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10 YEARS WITH WIRELESS. From Jungles to the Himalayas. Dave Hughes Old Colorado City Communications. My Rural Strivings*. Wireless on Mount Everest Penetrating the Jungle Beating British Telecom in Wales On ATVs in Alaska Lakes and Woods Off Shore Waters with no Power Still Challenges
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10 YEARS WITH WIRELESS From Jungles to the Himalayas Dave Hughes Old Colorado City Communications
My Rural Strivings* • Wireless on Mount Everest • Penetrating the Jungle • Beating British Telecom in Wales • On ATVs in Alaska • Lakes and Woods • Off Shore Waters with no Power • Still Challenges • You Want Scalable Wireless? • Hedy Lamarr * My NSF, Company, Pro Bono, Work
Donated Cisco Wi-Fi Stuff100mw, POE, 350 as Bridge, Relay, Access Point, 13.5 dB Directional, 12v Battery/inverter, Solar Power
Our Virtual Yeti’s 18,000 Foot Wireless E-mail, Data, VOIP, Network
Wireless in the Jungle - Billions of Gallons of Water, Heat, Canopy
Towers, Trees, Rain, Rats, Data Loggers and Wireless Solutions
A Now Happy Scientist’s Data Collection from out in the Jungle
Broadband Wars With British Telecom. Or, Wales Connected and Rebelling against the Insufferable Brits, Wirelessly
Wales, 3 Million and Lots of Small Celtic Cultures Towns and Farms
Welsh Political Action - Dafydd ap Hugh (me) and Ministers of the National Assembly
The Alaskan Wilderness http://www.uaf.edu/water/projects/cpcrw/metdata/cpcrwmetsitemap.htm
Poker Flats and Caribou Peak38 Miles from Fairbanks +100 to -60 degrees F. http://www.uaf.edu/water/projects/cpcrw/metdata/cpcrwmetsitemap.htm
More Challenges & My Future Solutions - Tiny Mesh, Single Sensors, Fuel Cells, Scalable
YOU WANT SCALABLE WIRELESS? • Promote it as a major Policy answer to ‘Ubiquitous Broadband’ for Rural Americans • Back/Push Spectrum Reform at the FCC • Look way beyond Wi-Fi and use Fuel Cells • Get more lower frequency - shared ‘unlicensed’ • Push for GPS equipped Smart Radios • Regulate out grandfathered licensed-legacy radios – 5 years either up, or out • Get the White House to dirty its mind with NTIA and the allocation of Government spectrum
Some Contacts • www.linkingeverest.com • http://wireless.oldcolo.com • http://www.cookreport.com/ • dave@oldcolo.com