Guerilla Internet Service Providers (fwd)

[Ed Carp [khijol SysAdmin]]

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> As a ham, too (N7IJS) I recognize your implicit selection of 2m or 450 MHz.
> But I gently object to this, for reasons that I think will be obvious.

I was thinking of the itenerant frequencies around 151 MHz, but the 
bandwidth would be limited.  I wasn't thinking of amateur frequencies, 
but my fingers sometimes have a mind of their own ;)

> First, technology has been marching on in the last 10-20 years, and
> communications frequencies of 2 GHz and more are technically do-able and
> comparatively empty.  (and with modern IC  technology, even easy)

I'd love to see plans (or used commercial gear) able to do this - I've 
got a point-to-point application that I'd love to set up ...

> Secondly,  ham gear tends to be used for long-range communication (miles and
> watts) and generally has little or no ability to frequency hop/time hop or
> to automatically turn down transmitter power to be able to share frequencies
> over short distances (low milliwatts or even microwatts).  Those high
> gigahertz frequencies would be ideal for communication over a few blocks
> distance.  (Sure, packet has been done for years but it is a still-born
> development;  they still think 9600 bps is a "fast" modem speed.)

The opportunities for this sort of thing are amazing.  And remember, 
there are two types of spread spectrum - the high bandwidth stuff as well 
as the frequency hopping stuff.

> I forsee  locally-owned boxes that are the equivalent of a wireless phone
> switch implementing re-used freuqency microcells; the cost SHOULD be far
> lower than the current copperline phone systems, once the telephones are
> paid for.  And they shouldn't cost much more than current 900 MHz cordless
> telephones, too.

Again, I'd like to see this, too...
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