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To: MikeM54321 who wrote (10802)	3/29/2001 11:56:30 AM
From: P2V	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 12823

Hi Mike, A bit of a stretch perhaps, to call an 11 Megabit product Broad Band ... but this is what I based my choice on ... Note the advertised range of 16 miles, and references to "Public Hot Spots" Hmmmm WaveRider seems to be making similar claims for their Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum product ?? Mike, I'm old enough to remember the excessive (false) claims of "Hi Fi", "Peak Power", "Music Power" , etc., which were made by our failing consumer electronic product companies. I wonder if we are not seeing similar "Non-Line-Of-Sight" "stories" in our present time ?? I don't know ... would you classify this as a Broad Band Fixed Wireless product ? Would it need to connect to an ISP to clasify as a Last Mile product ? What would people be doing with this stuff in Airports ? Disclaimer ... I have no interest in Agere stock at this time. At my advanced age, my main interest is in hoarding and spending cash :-) Regards, Mardy. Their Router .... orinocowireless.com AS-2000 can be used in densely populated office spaces, security-sensitive areas (financial institutions, R&D departments, government agencies, etc.), university campuses (including auditoriums and classrooms), and public "hotspots" such as airports, hotels, convention centers. ----------------------------------------------------------- Their 11b system ..... orinocowireless.com The system consists of: COR-1100 Central Outdoor Router ROR-1000 Remote Outdoor Router Outdoor Router Client (ORC) Features Creates a PtP system linking two LANs, using 2 RORs Creates a PtMP system using one COR and up to 16 RORs per channel, up to 3 collocated channels are possible ISPs can create a wireless network providing Internet access to residential customers operating on Windows 95,98, or NT desktop or laptop computers, using ORC software and ORiNOCO PC Cards Three co-located CORs connect up to 96 customers using ORCs Range of up to 16 miles (26 km) With a data rate of 11 Mbps and 5.5 Mbps, the system is faster than an E1/T1 data link Sophisticated dynamic polling mechanism avoids air collisions 10/100Base-T Ethernet interface allows integration in both 10 and 100 Mb/s Ethernet environments

To: MikeM54321 who wrote (10802)	3/29/2001 11:58:36 AM
From: Kenneth E. Phillipps	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 12823

Is it just a coincidence that the RBOCs froze their CapEx spending at the same time that Bush was elected? Is there a relationship between the perception of less regulation and the freezing of spending? Companies like SBC and Verizon were supposed to go out and compete with other RBOCs as a condition of their merger approvals. It appears to me they are not doing that and they apparently do not fear the regulators. We were supposed to see SBC competing with QWest in the Seattle area. There is no sign of that happening. I live and work in Snohomish County - north of Seattle. We are served by Verizon who has no competition at all. I read this morning that North Point has gone under and left 100,000 customers without service. The system is broken and there is no push to fix it. In the meanwhile, R & D by the vendors will suffer.