Not as pervasive, but we have smart meters here... then again, I'm 100% 5 GHz. Smart meters and LTE are different beasts. Smart meters use tiny channels that are immune to interference. LTE is normal sized channels, but more fragile. Smart meters can have antennas with some gain on them. Most phones have negative gain, so range from tower makes them almost useless in the macro network. 900 goes forever... 5 GHz dies at a tree.
----- Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Peter Kranz" <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Thursday, August 27, 2015 7:02:03 PM Subject: Re: [AFMUG] The sky may be falling in the future I think it’s easier to have this opinion when you haven’t lived through a state wide deployment of 900 Mhz smart meters. Peter Kranz www.UnwiredLtd.com Desk: 510-868-1614 x100 Mobile: 510-207-0000 [email protected] From: Af [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Mathew Howard Sent: Thursday, August 27, 2015 4:41 PM To: af <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] The sky may be falling in the future Exactly, I think it's highly unlikely they'll be doing this on the majority of their networks. And if it is... we figure out a way to deal with it, just like we always do - that's the way it goes using unlicensed spectrum. On Thu, Aug 27, 2015 at 6:23 PM, Mike Hammett < [email protected] > wrote: Most all of this will be in small cell, DAS type deployments. It's not going to be macro-network stuff. If it is? So what? It's another competitor. I have ~12 of them (WISP competitors) now. What's one more? ----- Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com From: "Mathew Howard" < [email protected] > To: "af" < [email protected] > Sent: Thursday, August 27, 2015 6:21:07 PM Subject: Re: [AFMUG] The sky may be falling in the future I concur - at least for those of us with primarily rural networks. On Thu, Aug 27, 2015 at 6:19 PM, Mike Hammett < [email protected] > wrote: <blockquote> I foresee it largely to be a non-event. ----- Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com From: "Peter Kranz" < [email protected] > To: [email protected] Sent: Thursday, August 27, 2015 12:25:08 PM Subject: [AFMUG] The sky may be falling in the future http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2015/08/verizon-and-t-mobile-join-forces-in-fight-for-wi-fi-airwaves/ Peter Kranz www.UnwiredLtd.com Desk: 510-868-1614 x100 Mobile: 510-207-0000 [email protected] </blockquote>
