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To: Frank A. Coluccio who wrote (10956)	4/16/2001 1:11:10 AM
From: Rob S.	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 12823

It has been a bit general but for good reason: there are several OFDMA companies and no one of them has gained any market advantage yet. I don't know what you are talking about when you ask "Which airlink or line format and protocol does it use?" Of course I am talking about wireless OFDMA what do you think I am talking about? The frequencies targeted most are the licensed and unlicensed bands around 2.4, 2.5, and 3.5 bands to start out. Various vendors have different plans. Breezecom for instance plans to extend the technology into the higher frequency bands. You can get the details yourself. "Please focus on a specific make and model for a moment. Which one is it?" Why do you ask that? How the heck do I know which specific model or which specific manufacturer will be a significant market leader? The companies are just at the starting gate and like I said previously, I don't know of a clear winner. If you want things wrapped up for you so you don't have to do your own thinking, sorry, I am not a fortune teller. It is very easy to see how flawed the business case is for DSL and cable - the facts are clear from failed businesses and scaled back capital spending plans. Meanwhile, all indications from the early adopters of fixed wireless have been positive: greater acceptance than expected. Despite the early success, their remain problems with DSSS wireless, mainly being non line of site and requiring an erternally mounted antenna. OFDMA is devised as a way to get around these limitations by being non line of sight by taking advantage of signal reflections rather that them being a hindrance. Because of that the antenna can be mounted in the building and user installed. At least one vendor, Nextnet, has an integrated modem and transceiver unit that the user simply plugs into the ethernet connection on the PC. I suggest that you do your own research on the technology and companies that I've mentioned. The links I provided a few days ago are a good starting point. I don't have any ax to grind here. If you have a leaning for a different competitive solution that is fine with me.