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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 01/28/2016 10:17 AM, Matthew Stevens
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:matthew@mrstevens.net">matthew@mrstevens.net</a> [LakelandARC] wrote:<br>
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<div>That was pretty much my initial reaction.... I predict
the Boston test is not going to be quite the success they
are hoping for. Even assuming they are able to go high
enough to not have buildings, trees or whatever
obstructing the signal, what about rain, snow, fog, etc
etc. (all of which they seem to get a lot of in the Boston
area).<br>
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On Jan 28, 2016, at 09:52, <a moz-do-not-send="true"
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<p>There's probably good reason to call this a "Beta".
Consider what it means to have Line-of-Sight at 38
GHz. Everything in the path becomes an obstacle, and
even things close to the LOS path become an
obstacle. If you use reflections and not LOS, then
what you have is Multipath distortion, which is a
serious detriment to radio communication, not an
advantage. With less than a 1-mile practical range,
the cost for equipment and towers could be
astronomical. I wonder how receptive local
governments will be to having large towers erected
at many times the density of current cell towers...</p>
<div>There's a lot of marketing hype on their website,
most of which are just false claims. It will be
interesting to see what the results of the Boston
deployment are. I also wonder how he gets two radios
placed in a home with a steerable phased-array
antenna system for only $25. I would buy one for $25
just to take apart and experiment with. I would also
like to see the cost for, say 200 Mbps, Internet
service. If it is "orders of magnitude" cheaper, as
the claims say, that would put it the monthly
service at about $1 per month. </div>
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<big>Gentlemen,, This is an interesting website and demos some
thoughts going into this. At these frequencies phasing has
different attributes and requires application of entirely
different concepts in our thinking. Still quite a way from infra
red but approaches the concepts. I suspect the FCC will come up
with some regulatory options.<br>
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