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To: HVN who wrote (645)3/18/1998 8:15:00 PM
From: Chip Anderson  Respond to of 3376
 
Just got back from the University of Washington computer fair (http://www.washington.edu/compfair). This local fair attracts a surprising number of locals and has a large number of exhibitors. No sign of Metricom anywhere. :-( Several other wireless solutions were being demoed - pretty expensive though. The huge irony is that the fair is being held right next to the Paul Allen library! Sigh...

Chip
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To: HVN who wrote (645)3/19/1998 8:32:00 PM
From: Dragonfly  Read Replies (3) | Respond to of 3376
 
A couple points of fact:
1- The $5 million for seattle included everything, that was total cost.
2- No, you don't need 4 modems per square mile. You need less. For many areas (ie: most of the greater seattle area) the average is less than a modem per a square mile. For dense areas, it is more than a modem a square mile.
3- Seattle went from "announced" to "online" in about 14 months.


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