Bill_MI
Bill In Michigan
Premium,MVM
join:2001-01-03
Royal Oak, MI
 ·EarthLink
| Wireless Oakland - anyone with info?
Anyone connected? Comments?
The Royal Oak announcement (with Madison Heights) seems a bit premature.
Some links:
»Wireless Oakland Pilots (old DSLR)
Wireless Oakland
Wireless Oakland Now Available in the City of Troy
Wireless Oakland Now Available in Royal Oak and Madison Heights |
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imrf
Premium
join:2002-06-06
Utica, MI | I connected to it once in RO, about 4 months ago. I just surfed quickly to find some info, then disconnected. I didn't do any kind of speed test or have ever used it again. |
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Bill_MI
Bill In Michigan
Premium,MVM
join:2001-01-03
Royal Oak, MI
·EarthLink
| Got in but I need to put my ham hat on after 25 years and make an antenna.  Not enough signal to get through signup. 
I did get some questions answered:
Looks like a public IP (not behind NAT).
Mine was in 64.31.15.0/23 hostxxx.64-31-15.bignet.net
Hey... I remember Bignet.
An expected browser redirect goes to https (good idea) to:
wirelessoakland.michtel.com (192.168.150.11)
Private address space inside their network. |
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ecvogel
join:2001-01-02
Southfield, MI
| reply to Bill_MI
They will release a list of when each city gets it in 2 months. I was at the GLIMA / Troy Chamber State of the Wireless last week.
I did not see the paid plans though when I registered and account to get into a drawing. I was stunned later on when I found out the person who pulled me over to sign-up was Oakland Counties CIO.
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ecvogel
join:2001-01-02
Southfield, MI
| reply to Bill_MI
The maps I saw of the WAP's only covered the better parts of the city, some WAP's are down and being worked on and more needs to go up. They use 20-25 WAP's pers Sq. Mile. When WiMax adapaters are more common and such, 1 WAP per Sq. mile is needed for WiMax and the system will support WiMax when out. They use utilitiy poles owned by state/county/city like light poles, tornado sirens and DTE Enegery Poles. They have issues if your area has underground utilities and will take more time. They are tring to get businesses to donate roof top space for WAPs to get these areas. I forgot if they said homes too.
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----------------------------Computer Talk Shop Ownerhttp://computertalkshop.comwww.mvps.org/ecvogel |
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