I went with Federated and have not had any problems in the last 30 days. It really came down to me being anti-Google. I feel like google is making enough money off my life.
On Thu, Aug 20, 2020 at 4:35 PM Ken Hohhof <[email protected]> wrote: > IMHO the choice probably comes down to possible future capabilities that > are impossible to evaluate unless you have a time machine. > > Federated and Commscope are fine companies with a history in the microwave > and spectrum businesses, and Google is a fine company that should know how > to build a robust cloud based service. I'm not entirely sure why Google > wanted to be in the SAS business, but you could ask that about every > venture they have gotten into. Some of us may have some not entirely > objective feelings about Google, like entrusting your data to them, or > their tendency to shut down some of their ventures, or on the positive side > their immense resources and understanding of reliable cloud services. You > either love or hate the big tech companies. > > We flipped a coin and chose Federated, maybe because they had the longest > time working with Cambium through the beta process. One of the outages was > apparently because they didn't adequately size server resources for a > certain scenario where a whole bunch of CBSDs needed to get back online at > once, I may not be remembering that exactly right, but your could argue > Google would not have made mistake. On the other hand, if they are using > something like AWS, it's pretty easy to ramp up your server resources these > days. > > The scary thing perhaps is that it's not just a push of the button to move > from one SAS to another (maybe that will change). So if one of the SAS > vendors turns out to be significantly inferior, or drops out, it could be a > bunch of work to move all your CBSDs over. > > My impression that CBRS is going to be a wild ride, no matter what radio > or SAS vendor you choose. It's pretty complicated. I'd like to think the > complexity will dissuade the mobile carriers from using it even (if they > buy all the PALs) except where they run out of other mid band spectrum, but > I'm probably dreaming. It's like hoping Cookie Monster won't eat all the > cookies. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: AF <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Adam Moffett > Sent: Thursday, August 20, 2020 2:11 PM > To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Google vs Federated > > They've both had a couple of outages already.....hopefully that gets > better in the long term. What benefits are there of picking one over the > other? And I guess I should wonder if anyone's investigated Commscope yet. > > > On 8/20/2020 2:49 PM, Adam Moffett wrote: > > If I'm doing CBRS through Cambium I can pick Google or Federated. > > > > Who do we like better right now? > > > > > > -- > AF mailing list > [email protected] > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > > > > -- > AF mailing list > [email protected] > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >
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