Matthew S. Hallacy wrote: > [...] > Sounds like they're playing with prism2 cards and something similar to > the hostAP driver.. they claim to have covered some towns with 2mbit > data rates, of course, you can already do all this with frequency hopping > gear that deals better with interference, at 3mbit. Their two big banner items appear to be: o sub $100 cpe o no truck roll I'm intrigued how they achieve either at any interesting distance from the POP. Both represent the holy-grail for WISPs (with tree canopy penetration being a third.) Apart from that it seems like another 802.11b wisp, potentially with home-brew panel-antenna-cpe equipment. Not really worthy of the NY Times, but perhaps you've got to admire their chutzpah. <abrupt topic change> Looks like XM/Sirius have called off the dogs (or at least retired to lick their wounds) for their baseless plea to the FCC for special treatment for their poorly designed network: http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?%0Atmpl=story&ncid=70&e=1&cid=70&u=/cn/20020607/tc_cn/933965 </abrupt topic change> -- andyw at pobox.com Andy Warner Voice: (612) 801-8549 Fax: (208) 575-5634