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To: Frank A. Coluccio who wrote (21568)	5/23/2007 5:43:27 PM
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Re: Motorola: WiMAX not good for backhaul "The reason, Mitoraj asserted, is that while WiMax was "built to do everything well," including diverse applications such as voice, video, and data, it is less effective when used for a single high-throughput application such as backhaul." Less effective than what? How much "less effective"? Is it a show-stopper, or simply the RF cost of doing business? "Motorola last year acquired a startup company called Orthogon Systems, a provider of fixed point-to-point wireless systems in the 5.8-GHz frequency band, largely to beef up its backhaul portfolio." P2P, FSO, etc are obvious alternatives. At what additional cost (and gain) vs. using the WiMax network itself for backhaul? "'WiMax will fail without dual-mode devices' that work over existing cellular networks or Wi-Fi systems plus WiMax, Mitoraj stated. That will require the major U.S. carriers, who to date have focused on preserving their existing cellular business at the expense of newer wireless technologies, to open up their handsets and networks to WiMax." Yup. Jim

To: Frank A. Coluccio who wrote (21568)	5/24/2007 6:25:05 PM
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Baller Herbst List: 5-24-07 NATIONAL BROADBAND STRATEGY Coalition pushes for national broadband planning tinyurl.com Jim Carlini says digital inclusion is the wrong battle cry; it should be Gigabit broadband for economic development. (JB: It’s not an either-or matter. We need both.) [fac: copied for posterity in next post] tinyurl.com "Despite Europe's comparatively low sub- scriber numbers, there were some 140 fiber- to-the-prem-ises (FTTx) projects there in 2006. And of these, 92 (around 66 percent) involved municipalities and/or power utilities, according to data from the FTTH Council Europe. Altern- ative operators and housing companies accounted for another 35 percent of projects, with incumbents only involved in 12 projects (8.6 percent) throughout Europe. ...[M]uni- cipal involvement had been a catalyst to getting projects started. 'If you don't have a catalyzer, the incumbents will just con- tinue to sweat their assets'" tinyurl.com "The city-parish government and Lafayette Utilities System have gotten good news on their Fiber to the Home project. The initial reaction from bond rating agencies that will rate revenue bonds used to finance the project was positive, LUS Director Terry Huval said." tinyurl.com Al Gore in support of net neutrality tinyurl.com Bill introduced to refocus USDA RUS loan program tinyurl.com UK ISP reportedly throttles P2P bandwidth to 64 kbps tinyurl.com Jim Carlini says digital inclusion is the wrong battle cry; it should be big broadband tinyurl.com WIRELESS Wireless Philadephia approves EarthLink proof-of-concept test zone, full network to be complete by Q3 (from Dianah Neff) tinyurl.com tinyurl.com tinyurl.com "Drexel University to Offer Students, Faculty and Staff Access to EarthLink’s Wi-Fi Networks" tinyurl.com "Portland's (OR) wireless contractor, MetroFi Inc., is putting roughly 25 access points per square mile, so that users would generally be no farther than 500 feet from the nearest one" tinyurl.com "Broadband wireless on track to overtake wired" tinyurl.com "Understanding 802.11 interference" tinyurl.com MuniWifi’s “long and winding road” tinyurl.com VIDEO Ohio efforts in opposition to state fran- chising legislation localvoiceohio.org Tennessee statewide franchising push dies, for now tinyurl.com tinyurl.com Rep. Bono criticizes a la carte mandates tinyurl.com OTHER NEWS Internet access tax ban extension meets resistance in Senate . . . tinyurl.com ... GAO report on impacts by state preview.tinyurl.com ------ If you would like to be added to or removed from this list, please send an email to info@baller.com. ------ THE BALLER HERBST LAW GROUP A Professional Corportation www.Baller.com ------