whoa

[Gary Lawrence Murphy]

>>>>> "J" == James Rogers <jamesr@best.com> writes:

    J> ...  They aren't selling the software, which is pretty pricy as
    J> it happens.  They are using it to optimize next generation
    J> wireless canopies over metro areas and fiber networks on a
    J> large scale.  There are an essentially infinite number of metro
    J> wireless configurations, some of which generate far more dead
    J> or marginal spots and others which are very expensive to
    J> operate (due to backhaul transit considerations) or both.  This
    J> software can be used as a tool to optimize the canopy coverage
    J> and minimize the actual transit costs since the wireless is
    J> tied into fiber at multiple points.

So you only need to map a handful of metropolitan areas?

    J> Or at least investors find this capability very sexy and
    J> compelling

Ah ... now /that/ I will believe :)

Don't mind me; I'm just getting even more cynical in my old age.   

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