[BC] So how did we miss this one?

[Scott Todd]

I'd imagine it to be much worse, Willie.  I remember TV coverage of some 
big grass fires near here a few years ago and the 23GHz links from the 
news trucks couldn't penetrate the smoke.

Scott Todd

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At such high frequencies, doesn't rain fade (& other atmospheric issues) 
start to have an even more dramatic effect? How reliable can such a service truly 
be? What other technical hurdles need to be overcome to make it truly 
marketable? There are enough issues with the 11Ghz stuff, so I wonder about 17.