Nokia did the same thing a few years ago when they acquired RoofTop Communications. They rolled out the mesh technology to ISPs. After about 10-15 nodes and 2-3 hops away from the master node (or "airhead") the performance was about that of single channel ISDN. It was sold as 1 MBit to each subscriber node.
The meshing worked nice. But the speed was pathetic. Then Nokia dumped the entire line without warning and left ISPs high and dry. Many of which I believe went to Motorola's Canopy platform.
IANAL, but I hired one to get advice on a non-compete that I had handed to me from a now former employer. Best $75 per hour I ever spent.
Disclaimer: THIS IS IN ILLINOIS, OTHER STATES/COUNTRIES MAY VARY!!
This attorney [a civil/torts specialist] told me that clauses which prohibit an employee from working for a competitor for an indeterminate amount of time in a broad area "All of the United States" or "on Planet Earth".. yes he's seen non-compete contracts with the words "on Planet Earth".. would likely be struck down by a judge. It boils down to - nobody can deny anyone their livelyhood (legitimate livelyhoods...) - in my case as a PC repair tech they wanted to prevent me from working in the IT field for 10 years in any state bordering, and including Illinois if I left the company. The lawyer saw that and laughed, and pointed out if the company wanted to be a real ass about it, they could hire then furlough 100 techs and basically dry up the market if they wanted to fully enforce this non-compete clause.
I was advised NOT to sign the non-compete, and prepare to be sacked and sue to get my job back or monetary damages if I wanted. I was not sacked, and I never signed the non-compete, I left on my own 4 years later.
You don't need to download an MP3 just to find if you want to buy a CD. Just listen to your local radio stations and their hourly samplings of what's on CD. Those record labels paid good money to those radio stations so you can sample their artists work for free over the airwaves.....
ooooo did I just say that out loud?? *tap tap* *screech feedback* Is this thing on?
James Doohan materializes in the transporter room and is asked to report directly to the bridge. Doohan goes to the bridge and sees Ricardo Montalban (Kahn) and Gene Rodenberry there. Kahn extends a hand and tells Scotty "Welcome Aboard." Initial panic sets in as Scotty spots Kahn on the bridge, but Gene tells everyone that everything is fine, Kahn is on our side and we're going boldly where no one has gone before.
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Bloomington? PFFFFFTTTT!!!! If you're looking for lUsers sure... WEST LAFAYETTE is where the IT brains are located.
Nokia did the same thing a few years ago when they acquired RoofTop Communications. They rolled out the mesh technology to ISPs. After about 10-15 nodes and 2-3 hops away from the master node (or "airhead") the performance was about that of single channel ISDN. It was sold as 1 MBit to each subscriber node. The meshing worked nice. But the speed was pathetic. Then Nokia dumped the entire line without warning and left ISPs high and dry. Many of which I believe went to Motorola's Canopy platform.
IANAL, but I hired one to get advice on a non-compete that I had handed to me from a now former employer. Best $75 per hour I ever spent.
.. yes he's seen non-compete contracts with the words "on Planet Earth" .. would likely be struck down by a judge. It boils down to - nobody can deny anyone their livelyhood (legitimate livelyhoods...) - in my case as a PC repair tech they wanted to prevent me from working in the IT field for 10 years in any state bordering, and including Illinois if I left the company. The lawyer saw that and laughed, and pointed out if the company wanted to be a real ass about it, they could hire then furlough 100 techs and basically dry up the market if they wanted to fully enforce this non-compete clause.
Disclaimer: THIS IS IN ILLINOIS, OTHER STATES/COUNTRIES MAY VARY!!
This attorney [a civil/torts specialist] told me that clauses which prohibit an employee from working for a competitor for an indeterminate amount of time in a broad area "All of the United States" or "on Planet Earth"
I was advised NOT to sign the non-compete, and prepare to be sacked and sue to get my job back or monetary damages if I wanted. I was not sacked, and I never signed the non-compete, I left on my own 4 years later.
You don't need to download an MP3 just to find if you want to buy a CD. Just listen to your local radio stations and their hourly samplings of what's on CD. Those record labels paid good money to those radio stations so you can sample their artists work for free over the airwaves .....
ooooo did I just say that out loud?? *tap tap* *screech feedback* Is this thing on?
He Is?
He sure has dropped out of sight. He was old when he did Fantasy Island and that was back in the late 70's/early 80's.
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James Doohan materializes in the transporter room and is asked to report directly to the bridge. Doohan goes to the bridge and sees Ricardo Montalban (Kahn) and Gene Rodenberry there. Kahn extends a hand and tells Scotty "Welcome Aboard." Initial panic sets in as Scotty spots Kahn on the bridge, but Gene tells everyone that everything is fine, Kahn is on our side and we're going boldly where no one has gone before.