 MooJohn
join:2005-12-18
Milledgeville, GA | Were they ever a major player to begin with? I wasn't aware that Cisco did much in the way of wireless networking hardware to start with. Sure I've seen their 80211 access points but I don't know about anything they make for wireless on this scale.
One of Clearwire's main investors is Motorola so it's not like they'll have trouble sourcing radio hardware.
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John M - Cranky network guy |
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1 edit | Huawei is providing most of the equipment for Clear. From what I have heard, the Moto equipment used in Chicago is being pulled out and replaced. The Huawei gear is much cheaper than that available from other manufacturers and it seems to work pretty good. Clear is using flex base stations so they can switch to LTE in the future, if needed, without much work.
»www.wimaxcom.net/2009/08/huawei-···ier.html |
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said by MooJohn:I wasn't aware that Cisco did much in the way of wireless networking hardware to start with. Sure I've seen their 80211 access points but I don't know about anything they make for wireless on this scale. One of Clearwire's main investors is Motorola so it's not like they'll have trouble sourcing radio hardware. Cisco bought Navini networks in 2007, which was a big player in outdoor wireless deployments for internet access purposes. The problem is outside of very few large ventures like Clearwire most wireless ISPs do not have the money to spend on a solution like theirs.
Given Clearwire doesn't use Cisco WIMAX hardware anyway, sourcing radio hardware isn't going to be an issue.
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tpalik
join:2002-09-27
Redmond, WA | Does anyone know what the plans are for the ex-Navini groups now ? |
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