Having never used therm it seems you still get what you pay for. I have heard a bit of negative feedback from a number who use mimosa from flakey behavior, force reboots, etc.
On Thu, Apr 13, 2017, 12:00 AM Steve Jones <[email protected]> wrote: > who is they > > On Wed, Apr 12, 2017 at 11:50 PM, Mathew Howard <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> The website does not handle FCC stuff... you still have to go through a >> coordinator, same as any other 11ghz link. >> >> They work, and they get a ton of throughput for cheap, but don't expect >> them to work like a SAF. Between the two, I think I actually prefer the >> AF11... they can't quite match the speed of the B11, but they behave more >> like a normal licensed radio than the B11... they just lack an SFP port and >> 80mhz channels. >> >> On Wed, Apr 12, 2017 at 10:41 PM, Steve Jones <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> we are looking to drop some dough on these guys if the sales pitch is >>> true >>> >>> does the website handle the FCC stuff? I personally find that hard to >>> believe, considering the FCC itself has a fee, unless the reseller >>> (unnamed) is building it into the price. Still less than SAF >>> Im not looking to move away from SAF, my only complaint with SAF is that >>> it works too well, so much that I altered routing the other day before I >>> realized the winds a while back turned the 800 plus pound ballast NPM and >>> the signal drop wasnt weather fade and that up until essentially nothing >>> the beast runs at full modulation >>> >>> Literally, the only reason for looking at mimosa is the low cost, and >>> comparing the low cost of mimosa to SAF, its alot, considering SAF is >>> relatively cheap. >>> >>> from what Ive seen, mimosa is like running mikrotik routers, you pay a >>> shit ton less in exchange for a little more poking, not constant diddling, >>> just occasional poking. >>> >>> I have no interest in looking at ubnt noisy crickets on our licensed >>> gear, but mimosa seems promising >>> >>> I need a good teeth kick now before we commit to at least 3 links locked >>> into this gear >>> >>> SAF presales engineering is on the cautious side, a good example is our >>> first licensed link, our partner told us could be done with cambium at 2 >>> foot antennas on each side >>> >>> the reseller told use with SAF it required a 3 and a 4, and that >>> (without saying it) our partner was smoking crack cocain after they took >>> bath salts. I have no doubt at 2 foot the link would have come up, but not >>> to a degree that a 30 db drop caused by a turned NPM would still result in >>> full modulation until failure, >>> >>> I dont want to have an "It will link" solution at the end of the day >>> >>> >>> >> >
