strategic move for MetroBridge Wireless - "We are = excited to be in on the ground floor of the coming standardization of the i= ndustry," says Banks. "Becoming a forum member shows our commitment to stay= at the forefront of the industry."

MetroBridge joins a number o= f similar-sized Broadband Wireless Service Providers such as airBand Communications of Dallas, Texas, NextWeb of Fremont, California and StoneBridge Wireless of Eden Prairie, M= innesota. Along with TowerStream (deployed in a number of major markets), these service providers are part= icularly notable within WiMAX Forum because:
  1. In stark contr= ast to the very large service provider members of the WiMAX Forum, these sm= aller companies are already in the busi= ness of using Broadband Wireless Internet Access systems to provide = Broadband Internet Access services. In short, WiMAX won't be "anything new"= to these companies that are already out there "doing it".
  2. They = are independent - not affiliated= with a large telecommunications service provider.
  3. They cluefull= y make effective use of license-exempt spectrum to connect to their custome= rs.
In an era of behemoths greedily absorbing each other in orde= r to chase a rapidly-diminishing customer base with last century's technolo= gical underpinnings, it's refreshing to see smaller, more innovative compan= ies such as MetroBridge making major inroads in this century's telecommunications industry such as joining = the WiMAX Forum.


Steve Stroh

Copyright =C2=A9 2= 005 by Steve Stroh.

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Poste= d by Steve Stroh to Broadband Wireless Internet Access at 2/= 14/2005 11:00:00 AM From steve@stevestroh.net Thu Feb 17 07:51:15 2005 Received: from srv01.compumont.com (root@localhost) by stevestroh.net (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id j1HDpFwt001627 for ; Thu, 17 Feb 2005 07:51:15 -0600 X-ClientAddr: 66.102.15.83 Received: from blogger.com (ftpout.blogger.com [66.102.15.83]) by srv01.compumont.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id j1HDpEbp001623 for ; Thu, 17 Feb 2005 07:51:15 -0600 Received: from bla33.blogger.com (unknown [10.20.1.213]) by blogger.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5071519596 for ; Thu, 17 Feb 2005 06:12:30 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <4652050.1108649113046.JavaMail.root@bla33.blogger.com> From: Steve Stroh To: bwia_posting_dist@stevestroh.net Subject: [Broadband Wireless Internet Access] WiMAX Networking News, Near Miss On Sprint BWIA Analysis Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2005 06:12:30 -0800 (PST) Sender: bwia_posting-admin@stevestroh.net Errors-To: bwia_posting-admin@stevestroh.net X-BeenThere: bwia_posting@stevestroh.net X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.14 Precedence: bulk List-Unsubscribe: , List-Id: Articles on Broadband Wireless Internet Access Weblog List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: =20 It's good news / bad news when I mention that Glenn Fleishman has launched = a new franchise - WiMAX Networking Ne= ws as an outgrowth of the excellent Wi-Fi Networking News. Good news, b= ecause Fleishman and Senior Editor Nancy Gohring do a very good job with Wi-Fi Networking News covering al= l manner of Wi-Fi developments in home networking, enterprise networking, a= nd Wireless HotSpots (we overlap only on the last, and not so much there ei= ther).

Bad news that WiMAX Networking News is much more direct c= ompetition for this weblog, Broadband Wireless Internet Access. T= hen again, perhaps not, given that by name, they may choose to restrict the= ir coverage to WiMAX, while I view the Broadband Wireless Internet Access i= ndustry as much bigger than "just WiMAX", which is why I've resisted the te= mptation to affiliate my work more directly with WiMAX.

A case i= n point about the difference in coverage is a recent WiMAX Networking News = article titled More Details on Sprint WiMAX Plans. Gohring discusses Sp= rint's possible motivations for not using existing BWIA technology: But it=C2=92s probably important to keep in mi= nd that Sprint has been burned before trying to use its MMDS licenses. It w= as an early mover in building out networks several years ago after it bough= t a slew of MMDS licenses but the equipment it used, from a company called = Hybrid, just wasn=C2=92t quite there yet so Sprint shelved the effort.

I feel it's an incorrect characterization that the "Hybrid eq= uipment wasn't quite there yet." I'm very familiar with Sprint's deployment= of Hybrid equipment - the Hybrid equipment performed exactly as designed. = Sprint's problem with the Hybrid gear was that they tried to load too many = customers onto too few base station sectors/channels. Until Sprint reached = the oversaturation point, Sprint's Broadband Wireless customers were pretty= happy with the performance of the system. In fact, many still are - Sprint= froze new customer acquisition, but continues to operate a number of Hybri= d systems and at my last check with some remaining customers they're genera= lly happy (once they find a stable DNS server, which Sprint can never seem = to manage for very long).

