[wsfii-discuss] Fw: public demand for information technology

Fri Sep 22 12:26:19 UTC 2006

I thought I was the non-native english and you the American :)
Just think that maybe I'm somewhat tired of hypes and announcement-only 
press releases while media is skipping what's going on on the real world.

Cheers!
Ramon.

En/na Ken DiPietro ha escrit:
> Ramon Roca wrote:
>> Now here in order to don't make it longer/unreadable:
>
> Always a good idea.
>
>> -About imagination of the future: Regardless of which are my believes 
>> or not, not that everybody can say lots of things. There is no 
>> deficit here. It is on present executions and call for actions now. 
>> IMHO I don't think that there is a need more hype.
>
> I'm sorry but I don't understand what you are trying to say. Perhaps 
> we are having difficulty because of the language and if so I am sorry, 
> English is the only tool I can offer. At the same time, where this 
> conversation began was whether or not the telecommunications 
> infrastructure could be completely replaced. I am stating that this 
> can be done right now - not some time in the distant and unclear 
> future. You said that this was not possible, it is.
>
> If you would please clarify what you are trying to tell me I would be 
> deeply grateful, I apologize for not understanding what you are trying 
> to say.
>
>> -About to distinguish between available and developing technologies 
>> stages: We already have dozens of mikrotiks here: 
>> http://guifi.net/osona , so we already have a clue of what we can 
>> get, with or without overlapping channels. In the meantime, for sure 
>> there are technologies in developing stages, you have always the 
>> choice of wait or deploy and later upgrade if necessary. If everybody 
>> choose to wait, nothing will happen.
>
> I mentioned Mikrotik as an example of the software that will create 
> bonded channels that will allow for very high throughputs. If you are 
> aware that you can create wireless links that exceed 100Mbps then we 
> can both agree that there is (right now) the capability to carry 
> enormous amounts of VoIP sessions at the same time if we willing to 
> use very efficient codecs. This also leaves enough capacity to carry 
> data on the same link. This isn't something anyone has to wait for, 
> you already have it right now.
>
> As to the should anyone wait question, that is something for everyone 
> to decide on their own. In three or four months time there will be at 
> least two products available that will provide over 100Mbps backhaul 
> with very high speed connectivity to the end user if this is something 
> that sounds desirable to you.
>
>> -About the agreement with enterprises, I have no idea of what you 
>> mean while mentioning "very close an agreement", between you and who? 
>> Our Wireless Commons License is already doing the trick for us. It's 
>> easy.
>
> I have signed binding documents that make it impossible for me to 
> release publicly what I know. This is a common thing when businesses 
> develop a product and do not wish to make the information public 
> prematurely. While I appreciate the Commons License concept not 
> everyone operates this way.
>
>> -Finally, about press releases, I suggest you to distinguish between 
>> a commercial press release and a real world experience. And again, on 
>> the future, we'll see.
>
> If you look at the date of that press release you will see that it is 
> from several months ago. I know of one deployment in Macedonia where 
> much of what is promised in that press release is already operational. 
> This is not the future, this is today.
>
> Ken DiPietro
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