Re: Tanzanian ISPs move closer to establishing an Internet exchange

[Bill Woodcock <woody at pch.net>]

      On Tue, 13 May 2003, John Tully wrote:
    > Wireless is the way!  The new OFDM stuff is so fast that you could only
    > consider fiber/laser as an alternative.  We will have OFDM (around 55Mb/s
    > throughput is common) from 2.4GHz - 2.7GHz (2.5GHz to 2.7GHz are safe
    > licensed frequencies) or all the 5GHz range for less than $1000 a side!

Uh, and fiber is roughly $200-$400 per side, for a gigabit.  And seems to
be less than $3/meter to bury in a lot of African metro areas.

Wireless is a patch.  It's a stepping-stone.  It's not a solution to
anything.

                                -Bill



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