This probably has more to do with marketing trying to move some of the 2wire mentality over to Mimosa. Unfortunately for them, unlicensed self-install CPE are very impractical and wasteful from an RF standpoint (and will continue to be for the foreseeable future). The rest of their equipment looks like a winner if they can deliver on it.
On Wed, Nov 12, 2014 at 4:10 AM, Stefan Englhardt via Af <[email protected]> wrote: > This announcement tells that it would be possible to use this stuff indoor > behind a window and get 500+ Mbps. > > Modern Windows do more harm to signal than walls as they often have metal > isolation included. > > You have to install a BS in front of every window to make this come true. > > > > At least now it is clear that this company sells hope and not true > products. > > > > > > *Von:* Af [mailto:[email protected]] *Im Auftrag von *Jason McKemie > via Af > *Gesendet:* Mittwoch, 12. November 2014 09:25 > *An:* [email protected] > *Betreff:* Re: [AFMUG] Mimosa did it again > > > > Allowing customers to install their own CPE is a bad idea in any > unlicensed frequency, both for your network as well as the spectrum in > general. > > > On Wednesday, November 12, 2014, Stefan Englhardt via Af <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Now Mimosa announced an indoor window mountable CPE: > > > > „Mimosa's C5i just changed urban Internet forever! Never wait on your > service provider install again. Self-install in seconds and experience 500+ > Mbps!“ > > > > To the mimosa Fans: How they change physics to make 5GHz penetrate through > windows. We have not much > > luck doing this with 3,5GHz licensed, beamforming and high power. > > > > > > > >
