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标题：Making A Splash - fixed wireless services - Brief Article
作者：Eric Brown
期刊名称：Entrepreneur
印刷版ISSN：0163-3341
出版年度：2000
卷号：July 2000
出版社：Entrepreneur Media, Inc.

Making A Splash - fixed wireless services - Brief Article

Eric Brown

Fixed wireless services test the waters.

Wireless bandwidth may be on the rise, but fixed wireless networks run faster because they don't have to track down mobile receivers. There are many fixed solutions available--from lowcost, low-bandwidth CDMA systems providing phone network alternatives to high-frequency (38GHz) Local Multipoint Distribution Service (LMDS).

Companies such as WinStar and Teligent are selling LMDS to businesses to compete with T1 (1.5Mbps) and T3 (45Mbps) service. A third level of service running at about 2.5GHz, called Multichannel Multipoint Distribution Service (MMDS), may emerge as the most potent competitor to cable-modem and DSL networks.

In March, MCI Worldcom started trials of its fixed wireless "Warp" technology. Since its merger with Sprint, Worldcom figures it can offer commercial fixed wireless service in 100 U.S. cities by late 2001. Prices for Warp service start at $39.95 per month (for 310Kbps).

Eric Brown, a regular contributor to pcworld.com, is a writer living in the Boston area.