Wondering what happened to wireless Inc. 450MHz solution? I tested in a refinery and kicked ass but they had no FCC certification..... it was true Non Line of Sight On Jan 16, 2016 7:36 PM, "George Skorup" <[email protected]> wrote:
> I'm looking at it this way. We have a lot of 900 FSK and the noise floor > is already pretty bad. The power company will be rolling out smart grid > soon. Cambium showed some real-world results in a high noise floor > environment (like -50 across the band) and while the 450i worked, > throughput was no better than FSK. So the 900 450i would be a very big > investment for no performance gain. > > Now, take the Runcom TVWS, which is the only viable gear right now. If you > have two adjacent channels open and can run 10MHz channel bandwidth, you'll > probably see around 20Mbps of throughput per base station. That's 5 times > better than FSK or the 450i in a high noise environment. > > On 1/16/2016 8:12 PM, David Milholen wrote: > > TVWS has its place for now in low demand environments ie telemetry, > utility and industrial. As far as end user > I would be prone to make a showing in places where dial up or satellite is > the only option. > Plus with so many restrictions its about as good as 2.4 with no > interference as far as range. > Until restrictions on power and height are lifted and bit per hertz is > increased I am not impressed with the band yet. > > > > > On 1/16/2016 7:31 PM, George Skorup wrote: > > There's a thread going on the WISP members list about this very topic. Are > you on that list? Someone said don't waste your time and money, but > wouldn't say why. So I don't have a clue, but I'd like to put up a trial > site this spring because 900 is shit. > > On 1/16/2016 6:00 PM, Craig House wrote: > > Anyone out there had experience with it. Our is supposed to be all on > site this week. So far I haven't heard the greatest things but I know that > bad experiences tend to make the rounds in the form of complaints more than > the good experiences do so I'm trying to be optimistic still. > > > > -- > > >
