http://gigaom.com/2007/04/09/doerr-barksdale-on-the-frontline/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 13:40:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://gigaom.com/2007/04/09/doerr-barksdale-on-the-frontline/#comment-141025 Mon, 09 Apr 2007 22:48:07 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2007/04/09/doerr-barksdale-on-the-frontline/#comment-141025 $2B is on the low side. If the goal is to have truly ubiquitous coverage, as you really need for public safety, you will need 3-5k base stations (based on US land area of almost 3.5M sqmi). The cost per base-station, including installation, is going to be $50-100k. So, that gives us a cost ranging from $1.5B to $5B. Of course if we just leave of Alaska, that $2B looks very reasonable ;^)

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