Haha.. you took the inverse of what I was saying... A5 (14/18) Are highly tuned for small cell deployments. e.g. 4 sectors in the tube, A5-14 has no downtilt, and the ability to handle a large combination of clients both WIFI and Mimosa. But if you dig deeper beneath the surface, you wil quickly see that they perform very well with 'hot signal' levels, i.e. -35 on a -60 noise floor, thus tuned for small cells
The A5c is going to be an interesting animal, along with the 4x4 antenna and the ability to be deployed in pair of these to one antenna, are going to be offering a very interesting proposition. The 1000 lb gorilla in the room is rising noise floor in the vicinity of the CPE... Cambium is taking a different approach on tackling that with beam forming...(gps sync due to be a common feature between the two).... but it is coming at the expense of higher priced AP. Only time will tell on how things pan out... One thing about Mimosa's approach is, with hot signals, small cells, one does not have to worry about LTE-U ! :) Faisal Imtiaz Snappy Internet & Telecom 7266 SW 48 Street Miami, FL 33155 Tel: 305 663 5518 x 232 Help-desk: (305)663-5518 Option 2 or Email: supp...@snappytelecom.net > From: "Paul McCall" <pa...@pdmnet.net> > To: af@afmug.com > Sent: Sunday, August 14, 2016 3:28:32 PM > Subject: Re: [AFMUG] ePMP2000 vs. Mimosa A5 deployments > The A5C is not tuned for small cells? Can you elaborate a bit? > From: Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] On Behalf Of Faisal Imtiaz > Sent: Sunday, August 14, 2016 3:02 PM > To: af@afmug.com > Subject: Re: [AFMUG] ePMP2000 vs. Mimosa A5 deployments > I would love to see input from others on this.. > My personal opinion at the moment is .... > One cannot go wrong with either of these two.. both are excellent products. > Both are in the process of getting fully baked, both mfg have an excellent > reputation for delivering on their laid out road-map. > So far, from what I have seen, the cost of deployment for the size of > deployment, and any prior existing relationships with one or the other mfg. > may > influence the ultimate choice. > While I cannot speak for Cambium folks, but will tell you that Mimosa folks > have > been advocating heavily small cell type deployment and their A5 (not the 'c') > version are very much tuned and designed for such deployments. Ultimately as > Metro WISPs, due to the congested environments getting worse, we may be forced > to embrace that model sooner than later. > Faisal Imtiaz > Snappy Internet & Telecom > 7266 SW 48 Street > Miami, FL 33155 > Tel: 305 663 5518 x 232 > Help-desk: (305)663-5518 Option 2 or Email: supp...@snappytelecom.net >> From: "Paul McCall" < pa...@pdmnet.net > >> To: af@afmug.com >> Sent: Sunday, August 14, 2016 2:19:21 PM >> Subject: [AFMUG] ePMP2000 vs. Mimosa A5 deployments >> New towers.... which would you choose? >> (assuming inventory is in stock) >> We have a couple new towers... each connected with lots of BW and we have to >> compete with the cable company somewhat
