Comments on: Owning the Last Mile http://www.saunderslog.com/2006/07/02/owning-the-last-mile-2/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=owning-the-last-mile-2 An outcome-driven leader, proven technology product developer, and marketer with over 20 years of hands-on experience including start-up, small and large business environments, and the board room. This is my blog. Thu, 26 Jan 2012 17:15:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Alec http://www.saunderslog.com/2006/07/02/owning-the-last-mile-2/#comment-3100 Alec Mon, 03 Jul 2006 11:47:39 +0000 http://saunderslog.com/2006/07/02/owning-the-last-mile-2/#comment-3100 Love to talk Jason. Love to talk Jason.

]]> By: Jason Drohn http://www.saunderslog.com/2006/07/02/owning-the-last-mile-2/#comment-3099 Jason Drohn Sun, 02 Jul 2006 10:48:22 +0000 http://saunderslog.com/2006/07/02/owning-the-last-mile-2/#comment-3099 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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