Why is Sprint waiting to deploy Broadb= and Wireless? It doesn't have a choice - it will be fully occupied with the= proposed merger with Nextel. Why is it discontinuing its trial of Flarion = systems? Same answer, not 2.5 - 2.69 GHz spec= trum that Sprint and Nextel own.

My prediction is that Sprint an= d Nextel will do approximately nothing<= /span> in deploying public-access Broadband Wireless Internet Access with t= heir combined 2.5 - 2.69 GHz spectrum licenses. At most, they will make som= e limited use of their 2.5 - 2.69 GHz spectrum for backhaul links to their = cell sites. They can't do much more than that - they're nearly overcommitte= d as is:
  1. They have to complete the corporate, legal, financ= ial, and regulatory mechanics of merging two very different companies and c= ultures, including a planned spinout of Sprint's wireline operations.
    2. =
  2. Technologically, they have to migrate all of the existing Nextel customers to Sprint's existing 1.9 G= Hz CDMA network and Nextel's new 1.9 GHz spectrum being swapped for Nextel'= s 800 MHz spectrum... i= DEN Push-To-Talk capabilities on top of CDMA... and seamlessly replicate the coverage they had with 800 MHz spect= rum... and so= rt things out with Nextel Partners for roaming coverage in non-metro areas = of the US when Nextel Partners may not be able to afford wholesale conversi= on to 1.9 GHz CDMA systems.
  3. They have to keep growing the busine= ss(es) whose customer bases now include businesses and enterprise (Nextel),= consumers (Sprint PCS), and wholesale wireless services (Virgin Mobile, Qw= est) against two (now) larger and (now) more formidable competitors in Veri= zon and Cingular.
Against those factors, Broadband Wireless Inte= rnet Access in 2.5 - 2.69 GHz would be a dangerous distraction that Sprint/= Nextel simply cannot afford for the foreseeable future. That's not to say t= hat Sprint/Nextel won't keep making interesting "noises", like the announce= ment that Gohring references about "waiting until WiMAX mobility is ready".= Such a tactic might serve to distract Verizon and Cingular into devoting s= ome resources into potentially competing... such as making some noise of th= eir own about using their 2.3 GHz spectrum. But, again, such posturing is a= distraction. For the next several years, the battleground for the largest = US wireless players will be 1.9 GHz consolidations such as AT&T Wireless an= d Cingular, the new Nextel 1.9 GHz spectrum, and Verizon assimilating Qwest= and NextWave 1.9 GHz spectrum. Not to mention the 1.8 GHz spectrum that th= e FCC may make available as early as mid-2007.

So what will, ult= imately, happen with Sprint/Nextel's 2.5 - 2.69 GHz spectrum? My guess is t= hat they'll end up leasing it to Clea= rwire in the theory that Clearwire's target market is primarily fixed B= roadband Wireless Internet Access that displaces wireline voice and Broa= dband Internet Access. Who has most to lose from Clearwire's assault= ? Consider the old adage "The Enemy Of My Enemy... Is My Friend." Sprint/Ne= xtel's competitors - SBC and Bel= lSouth (Cingular) and Verizon (Verizon Wireless) have much more to lose in = a contest with Clearwire because they have wireline customers... not to men= tion an enormous installed base of wireline facilities... to protect.
=
In any case... Welcome, Glenn and Nancy, to formal coverage of Broadb= and Wireless Internet Access with the emergence of WiMAX Networking News.


Steve Stroh
Copyright =C2=A9 2005 by Steve Stroh

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Posted by Steve Stroh to Broadband Wireles= s Internet Access at 2/14/2005 03:00:00 PM From steve@stevestroh.net Thu Feb 17 13:24:31 2005 Received: from srv01.compumont.com (root@localhost) by stevestroh.net (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id j1HJOVUj012687 for ; Thu, 17 Feb 2005 13:24:31 -0600 X-ClientAddr: 66.102.15.83 Received: from blogger.com (ftpout.blogger.com [66.102.15.83]) by srv01.compumont.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id j1HJOVbp012683 for ; Thu, 17 Feb 2005 13:24:31 -0600 Received: from bla33.blogger.com (unknown [10.20.1.213]) by blogger.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7F78F195CB for ; Thu, 17 Feb 2005 11:45:58 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <15306383.1108669120640.JavaMail.root@bla33.blogger.com> From: Steve Stroh To: bwia_posting_dist@stevestroh.net Subject: [Broadband Wireless Internet Access] At HISPANIC, Part 1 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2005 11:45:58 -0800 (PST) Sender: bwia_posting-admin@stevestroh.net Errors-To: bwia_posting-admin@stevestroh.net X-BeenThere: bwia_pos