Comments on: Owning the Last Mile http://saunderslog.com/2006/07/02/owning-the-last-mile-2/ A daily round table on the tech industry with experts and callers from all over the globe. Join us as we pick apart the news and get to the meat of what\'s happening out there. Tue, 02 Dec 2008 14:14:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Alec http://saunderslog.com/2006/07/02/owning-the-last-mile-2/#comment-22652 Alec Mon, 03 Jul 2006 15:47:39 +0000 http://saunderslog.com/2006/07/02/owning-the-last-mile-2/#comment-22652 Love to talk Jason. Love to talk Jason.

]]> By: Jason Drohn http://saunderslog.com/2006/07/02/owning-the-last-mile-2/#comment-22460 Jason Drohn Sun, 02 Jul 2006 14:48:22 +0000 http://saunderslog.com/2006/07/02/owning-the-last-mile-2/#comment-22460 It is a truly great idea. The item he referenced for $1500 a month was a T1 line which is capable of 1.5 megabytes per second access. In the article he said "gigabit" connection which is true but misleading. The difference is that there is 8 bits in a byte. That is the only distinction. Plus, the more users, the more bandwidth problems which cable us currently suffering from. The internet is only as fast for a user as the smallest data pipe. Most home networks are routed in 100 megabytes per second twisted pair cable, which is a potential bottleneck. There is 1 gigabyte per second cable available, but not many people's hardware is upgraded. An addition to this trend is the use of a wireless technology called WiMax. It guarantees access wirelessly to a 20 mile radius, perfect for a college, community, etc. If you can connect WiMax nodes with T1, T3, or bigger fiber optic cable, it would be truly revolutionary. I am sorry for the long comment. I am developing a company around last mile transmission which will be started this fall (2006). It deals with all of the things that I just mentioned, but I can tell you that truly high speed internet access will be no more than $15 a month. No more small data pipes... Look for it on my blog, I will be writing about it. I would love to talk more about it, if you would like, email me jdrohn74@gmail.com! And thank you!! Jason It is a truly great idea. The item he referenced for $1500 a month was a T1 line which is capable of 1.5 megabytes per second access. In the article he said “gigabit” connection which is true but misleading. The difference is that there is 8 bits in a byte. That is the only distinction. Plus, the more users, the more bandwidth problems which cable us currently suffering from. The internet is only as fast for a user as the smallest data pipe. Most home networks are routed in 100 megabytes per second twisted pair cable, which is a potential bottleneck. There is 1 gigabyte per second cable available, but not many people’s hardware is upgraded.

An addition to this trend is the use of a wireless technology called WiMax. It guarantees access wirelessly to a 20 mile radius, perfect for a college, community, etc. If you can connect WiMax nodes with T1, T3, or bigger fiber optic cable, it would be truly revolutionary.

I am sorry for the long comment. I am developing a company around last mile transmission which will be started this fall (2006). It deals with all of the things that I just mentioned, but I can tell you that truly high speed internet access will be no more than $15 a month. No more small data pipes… Look for it on my blog, I will be writing about it.

I would love to talk more about it, if you would like, email me jdrohn74@gmail.com!

And thank you!!

Jason

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