Dave, speaking of wireless, PSIX is doing some interesting stuff in the free 2.4 GHZ range.
multichannel.com
Broadband Week for February 8, 1999
PSINet Enters High-Speed Business
By FRED DAWSON February 8, 1999
Internet-service provider PSINet Inc. is leaping into the fixed-wireless-access domain with a low-cost, quick-to-deploy technology that will soon deliver data to its business clients at up to 512 kilobits per second.
The ISP -- one of the core providers of the Internet backbone, and a longtime player in data communications -- has launched its "InterSky" service in Fort Myers and Naples, Fla. The company was also expected to roll out service in Knoxville, Memphis and Nashville, Tenn., and in Mobile, Ala., by week's end.
Initially, PSINet is offering subscribers a 128-kbps data-over-frame-relay service at costs starting at $395 per month, which includes transport, Internet access and the customer-premises equipment, said Richard Frizalone, vice president for wireless Internet service at PSINet.
"Already, we're finding that the service is driving higher market penetration for us," he said.
Through a six-month, unpublicized prove-in phase in the two Florida cities, PSINet has seen its subscriber base grow from only two businesses to 52, Frizalone noted. "Customers are pushing us to get this to them," he said.
Hiram
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