To: lml who wrote (7058 ) 5/22/2000 8:15:00 AM From: MikeM54321 Read Replies (1) | Respond to
Re: Fixed Broadband Wireless- Is it rolling out?"...but either I'm still ignorant of this technology, or it just doesn't seem real to me yet." "AFCI commented that WCII rolled out to 2,000 buildings last year. This year it's on target to rollout to 5,000. Next year they plan to rollout to 20,000! I'm not sure what to make of this? Supposedly there are 700,000 office buildings in the US without fiber(out of a total 4.6 million commercial buildings). So for Winstar to get 20,000 connected via LMDS by next year, seems realistic." Message 13457235 "The market for fixed wireless services is expected to reach about $1 billion by the end of 2002, according to market researcher Gartner Group. That's a paltry sum compared to the tens of billions expected to be spent on cable and DSL services during the same time. ``It's a slow starter,' says Gartner Group analyst Bob Egan, because fixed wireless technology is relatively new." Message 13455953 "Recently there have been a spate of announcement by many different SPs[LMDS/MMDS] and equipment companies. So many, they are hard to keep up with. And I imagine, there should be some major ones coming out of MCI/Worldcom/Sprint, once they get their merger completed. I'm guessing they are keeping a low profile in regards to their access plans to avoid any potential problems with the FCC." Message 13445747
