Why isn't ETEL on the board? I agree that they have some interesting wares/ Time will tell.
Getting back to the last mile, see the following article I borrowed from Individual. I once spoke with a venture that wanted to do this in the same tower location, using the dominant cable co provider in the area as the local access connection. Oh, Well...
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XS Bandwidth, GoodNet, and FreeLinQ
Providing High-Speed Internet Amenities in
Trump Towers Demos of New Video-On-Demand and High-Speed Internet
Services October 14 - 31
October 15, 1997
NEW YORK, Oct. 14 /PRNewswire/ via Individual Inc. -- XS Bandwidth and GoodNet will provide high-speed Internet access to residential and commercial tenants of Trump Towers in mid-town Manhattan. XS Bandwidth, in coordination with GoodNet and FreeLinQ communications, will demonstrate these new amenities, video-on-demand and high-speed Internet services, in Trump Towers located at 725 5th Ave, October 14 - 31, 8:00am - 5:00pm. Appointments for a demonstration can be made by calling (800) 220-5575.
XS Bandwidth has substantial experience and expertise in the design and management of Internet solutions throughout the United States and has been contracted by FreeLinQ to provide high-speed Internet access to its residential video-on-demand customers using the wide area network that FreeLinQ is currently installing. XS Bandwidth's service is unique in that it offers a guaranteed minimum bandwidth of 64K
with the capacity for each residential customer to access the Internet at up to 1.54Mb.
XS Bandwidth is also the first provider to offer a guarantee of never hearing a busy signal through the use of its dedicated private network to interconnect each residential customer.
XS Bandwidth brings the "Smart Building" concept to a higher level by offering all of the services that a company requires for Internet access and systems management in one premier location. This concept ensures optimal use of bandwidth and management resources for the customer.
FreeLinQ is a provider of video-on-demand services to residential apartments throughout New York City. FreeLinQ, by the use of bandwidth that it leases or rents can provide streaming video services as requested by each residential customer. This unique service offering also provides a means for FreeLinQ to sell advertising space and time on a true two-way communications medium.
GoodNet, a Tier-1 Internet provider and one of the top 10 National Service Providers (NSP) in the United States, is a "wholesaler" of dedicated high- speed Internet connectivity to businesses nationwide. The company has points- of-presence in most major metropolitan areas and has secured peering agreements with other NSP's in the United States and with network providers in Europe and Asia. GoodNet is fully peered at: MAE-East, MAE-West, AADS Chicago, the CIX, Sprint NAP, and Pac Bell NAP.
Based in Phoenix, Arizona, GoodNet is a subsidiary of Telesoft Corp. (Nasdaq: TSFT).
SOURCE GoodNet
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A while back Siemens Nixdorf along with Pyramid Tehcnologies put in something similar in a number of apt buildings in NY called FreeBeeTV. I've not heard anything new about FreeBee in about six months. Anyone?
Frank
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