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To: Apollo who wrote (30873)	9/1/2000 11:55:27 AM
From: BDR	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 54805

Browsing around the Sprint site doesn't reveal the exact wireless technology but perhaps one of the wireless folk here can get a clue from this and interpret. I know that Sprint is able to increase the amount of data each frequency can transmit by dividing it radially since they are transmitting to/from a client that is operating from a fixed point, unlike mobile wireless. My brother, who lives beyond the reach of DSL service has this wireless service and loves it. sprintbroadband.com What is the technology that Sprint Broadband DirectSM uses? Sprint Broadband Direct uses exclusive digital frequencies to provide two-way, high speed Internet access to homes and businesses. This service allows use of the Internet at speeds up to 100 times faster than today's dial-up modems. This frequency technology has been in use for more than 30 years to provide analog signal transmission. To create Sprint Broadband Direct, Sprint has reallocated the analog spectrum and converted it to digital, providing what consumers nationwide have been begging for--high speed Internet access. Exclusively licensed, wireless, digital frequencies are a perfect medium for transmitting digital data powerfully and directly to your home or office. How does Sprint Broadband Direct work? From a customer’s computer, data travels through the broadband modem to the digital transceiver on the outside of the customer’s location. The data is transmitted via a wireless signal from the digital transceiver to a Sprint point of presence (POP). The Sprint POP routes the request to the Internet, and the corresponding response is sent back to the Sprint POP. The Sprint POP transmits the reply back to the customer’s digital transceiver, which is routed through cable to the broadband modem. The modem processes the signal and sends the information to the customer’s computer.