[BC] The first 'white space' project

[SteveOrdinetz]

On Thu, Oct 22, 2009 at 1:12 AM, Dana  Puopolo <dpuopolo at usa.net> wrote:
> They're using white space technology to bring Internet to a rural
> community-and it WORKS!
>
> http://spectrumbridge.com/web/images/pdfs/whitespaces_casestudy-spectrumbridge.pdf
>

This article seemed to be little more than a puff piece and leaves
lots of questions unanswered.  Does this provide service to individual
homes or is it just a handful of businesses and the school?  What
about range and how does it work in hilly/mountainous terrain?  Why
not just go with Wimax?

I ask because I live in one of those rural communities where dial-up
or satellite are the only options.  There is no "downtown" and
population (such as it is) is spread out making a wi-fi hotspot pretty
useless.  Dunno about you, but having to sit in the car in front of
town hall with a laptop every time I want to get online would get old
quick.