We had a meeting on this at CeBit Sydney. I was not aware that the IEEE had ratified the standard at the time. There is plenty of talk about it in isp-wireless news groups over the last few months. Proxim and Alvarion are defiantly working on 802.16 at the moment. The issue lies with me that if your not after the QOS and control features then why not just go buy Redline off the shelf, $20,000 for 55mb over 40 miles is cheap buying. Im going to keep following this standard for the fact it can be developed over a combination of frequencies. Ideally 3.5ghz .... FYI people considering 3.5ghz should keep in Mind that Alvarion ( Formally Breezecom ) have been producing 3.5ghz equipment for there local market for 10 years. Infact the BAII & BreezeAcess series are all avail at 3.5ghz. Good news for Rural Broadband people Best Regards Matthew G Brown Managing Director B & R Holdings LIMITED Nelson, New Zealand Ph: 027 4807731 Http://www.brh.co.nz -----Original Message----- From: Juha Saarinen [mailto:juha(a)saarinen.org] Sent: Thursday, 10 July 2003 1:28 p.m. To: NZNOG Subject: [nznog] Anyone thinking about WiMAX? www.wimaxforum.org Roundabout 50km reach, with 70Mbps max rate. -- Juha Saarinen _______________________________________________ Nznog mailing list Nznog(a)list.waikato.ac.nz http://list.waikato.ac.nz/mailman/listinfo/nznog