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Technology Stocks : Wi-LAN Inc. (T.WIN) -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Artifex who wrote (592)	9/13/1999 5:19:00 PM
From: axial	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 16863

Artifex - I had the same thought too - but I figured I knew too little about the subject to make a judgement. There's a lot to like about Wi-LAN, but there are areas where I just can't see (or don't understand) what's going on. Aside from the future technology, and into the present, I'm guessing that some of their pilot projects in Canada will transform into revenue-generating ventures. And, they should be able to leverage some of their existing business into new business. There certainly have been enough stories in Canada about small towns with schools who cannot get enough bandwidth for Internet connection. There are pilots in Alberta for their existing technology; they've planted many seeds...some should grow. On the subject of existing technology, is it possible to wirelessly enable a small remote town, using a microwave backbone, from a major center? What would be the cost? Could it be competitive? Could you recover the cost for a town of 2000 by providing Internet connection and VOIP at, say,$50 per user per month over 10 years? Regards, JK