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To: Sam Citron who wrote (29638)	4/2/2009 8:59:56 AM
From: Frank A. Coluccio	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 46821

Hi Sam. 802.16 can satisfy some of the backhaul at the extremities where it is still too expensive to drive fiber, but it's instructive on some level to consider that .16 itself requires a fiber backhual at some point. Whether its < 100Mbps role as backaul is sustainable, given the rising levels of user demand (the larger wireless cos are now installing optical GigE links to replace their 2 to 4 T1s previously used) however, is questionable, unless multi-channel/multiple-system bonding at some point is used, at which point the solution becomes Pyrrhic, IMO. ------