If the resent signing of Vars and this poster on Yahoo mean anything Plaintree must be ready to make its move.
He/she believes Plaintree is ahead of TeraBeam. Word has it Lucent invested 450 mil in dollars and equipment in TeraBeam.
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Optic Fiberless technology is "last mile" solution. It is cheap (free air). It is great for those areas difficult or too expensive to lay messy GLASSWIRE, such as across river, mountain, countryside. It is also great for campus networking, and LAN (Local Area Network), WAN (Wide Area Network) and MAN (Metropolitan Area Networks).
The whole telecom had been over spending in the long-haul network buildup, ignored the "last mile" networking bottleneck. Now the whole telecom is slowing down due to overly buildup. 90% bandwidth of the current fiber optic networks is not utilized, it'll take three to five years to clean up unused bandwidth.
The "last mile" problem has never been better solved until now, when the newcomers such as Plaintree Systems (LAN.TO, LANPF.OB) and TeraBeam brought their solutions. Different or better solutions may emerge. But right now, Plaintree System seems to be moving fast in this new direction. Originally I thought TeraBeam would be the first mover in optic fiberless solutions, but to my surprise, Plaintree Systems is a little bit ahead of the game.
The most exciting part is not the optic fiberless itself. The most exciting part is the new networking infrastructure on top of it and new wireless networking applications built with it. Plaintree Systems had partnership with a Satellite communication company, that's a smart move, IMHO. Imagine Satellite + Optic Fiberless.... See the big picture. R U ready for fiberless revolution? |
