mobile WiFi accesspoint?

Tue Jul 3 23:46:46 PDT 2007

No, but this seems very interesting.  Is there hardware available at  
reasonable pricing?  ($2k-$4k per p2p link = reasonable)

On Jul 3, 2007, at 9:31 PM, Yournet at hotmail.com wrote:

> Casey, are you familiar with the 3.65-3.70 GHz spectrum developments?
>
> FCC recently clarified use with upper and lower 25 MHz bands  
> arranged for WiMAX and contention based MACs.  We should see fairly  
> rapid availability and deployment.  This is semi-unlicensed: users  
> must register their base stations but otherwise do not have to take  
> a license for the spectrum.
>
> Some possibilities include use of 3.65 as back haul for WiFi, for  
> RAN access, and as devices become more available and lower cost ,  
> for general service. The advantages include higher power (25W peak  
> EIRP/25 MHz for fixed stations and 1W peak EIRP/25 MHz for mobile  
> and nomadic stations).
>
> Robert Syputa
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Casey Halverson
> To: SeattleWireless Talk List ; SeattleWireless Talk List
> Sent: Tuesday, July 03, 2007 8:12 PM
> Subject: RE: mobile WiFi accesspoint?
>
> In preparation for the IPhone, AT&T boosted their EDGE  
> capacity .... before the launch, you could actually get a near  
> advertised rate of about 200kbps.  I cant say this is the case  
> right now ;)
>
> UMTS draws a lot of power, which would be a lethal mix for  
> something like the iphone.  When you try to side-step qualcomm  
> patents...you get nothing but crap.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: talk-bounces at seattlewireless.net on behalf of gary
> Sent: Tue 7/3/2007 7:27 PM
> To: SeattleWireless Talk List
> Subject: Re: mobile WiFi accesspoint?
>
> I recall hearing a radio interview with some Blackberry representative
> that they were sticking with EDGE for power consumption reasons. It
> sounded like double-speak to me since you would think a phone with  
> HSDPA
> could fall back to EDGE.
>
> I have EDGE and will confirm it is way too slow, though in some  
> markets
> it is better than others. In the SF Bay Area, EDGE is on continual
> overload. When I use it in socal or Vegas, it is like a turbo has been
> installed.
>
> The only thing I can say positive about EDGE is the GSM network in
> general seems to work better than other services I've had when  
> roaming.
> That is, I think the networks are more uniform across the country. I
> can't tell you how much time I spent with Verizon trying to get  
> voice to
> work in some markets that I would not call rural. I've run EDGE  
> without
> a hitch everywhere I've traveled (assuming the service is available.)
>
> On an unrelated note, now that Speakeasy is under Best Buy, should  
> I be
> looking for a new DSL provider?
>
> Daniel Marsh wrote:
> > I have seen a lot of real world speed tests that show that HSDPA
> > typically delivers 60-70% of the downlink capacity of EVDO rev A.  
> There
> > are very few handsets on the market that support HSDPA and HSDPA has
> > only been deployed in a very limited number (17 was the last  
> number I
> > saw) of markets. On the other hand, both Sprint and Verizon offer  
> EVDO
> > rev A throughout pretty much their whole network and can fall  
> back on
> > 1xRTT if need be. Of the two, Sprint seems to score higher in  
> download
> > tests and has a much better end user agreement/acceptable use  
> policy.
> > ATT's only fallback option is EDGE, which is ungodly slow and  
> actually
> > crashed for most of the day nationwide as all the Iphone maniacs  
> tried
> > to suck down videos of skateboarding dogs off Youtube.
> >
> > -Daniel Marsh
> >
> >> It clearly isn't and latency is higher.
> >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evolution-Data_Optimized
> >>
> >>
> >> ----- Original Message -----
> >> From: "Casey Halverson" <casey.halverson at infospace.com>
> >> To: "SeattleWireless Talk List" <talk at seattlewireless.net>
> >> Sent: Tuesday, July 03, 2007 9:55 AM
> >> Subject: RE: mobile WiFi accesspoint?
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>> Where did you hear that Cingular's UMTS offering is faster than  
> EVDO Rev
> >>> A?
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>> -----Original Message-----
> >>>> From: talk-bounces at seattlewireless.net [mailto:talk-
> >>>> bounces at seattlewireless.net] On Behalf Of Ajay Shekhawat
> >>>> Sent: Wednesday, June 27, 2007 10:04 PM
> >>>> To: talk at seattlewireless.net
> >>>> Subject: mobile WiFi accesspoint?
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> Can anyone recommend a WiFi AP with a 3G uplink (preferably  
> Cingular,
> >>>> since its 3G is much faster than Sprint's EVDO).
> >>>>
> >>>> Thanks,
> >>>>
> >>>> Ajay
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