It is. All we can do is plan the best we can and react when no-one else does.
From: Af [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Jaime Solorza Sent: Tuesday, March 03, 2015 9:23 AM To: Animal Farm Subject: Re: [AFMUG] More LTE tradgedy of the commons on 5 GHz.. Here in the border we have to deal with interference on licensed and unlicensed bands from another country! Even our Public Safety system was interfered with and had to be dealt with. Like Gino says, Its part of doing business in these bands! Jaime Solorza Wireless Systems Architect 915-861-1390 On Tue, Mar 3, 2015 at 10:05 AM, Jerry Richardson <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > wrote: Yep, lived it. The discussions PG&E ended with “Our lawyers say we are in compliance, take it up with them”. OK then…. We managed to keep some links up, but ultimately it relegated 900 to very low density neighborhoods and links that needed to be -65 or better at both ends. From: Af [mailto:[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> ] On Behalf Of Peter Kranz Sent: Tuesday, March 03, 2015 9:02 AM To: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] More LTE tradgedy of the commons on 5 GHz.. I think the point some are missing is the lesson learned from 900Mhz and smart meters. While 900Mhz is unlicensed spectrum, a single operator has managed to take it over in California to the point where no other user has any chance of using the spectrum for commercial purposes. By this I mean that PG&E’s deployment of smart meters on every power meter in the area, and on top of power poles, and other high sites, has raised the noise floor on this band to unusable levels for high speed communications. So by means of overwhelming numbers, PG&E managed to take over 900Mhz for its own users, stranding the investment of ISPs in this spectrum in affected markets. I don’t think the commissions initial concept of unlicensed spectrum was that a single operator would do this, I think they expected operators by this to use licensed spectrum. I’d like to see a limit on how many systems a particular entity can deploy in an unlicensed band. It could be some high number, like 1 million units. Peter Kranz Founder/CEO - Unwired Ltd <http://www.unwiredltd.com/> www.UnwiredLtd.com Desk: 510-868-1614 x100 <tel:510-868-1614%20x100> Mobile: 510-207-0000 <tel:510-207-0000> <mailto:[email protected]> [email protected]
