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Re: Service Providers do show coverage maps The map at the site you mention intentionally does not show individual WISPs' coverage area. Many of the WISPs who gave Brian Webster, the author of the map, their coverage information did so only on the condition that it be aggregated with other data so that the exact extent of their coverage areas could not be identified. And quite a few gave only Zip Codes.
There are good reasons for that. Fellow WISPs (including some who have posted about it on this site) report that when they expand into a new area, the incumbent telephone monopoly follows, as soon as it finds out, with remote DSL terminals and begins offering "loss leader" deals. And I’ve seen my own wireless sites targeted for illegal interference by less-than-savory wireless competitors. |
