[619] in Commercialization & Privatization of the Internet
Perhaps dismissal of packet radio in the classroom is unwarranted
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Brian Lloyd)
Wed Apr 24 12:25:31 1991
Date: Wed, 24 Apr 91 09:19:44 PDT
From: Brian Lloyd <brian@napa.telebit.COM>
To: tmn!cook@uunet.UU.NET
Cc: com-priv@psi.com
In-Reply-To: tmn!cook@uunet.uu.net's message of Tue Apr 23 22:11:24 1991 <9104240213.AA20970@relay1.UU.NET>
Reply-To: brian@napa.telebit.COM
The FCC has opened up the 900 MHz band for low-power license-free
direct-sequence spread spectrum. I suspect the 1/4 mi radius you
specify is a bit optimistic but I know that the technology is
available and may be a valid way to move bits around a small campus.
I am glad to hear that someone is pursuing that avenue.
On the other hand this technology does not lend itself to tying more
outlying facilities together. When the mention of radio links first
came up I got the feeling that we were talking about linking outlying
schools to a central site, perhaps a distance of 10 miles or so for an
urban or suburban area. Unfortunately the same technology that makes
the classroom-to-classroom link possible won't stretch to 10 mi links.
Brian Lloyd, WB6RQN Telebit Corporation
Network Systems Architect 1315 Chesapeake Terrace
brian@napa.telebit.com Sunnyvale, CA 94089-1100
voice (408) 745-3103 FAX (408) 734-3333
