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Re: How many Google wireless access points for San Francisco?

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From: Steve Pope
Date: Tue, 25 Oct 2005 16:25
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Jeff Liebermann  <jeffl@comix.santa-cruz.ca.us> wrote:

>Not common?  5.7GHz is where all the wireless backhauls are currently
>located.
>  http://www.wbanc.com
>If SF decided to go with 5.7GHz 802.11a clients, then I'm sure the
>market would gladly support replaceing everything you own with the
>latest and greatest.  (Evolution. Upgrade or die).  However,
>relocating the backhauls to 22Ghz may be a bit of a challenge.

You mean 24 GHz I think.

>considering the mesh network rule of thumb of the week of no more than
>3-4 hops from client to backhaul, and 100 access points per square
>mile, that means 25-33 backhaul radios or wired connections per square
>mile.  

Despite their fumbling, Google definitely has the money to
deploy that hardware this project requires.  Google's only limit
is the laws of physics.

S.
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Subject: Re: How many Google wireless access points for San Francisco?
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