My presentation at the International Summit for Community Wireless Networks in Vienna Austria August 12-15, 2010

1. Interna'onal
Summit
for
Community
Wireless
Networks
August
12-­‐15,
2010
Tech
Gate,
Vienna,
Austria

3. US,
Today
Verizon
Only
Compe&&ve
Fiber
$2700/mo
$700/mo
10Mbps/10Mbps
100Mbps/100Mbps
$270
per
Mbps
$7
per
Mbps

4. NetBlazr:
Radically
Different
ISP

5. Pilot
Network,
when
built
out
Topology
view
Tent
Head
City
End
Ac've
wireless
links
Note
that,
while
all
nodes
have
3-­‐radios,
Standby
wireless
links
most
nodes
have
only
2
radios
in
service

6. Target:
Small
&
Medium
Businesses

7. Breakeven
Analysis
Monthly
Cost
Summary
for
Each
Network
Cluster
Compe''ve
High
Speed
Internet
$700
Equipment
$200
SoYware
and
Hos'ng
$100
TOTAL
$1000
Speed
#
Subs
%Subs
Price
Revenue
Free
10
50%
$0
$0
2
Mbps
4
20%
$50
$200
5
Mbps
4
20%
$100
$400
10
Mbps
2
10%
$200
$400
20
100%
$1,000

8. Roadmap
Years
1-­‐2
3-­‐5
6+
User
Off-­‐the-­‐shelf
Integrated
Higher
Performance,
Equipment
components
Retail
Modified
SoYware
Open
Source
Scalable
Scaling
Target
SMB
–
Boston
SMB
Mul'-­‐
city
Viral
/
Consumer
Market
Expansion
Ready

9. Tent
City
Radio
Links

10. NetBlazr:
Leader
in
new
smaller
market

11. Discussison…

12. Pilot
Community
Node

13. Ubiqui'
radios
Radio
Azimuth
Eleva&on
Cost
(Q1)
Size
beam
beam
Nanosta'on
Loco
M5
45°
45°
$86
6.4”
x
3.1”
x
1.2”
Nanosta'on
M5
41°-­‐43°
15°
$86
11.7”
x
3.1”
x
1.2”
Rocket
M5
+
AirMax
120
120°
8°
$175
14.4”
x
3.1”
x
1.2”
Rocket
M5
+
AirMax
90
90°
8°
$175
14.4”
x
3.1”
x
1.2”
PowerBridge
M5
6°
6°
$269
17.5”
x
16.4”
x
1.4”
First
cut:
Standardized
on
Nanosta'on
Loco
M5
45°
beam
means
each
sta'on
is
likely
to
see
>1
poten'al
path!
Use
with
MikroTik
Routerboard
450G
at
$69
???
Note
that
each
Nanosta'on
has
a
built-­‐in
router
but
with
sta'c
routes
only.
Q:
could
we
remotely
manage
rou'ng
for
cheap
nodes
with
Ubqui'
only?

14. What’s
next?
14

15. Eventual
Community
Node

16. Founders
Team
Brough
Turner
Co-­‐founder
of
Natural
Microsystems
(IPO
1994),
and
others
Consults
on
Business
and
Product
Strategy
BSEE,
MIT
Jason
Orgill,
BYU
BSEE,
Founder
Wireless
Meshnet
Group
Wireless
Security
Consultant,
Motorola
MBA
2011,
HBS
Jim
Hanley
20+
year
wireless
exec:
GTE,
Cingular,
MicrosoY,
Nextel,
Lightower
3-­‐'me
Founder/CEO;
ac've
entrepreneur,
adviser
&
consultant
Brown
BA,
Michigan
MBA
Advisors
-­‐
Seeking,
(currently
9
endorsements)
Unpaid
Interns
-­‐
2
Marke&ng,
8
Technical