[40659] in North American Network Operators' Group
RE: wanted: wireless magic tricks
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Young, Jason)
Thu Aug 16 12:18:23 2001
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From: "Young, Jason" <Jason.Young@anheuser-busch.com>
To: "'Cerqua, Toby'" <toby@platinumsystems.net>,
"'nanog@merit.edu'" <nanog@merit.edu>
Date: Thu, 16 Aug 2001 11:13:24 -0500
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cheap/fast/good. Pick two.
I don't know that you can get that kind of speed from satellite. If you could
get that kind of range from point-to-point wireless at that speed, you'd
certainly need a good line of sight. Do you have that?
You should see if this data is reasonably compressible. Maybe your bandwidth
needs aren't as bad as you think.
Jason Young
CNS - Network Design, Anheuser-Busch
(314)577-4597
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Cerqua, Toby [mailto:toby@platinumsystems.net]
> Sent: Thursday, August 16, 2001 11:02 AM
> To: 'nanog@merit.edu'
> Subject: wanted: wireless magic tricks
>
>
>
> hey all,
>
> we've got a client that wants some crazy stuff, and i need either
> suggestions or confirmation that this is impossible/too expensive.
>
> client needs 45Mbps pushed over 20 miles... and he wants it
> wireless. the
> kicker is that they don't want a T3 because it is "too
> expensive" and it
> would take too long to get installed. it doesn't need to be
> constant, but he
> wants to move of 2.5GB within 45 minutes. this is in the
> chicago area, if
> that helps any. so, i don't know, satellite?
>
> - toby
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