On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 10:27 AM, [ Brainiac ] <arebacollins@gmail.com> wrote:

yes @ aki. Looks like at this rate, the limiting factor is going to be device limitations. Imagine these speeds are on fiber in msa and wifi all the way to malindi (theyve not terminated in malindi yet). what then when they do that at the AP across the road?

@Areba, I believe KDN's mistake was to go wifi, especially with fiber. They should have rolled out a last mile lower freq network that performs much better and would not need many wifi BS. Something similar to what AOL did, I think each BS gives a coverage of about 10Kms, NLOS. Wifi has many limitations and in Mombasa there is the constant issue of ships radar interfering with freqs.

With clever positioning of BS, they can achieve coverage but wifi limitations for a bridged mode is 1-2kms max, I think.

Corrections welcome.