From Federal Filings/Dow Jones News. Pretty much restates the Washington Post report:
CAI's Wireless Internet Access Test Going Well-Rpt
FORM TYPE: NewsPpr
ISSUER: CAI WIRELESS SYSTEMS INC.
SYMBOL: CAWS
A trial run by CAI Wireless Systems Inc. and closely-held
Hybrid Networks Inc. to provide Internet-access over the airwaves
appears to be proceeding well, according to a feature story in today's
Washington Post.
Using frequencies allocated to so-called wireless cable
television, or multichannel multipoint distribution services (MMDS), the platform allows users to download data at about 10 million bits per second. That is nearly seven times faster that today's high-speed, digitalized telephone lines and almost 350 to 700 times faster than the average modem, Post staff writer Rajiv Chandrasekaran noted.
"The speed is just blinding," Stephen Coran, a partner at Rini
Coran & Lancellotta PC, was quoted as stating.
CAI originally announced it would begin testing wireless
Internet-access in the Washington, D.C., area last May. As reported in the Post's "BIZ Technology" column today, the service will be aimed at small business users and should be priced between $350 and $500 a month. According to the Post, Albany, N.Y.'s CAI intends on offering the service in Rochester and New York City "in a few months."
Cupertino, Calif.-based Hybrid, using frequencies leased from
George Washington University, plans to offer commercial services in the Washington area by the middle of next year, the article said, but did not report when CAI would unroll services in the region. |
