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Technology Stocks : Winstar Comm. (WCII) -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Steven Bowen who wrote (4035)	2/26/1998 4:19:00 PM
From: SteveG	Respond to of 12468

<..It would seem the problem would get worse as the frequency gets higher, however WinStar says it is no problem at 38 Ghz. From previously posted link: "...Such high-frequency services can deliver several Mbits/second, but they also face interference issues. "Above 20 GHz, rain becomes a factor. So do trees and buildings. If you live in the suburbs surrounded by 17 maple trees you may not be able to get service at all," said Vivian. Texas Instruments Inc.'s recent sale of its MulTIpoint equipment business to Robert Bosch GmbH of Germany suggests the uncertain status of LMDS service...." techweb.com Of course, P-MP will get around (literally) many of the LOS issues. <..Turn up the power a little if weather gets to be a factor. I think the companies testing LMDS have found rain to be no problem. LOS and foliage, yes, rain, no...> Good to hear. I imagine CVUS in NY has had ample rain experience. Still, I'd love to hear some confirmatory customer feedback in a PacNW market. How much can they increase power? Is it FCC limited, as well as hardware and cost limited? <..Just heard Hoexter (GS) raises ICIX with target of 95...> And Vogel raised IIXC this am to a target of 80 (from 60). WCII still seems the better play, though.