Let me guess, then you went to Sprint... Hope you're not on T-Mobile
now, it's crappy enough as it is...
On 9/24/24 9:29 AM, Cameron Crum wrote:
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 <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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Intelligent Computing Solutions <http://www.ics-il.com/>
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Midwest Internet Exchange <http://www.midwest-ix.com/>
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The Brothers WISP <http://www.thebrotherswisp.com/>
<https://www.facebook.com/thebrotherswisp>
<https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXSdfxQv7SpoRQYNyLwntZg>
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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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