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To: Jeff Fox who wrote (92996)	11/28/1999 2:04:00 AM
From: jack bittner	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 186894

hi Jeff, you wrote your post was directed to last mile deployment of wideband. present last mile point to point fixed wireless is limited to 622 Mbp/s and short wavelengths. last july lucent announced 2.5 Gbp/s and 1.5 miles by using laser transmission of photons: light waves through the air. that's 4 times the bandwidth of wireless. now, 4 months later, i just got a news release from lucent that they offer 20 Gigabits per second over 5 kilometers!!! starting end of next year. that is an astounding 32 times the bandwidth offered by fixed wireless. think of the speed and amount of data they offer. i think everyone in LMDS, in the transmission of data in metropolitan areas, is going to have to offer light waves or be out of business. as far as pricing: you don't have to lease radio frequencies from the government to transmit light.