FWIW...... the situation described is the exact scenario for a Micro-POP. 

There are a number of folks who are currently doing such a setup with 60ghz or 
24ghz as backhaul and Mimosa A5's for 5ghz PTMP... expected thruput is between 
150meg to 300meg easily. 

Regards. 

Faisal Imtiaz 
Snappy Internet & Telecom 
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Miami, FL 33155 
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> From: "Harold Bledsoe" <[email protected]>
> To: [email protected]
> Sent: Tuesday, May 23, 2017 6:26:37 AM
> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] extending fiber with RF

> How about 60ghz to the first house and 5ghz to the second house and run Trill 
> to
> create a ring?

> Does using multiple new technologies instead of just one make it seem less
> risky? 😁

> Hal

> On Mon, May 22, 2017 at 3:47 PM Chuck McCown < [email protected] > wrote:

>> Scared of new technology.
>> Seems a bit too long range for that freq.
>> Worried about not enough time has elapsed to prove them out.
>> They sound expensive.
>> Everybody knows 60 GHz is all absorbed by the oxygen anyhow...
>> Not sure God would approve...
>> You all the same normal reasons...
>> From: Brett A Mansfield
>> Sent: Monday, May 22, 2017 1:44 PM
>> To: [email protected]
>> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] extending fiber with RF
>> For so little throughput a 5GHz setup would be the cheapest and probably best
>> setup.
>> What keeps you from being a believer of the 60GHz? I can show you the 
>> history of
>> some of my Ignitenet links that may just change your mind.

>> Thank you,
>> Brett A Mansfield

>> On May 22, 2017, at 12:38 PM, Chuck McCown < [email protected] > wrote:

>>> Not a believer yet. And we only need 100-250 Mbps max to the homes. Actually
>>> probably more like 50 or 100 Mbps.
>>> Want it to be simple too. ONT has multiple ethernet ports on it. Just extend
>>> those physical layer 0/1 connections.

>>> From: Cameron Crum
>>> Sent: Monday, May 22, 2017 1:34 PM
>>> To: [email protected]

>>> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] extending fiber with RF

>>> What about a couple of 60GHz links with a single 5GHz AP as a backup? We did
>>> this for a bank that needed to connect two buildings temporarily. Put a MT 
>>> on
>>> either side that ran IPSEC tunnel over the link with a failover script to 
>>> route
>>> traffic over the 5 GHz link if the 60 lost more than 50% of it's packets. 
>>> The 5
>>> GHz was slower, but they still had connectivity in the even of a heavy rain.

>>> On Mon, May 22, 2017 at 2:28 PM, Chuck McCown < [email protected] > wrote:

>>>> Still puzzling over how to get ethernet the last 3000 feet. I have fiber 
>>>> to a
>>>> point along a rural road. The end is about 2000 feet from one home and 3000
>>>> feet from another.
>>>> Was looking at using the existing copper with VDSL line extenders. That 
>>>> was what
>>>> that week of math problems was all about. I am starting to lean away from 
>>>> that
>>>> solution because it is old copper. I really want to stop using it.
>>>> I don’t have a ROW that is legal. The old copper technically is in 
>>>> trespass and
>>>> the owner of the property is known to be a major PITA. So not sure if I 
>>>> can get
>>>> permission. Even then, we are talking about 5000 feet of fiber to place. 
>>>> There
>>>> will be some money involved.
>>>> Using wireless could be much cheaper. Will have to do a solar install with 
>>>> the
>>>> ONT and RF gear on a stub pole at the handhole.
>>>> Not sure what kid of RF. Don’t want to use an AP because I need two layer 2
>>>> connections from the ONT. Be more expensive to use an AP anyhow. So two PTP
>>>> systems. Rock solid, never fail type of system. Noise floor down there is
>>>> probably pretty low.
>>>> I could use a pair of rockets etc. Not wanting to lo-ball this, want it to 
>>>> be
>>>> very solid.
>>>> What would you use?

> --

> Harold Bledsoe

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