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----- Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com ----- Original Message ----- From: Ryan Ray <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Wed, 25 Feb 2015 11:27:19 -0600 (CST) Subject: Re: [AFMUG] WispAmerica Updates? (Kurt Fankhauser) VDSL is gonna reach out 20km? On Wed, Feb 25, 2015 at 9:13 AM, Mike Hammett <[email protected]> wrote: > It won't be beat in wide area NLOS systems. > > > > ----- > Mike Hammett > Intelligent Computing Solutions > http://www.ics-il.com > > <https://www.facebook.com/ICSIL> > <https://plus.google.com/+IntelligentComputingSolutionsDeKalb> > <https://www.linkedin.com/company/intelligent-computing-solutions> > <https://twitter.com/ICSIL> > > ------------------------------ > *From: *"Stefan Englhardt" <[email protected]> > *To: *[email protected] > *Sent: *Wednesday, February 25, 2015 12:41:34 AM > *Subject: *Re: [AFMUG] WispAmerica Updates? (Kurt Fankhauser) > > > > >Word on the street is "LTE or die" in the next 5 years, take your pick... > > >Base station costs too much... $8-10k per sector, CPE's aren't bad > through $270'ish or something, ended up being what a 450SM plus reflector > cost. > > For 8-10K you get 200 VDSL Ports capable of up to 100Mbit each. > For 270 you get 2 VDSL IADs. > > So prices have to come down for sure. We are talking TDD-LTE which is not > compatible with any system used in our country and we're talking 100Mbit/s > at best for all Sector Users. Talking coverage looking at this pricing it > is considerable to put some more towers make smaller cells and work with > cheap wifi based gear. For 8-10K you'll get 8-10 Mimosa APs. For 270 you'll > get 2-3 Mimosa CPEs. > > We're using expensive WiMAX gear only to reach some customers which might > direct governement money elsewhere. We never earned money with this > expensive stuff. And as we've learned this systems are getting old and > timed out now like every wireless system does after a short time (and my > ears remember the sales guys praising wimax). > > In our Country LTE is coming. But in FD-Flavor and in 800,1800MHz licensed > country wide. They do 10x10 and 20x20. As with licensed gear doing FD is a > complete different beast. > > In my opinion LTE-TDD Small Cell Systems might be worth double the price > Mimosa is claiming and have to be in the region of Cambium 450. > > > > > >
