sirhailstone
join:2001-12-01
Indianapolis, IN
| As bad as Nokia fouled up....
Rooftop Communications in their mesh networking on 2.4 GHz band, they don't deserve to become a player in the WiMAX area.
They buy Rooftop, Rooftop had a good concept but terrible packaging. They go silent for 2, maybe three years developing their mesh wireless system. They roll it out and it's slow, and they refused to support the ISP's that rolled it out (I worked for one who rolled it out) and it's all proprietary hardware and software. You would think after a couple of years they would develop something worth having.
Then suddenly without warning, Nokia pulls the plug. No more spare parts, no more units available. Just dump the entire platform. Almost cost us the entire business. Then Motorola comes out with something that's comparable and works better than Nokia, but non-mesh.
So that's why you won't see me buying a Nokia mobile phone ... ever! |
