Moto goes Mesh
Motorola is trying to get more of those public network infrastructure dollars and is buying Mesh Networks for an undisclosed amount. Motorola already has one fixed-wireless broadband solution for residential and business customers, called Canopy. Rick Rotondo, vice president of marketing for the Maitland, Fla-based company tells Internet News that technology will “provide outstanding backhaul for mesh networks.”
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One thing to understand is that just like Canopy, the Mesh Networks product is proprietary and has nothing to do with WiFi/WiMax. This means it will always be at a price disadvantage at the user device end. The best way to look at this new product line is Canopy v2.