Allen's Capital
Insider Transactions for last 365 days. Talk about long! Geesh
Perhaps the cable plant will prove too costly too upgrade.
He could have purchased the companies just for the subscribers
(over 4 million), and deliver the last mile via some other means.
"Paul Allen's Unwired World"
His Metricom "http://www.metricom.com" investment will help develop
the Ricochet Wireless MicroCellular Data Network (MCDN) consists of
shoebox-sized radio transceivers, or "Microcell Radios", which are
typically mounted to street lights or utility poles. The Microcells
require only a small amount of power from the street light itself and
are otherwise self-contained units.
They are strategically placed every quarter to half mile in a
checkerboard pattern. Each Microcell Radio employs 162 frequency-
hopping channels, and uses a randomly selected hopping sequence. This
allows for a very secure network, and enables many subscribers to be
using the network at the same time. Within a twenty mile area, you
would need about 100 MicroCells, and will handle 1000's of users.
These MicroCells would link to a 13oz modem, less than a half inch
thick, and plugs directly into a desktop, laptop or PDA standard
serial port. The Ricochet Network uses spread-spectrum, packet-
switching, and use the 902-928 MHz portion of the Radio Frequency spectrum.
Another, and my personal favorite is the WaveTrace investment.
wavtrace.com Their Wireless Broadband Access (WBA) uses
high frequency, licensed spectrum to transmit voice, video, and data
signals within cells several kilometers in diameter. WBA is
characterized by licensed millimeter wave frequency bands such as 24,
26, 38 and 42 GHz. In the United States, LMDS (Local Multipoint
Distribution Service) licensees control up to 1.3 GHz of spectrum at
28 GHz and 31 GHz. Over short distances, 1.3 GHz can carry a broad
band of digital data at speeds in excess of 1 Gbps. LMDS is described
as a "cellular" technology, based on multiple, contiguous, or
overlapping cells.
Insider Transactions for last 365 days.
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Date Shares Value
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6-May-99 200,000 16,074,464
22-Feb-99 500,000 72,938,750
22-Feb-99 500,000 72,750,000
18-Feb-99 500,000 72,609,000
12-Nov-98 500,000 54,702,500
9-Nov-98 500,000 54,703,200
6-Nov-98 500,000 53,281,500
5-Nov-98 2,000,000 212,274,750
30-Oct-98 1,260,000 133,184,850
27-Oct-98 410,000 43,737,250
26-Oct-98 830,000 88,226,500
23-Oct-98 500,000 53,572,500
25-Aug-98 1,000,000 112,942,500
20-Aug-98 1,000,000 110,628,500
17-Aug-98 700,000 73,325,000
13-Aug-98 1,000,000 105,070,250
11-Aug-98 122,000 12,547,760
10-Aug-98 878,000 91,948,820
6-Aug-98 653,000 68,806,000
5-Aug-98 1,053,000 110,385,650
3-Aug-98 1,000,000 108,708,650
31-Jul-98 20,000 2,260,000
30-Jul-98 1,000,000 111,537,500
29-Jul-98 300,000 33,944,000
28-Jul-98 1,000,000 115,000,000
26-May-98 300,000 25,359,000
22-May-98 1,000,000 85,810,000
14-May-98 1,550,000 137,935,000
13-May-98 1,230,000 107,767,700
12-May-98 500,000 41,931,600
11-May-98 225,000 19,166,250
8-May-98 1,500,000 128,011,000
5-May-98 500,000 43,995,900
4-May-98 530,000 46,943,860
1-May-98 500,000 44,553,100
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Total 2,666,633,304 |
