There was also Metricom (Ricochet) in the early 2000s. They used those
General Dynamics Radios with the little helical omnis that stuck off the
bottom and deployed on mostly light poles. I had their service when I lived
in an apartment briefly and needed more than my dialup connection that
operated at 26k at best. I got 128k and thought I was in heaven, then they
shut it down. I also had a Clear Modem I used to take to the trade shows
and typically had faster service than the crowded crappy wifi they had back
10 years ago. Then they shut that down. I also switched from Sprint to
Nextel after they refused to sell me a new phone at new customer pricing.
At the time my cell phone bills were over $600/month and they let me walk
out of their store in order to stick to their pricing plans on a phone.
Then Sprint bought Nextel about 6 months later. I guess the take away here
is that I'm a curse to these companies.
On Tue, Sep 24, 2024 at 8:59 AM Bill Prince <part15...@gmail.com> wrote:
> McCaw took home 70% of the venture capital.
>
>
> bp
> <part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com>
>
> 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
>> <https://www.google.com/maps/search/8401+N+Commerce+%0D%0ADrive+Lake+Point,+Utah+84074?entry=gmail&source=g>
>> Lake Point, Utah 84074
>> <https://www.google.com/maps/search/8401+N+Commerce+%0D%0ADrive+Lake+Point,+Utah+84074?entry=gmail&source=g>
>>
>> 801-250-9503 Office
>> 435-830-4306 Cell
>>
>> www mccowntech.com
>> www.microtrench.pro
>> 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.
>>
>>
>>
>> -----
>> Mike Hammett
>> Intelligent Computing Solutions <http://www.ics-il.com/>
>> <https://www.facebook.com/ICSIL>
>> <https://plus.google.com/+IntelligentComputingSolutionsDeKalb>
>> <https://www.linkedin.com/company/intelligent-computing-solutions>
>> <https://twitter.com/ICSIL>
>> Midwest Internet Exchange <http://www.midwest-ix.com/>
>> <https://www.facebook.com/mdwestix>
>> <https://www.linkedin.com/company/midwest-internet-exchange>
>> <https://twitter.com/mdwestix>
>> The Brothers WISP <http://www.thebrotherswisp.com/>
>> <https://www.facebook.com/thebrotherswisp>
>>
>>
>> <https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXSdfxQv7SpoRQYNyLwntZg>
>> ------------------------------
>> *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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