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To: Art Bechhoefer who wrote (3762)	11/29/1999 7:30:00 PM
From: Bux	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 13582

Suppose someone is building a new office building or factory, and suppose that there is a requirement to tie in all the computers in the building or factory through either a wired or wireless networking system. Under what circumstances would wireless be the most cost effective way to go? Remember, this is for a NEW structure, where no wires or conduits are already in place. I don't think HDR was intended to serve an entire office building although it could be done. I seem to recall Irwin Jacobs mentioning that once the bandwidth demands became this large, HDR or CDMA2000 would not be the best solution. I think copper or fiber optic from the street is the way to go in order to reduce expenses in the long run (and perhaps the initial investment might be less also). Bux

To: Art Bechhoefer who wrote (3762)	11/29/1999 8:52:00 PM
From: Clarksterh	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 13582

Art - Suppose someone is building a new office building or factory, and suppose that there is a requirement to tie in all the computers in the building or factory through either a wired or wireless networking system. Build in conduit. Wireline is now, and probably always will be, cheaper for really high rate fixed systems - of course 'high rate' changes as time goes by. In any case, the best case for wireless is in an old building with no conduit and a need for a medium rate network. Even in that case there are probably better technologies than Qualcomm's CDMA standards which is targeted at mobile cell systems. Clark

To: Art Bechhoefer who wrote (3762)	11/30/1999 12:12:00 AM
From: engineer	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 13582

Art, Your example is not so good. If it were a VERY old building with no conduits and the walls were in then you have a good case for wireless. If it is a NEW building, then they most likely would put in the extra stuff to keep the property values up, even if the tennants don;t want it. In rare cases where the population is transient does wireless makes ense in a new building. Some places like telecommunications sales offices, stock trading offices, etc where you might reconfigure the office cubicles often.