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Date: Fri, 7 Jan 2005 14:21:37 -0500
From: Keith Birkhold <kbirkhold@dtnspeed.net>
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Subject: [GKD] RFI: WiMax Utilization
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Dear GKD Members,

I was reading though the message submitted by Lee Thorn and was
particularly interested in his use of WiMax technology. Lee could you
exaborate on how far you have been able to progress with the WiMax
technology? If there are any others in our group with WiMax experience,
I would appreciate your comments. We are in the process of building a
hybrid e-school to be regionalized around Fort Wayne, Indiana, USA. 
Even though we do not have the last mile connectivity issues that many
participants in the GKD group face, we too are limited in the type of
education we employ by the lowest connectivity speed. I did some
reasearch on using this technology to create a metropolitan area
network, and with the potential for a 30 mile coverage radius from one
tower a lot of headaches could be eliminated, but the feedback I
received was that it is still several years off, and that the hardware
is not yet small enough to fit into a notebook computer. If any of you
have additional info, I would appreciate hearing from you.

Keith Birkhold
The Web Education Academy


On 1/5/05, Lee Thorn <leethorn@sprintmail.com> wrote:

..snip...
> As you know, villagers in Phon Kham have not been able to get permission
> to connect yet. We're working on a new idea using WiMax that might
> overcome the main barrier. We are proceeding with the process of
> developing a POC of the Jhai PC and communication system on the Navajo
> reservation and betas in several other countries, including Laos.
..snip...



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