Monday, March 10, 2003|
Dan Gillmor:
Broadband competition might still be possible
"The radio-based Canopy system uses unlicensed spectrum, so no one has to ask for regulatory approval. The price is low enough -- a company or Internet service provider can serve hundreds of customers for about $20,000 in start-up equipment costs -- and it looks easy to deploy. Best of all, it offers excellent data-transfer rates, in the range of 6 to 7 megabits a second, which is much faster than the cable and phone-based alternatives today, though ISPs offering Canopy-based services commonly ratchet down individual customers' capacity to some extent." [Tomalak's Realm] Bring it! Competition for high-speed access would be a Very Good Thing, and unlicensed spectrum seems to be the only way that's going to happen. 9:54:48 AM | permalink | Bare your teeth [] |
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