McCaw took home 70% of the venture capital.
bp
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On 9/23/2024 2:21 PM, Robert wrote:
Clearwire, from the same roots as the original cell network in the NW.
Craig McCaw. Clearwire was bumping along until they "teamed up" with
Intel to do the next gen wimax miracle that was going to be
revolutionary. Dropped an IPO with Intel as the lead investor and
hyped the stock for a year and piled on another few billion in debt
and then when all the common investors lost their ass fire sale the
spectrum to spring. Even Intel got screwed. But not McCaw... 70
percent penetration through trees?
On 9/23/24 1:47 PM, Forrest Christian (List Account) wrote:
Works 70% of the time?
On Mon, Sep 23, 2024, 11:12 AM <ch...@go-mtc.com> wrote:
Ahhh, yes, that is is. I remembered sprint being involved somehow.
Wimax 70 miles, 70 mbps and there was a third 70 but I don’t
remember the promise.
Best Regards,
Chuck McCown
McCown Technology Corporation
8401 N Commerce Drive
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Lake Point, Utah 84074
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801-250-9503 Office
435-830-4306 Cell
www mccowntech.com <http://mccowntech.com>
www.microtrench.pro <http://www.microtrench.pro>
www.terabitnetworks.com <http://www.terabitnetworks.com>
*From:* Mike Hammett
*Sent:* Monday, September 23, 2024 11:05 AM
*To:* AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group
*Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] defunct WISPs
Clearwire didn't disappear. Sprint bought them in 2012. The WiMax
network was shut down in 2015 in favor of Sprint's LTE network.
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*From: *dmmoff...@gmail.com
*To: *"AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group" <af@af.afmug.com>
*Sent: *Monday, September 23, 2024 11:53:04 AM
*Subject: *Re: [AFMUG] defunct WISPs
I recall Clearwire installing Wimax nationwide. At some point
they switched it all to LTE, and then later they disappeared.
We got a couple of their undeployed cabinets from a surplus
dealer. I didn’t like their switch or their PDU, but the
rectifier and batteries were ok.
-Adam
*From:*AF <af-boun...@af.afmug.com> *On Behalf Of *Ken Hohhof
*Sent:* Monday, September 23, 2024 11:27 AM
*To:* 'AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group' <af@af.afmug.com>
*Subject:* [AFMUG] defunct WISPs
I remember around the time JAB/Rise was taking off there was a
flurry of other WISPs that took off and then crashed and burned
rather suddenly. I think at least one of them used WiMAX
equipment that was somewhat popular with apartment dwellers
because they had indoor modems. I also seem to remember
equipment vendors left holding the bag, and surplus equipment
showing up on eBay. I think one of them approached us about M&A
but they were offering stock claiming that was better than cash
because it would go up in value (yeah, right).
Anyone remember the names of these companies, I’m drawing a
blank. Also any recollection of what went wrong and lessons
learned that might apply to the current rush to deploy broadand.
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