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To: Dexter Lives On who wrote (12052)	1/1/2002 1:26:27 PM
From: Rob S.	Respond to of 12823

The debt problems of telecommunications and Internet companies and subsequent slashing of capex is in some ways a blessing for wireless BB. For one thing it has more clearly focused the need to have next generation systems that provide NLOS and greater system capacity. It has also hastened the demise of Cisco's thwarted attempts to get V-OFDM made the standard. Once they dropped their internal development for V-OFDM, the approach centered around W-OFDM was able to move forward and be made the standard for 802.16 WirelessMAN. Meanwhile, companies in the field have been finalizing the development of new systems that have been entering field trials: BeamReach, Alvarion, Wi-Lan and others have new systems ready for commercialization. If there had been no major pull back in spending plans then perhaps "old" systems would have gained more momentum that would work as a deterrent to the adoption of new systems. Adoption of WLAN networks has proliferated despite the rotten economy and capex spending environment. This, of course, is IP/ethernet based. WLAN's success and continued strong momentum helps to propel wireless more into the mainstream of thought. "Conventional thinking" about broadband has not changed much. Many have already written off wireless BB as a failed effort, hastily pointing to the limitations and high costs of 1st generation systems as a conclusive argument against it ever being able to compete against DSL and cable despite their many shortcomings.