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Shaking It Up With Burgers, Broadband
By Sue Marek
February 1, 2003
c 2003, Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All Rights Reserved.
McDonald's-home of the fast burger, fast service and fast Internet connection? That's the case in Sidney, N.Y., where the local McDonald's restaurant hired 5G Wireless Communications to outfit the fast-food haven with a high-speed wireless connection.
Using traditional 802.11b technology in conjunction with direct sequence spread spectrum, 5G Wireless set up a Wi-Fi network in nearby Bainbridge, N.Y., and then provided surrounding business customers with broadband Internet connection speeds. "We operate within the standard of Wi-Fi but we have pushed it to some strong limits," says 5G Wireless President and CEO Jerry Dix. "Using our own technology, we are able to broadcast up to eight miles, if necessary."
5G's service initially appealed to Richard Dombrowski, owner of the Sidney McDonald's restaurant, because it allowed the restaurant to transmit and receive e-mail messages from McDonald's corporate headquarters much more quickly than traditional dial-up service. However, there may be an opportunity to offer the service to McDonald's customers, similar to how Starbucks has used Wi-Fi to seek more revenue from its coffee-slurping patrons. "Now that we have high-speed Internet service, our plan is to offer it to our patrons as they dine with us," Dombrowski says.
CATEGORY 5 - Enhanced power, (omni or directional) commercially made antenna
With a confirmed distance of 14.8951 miles the winner is:
5G Wireless Communications, Inc.(FGWC)
http://home.earthlink.net/~wifi-shootout/
It looks like 5G Wireless took the commercial category at the wifi shootout---14.8 mile coverage using their commercially available antenna. I'm not sure how widely known this is but Mcdonalds has a pilot in upstate NY according to this --feb 03
http://www.wirelessweek.com/index.asp?layout=artic le&articleid=CA274448
trades for a few pennies on the OTC bulletin board under FGWC
were any of these other wifi shootout companies public?
"CATEGORY 5 - Enhanced power, (omni or directional) commercially made antenna Base Camp GPS Coordinates: N36 39.698, W114 55.431 Field Site GPS Coordinates: N36 52.523, W114 57.389 At the base camp: Apple G4 800 MHz Notebook, with 10.2.6 ftpserver, 5G single panel AP, 3-foot tripod, 15-foot mast, angle ~150. At the field site: 4ms 4.26 Mbps, Toshiba Satellite 1135-s1552, P4M 2.0 GHz 512 meg ram, Windows XP Pro ftp command prompt only, 5G CPE 800 mW, 16 dbi circular polarity antenna, RSSI -67 dbm, Noise f
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http://www.wirelessweek.com/index.asp?layout=artic le&articleid=CA274448
Shaking It Up With Burgers, Broadband
By Sue Marek
February 1, 2003
c 2003, Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All Rights Reserved.
McDonald's-home of the fast burger, fast service and fast Internet connection? That's the case in Sidney, N.Y., where the local McDonald's restaurant hired 5G Wireless Communications to outfit the fast-food haven with a high-speed wireless connection.
Using traditional 802.11b technology in conjunction with direct sequence spread spectrum, 5G Wireless set up a Wi-Fi network in nearby Bainbridge, N.Y., and then provided surrounding business customers with broadband Internet connection speeds. "We operate within the standard of Wi-Fi but we have pushed it to some strong limits," says 5G Wireless President and CEO Jerry Dix. "Using our own technology, we are able to broadcast up to eight miles, if necessary."
5G's service initially appealed to Richard Dombrowski, owner of the Sidney McDonald's restaurant, because it allowed the restaurant to transmit and receive e-mail messages from McDonald's corporate headquarters much more quickly than traditional dial-up service. However, there may be an opportunity to offer the service to McDonald's customers, similar to how Starbucks has used Wi-Fi to seek more revenue from its coffee-slurping patrons. "Now that we have high-speed Internet service, our plan is to offer it to our patrons as they dine with us," Dombrowski says.
CATEGORY 5 - Enhanced power, (omni or directional) commercially made antenna With a confirmed distance of 14.8951 miles the winner is: 5G Wireless Communications, Inc.(FGWC) http://home.earthlink.net/~wifi-shootout/
It looks like 5G Wireless took the commercial category at the wifi shootout---14.8 mile coverage using their commercially available antenna. I'm not sure how widely known this is but Mcdonalds has a pilot in upstate NY according to this --feb 03 http://www.wirelessweek.com/index.asp?layout=artic le&articleid=CA274448
trades for a few pennies on the OTC bulletin board under FGWC
were any of these other wifi shootout companies public?
"CATEGORY 5 - Enhanced power, (omni or directional) commercially made antenna Base Camp GPS Coordinates: N36 39.698, W114 55.431 Field Site GPS Coordinates: N36 52.523, W114 57.389 At the base camp: Apple G4 800 MHz Notebook, with 10.2.6 ftpserver, 5G single panel AP, 3-foot tripod, 15-foot mast, angle ~150. At the field site: 4ms 4.26 Mbps, Toshiba Satellite 1135-s1552, P4M 2.0 GHz 512 meg ram, Windows XP Pro ftp command prompt only, 5G CPE 800 mW, 16 dbi circular polarity antenna, RSSI -67 dbm, Noise f