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 7266 SW 48 Street Miami, FL 33155 Tel: 305 663 5518 x 232 Help-desk: (305)663-5518 Option 2 or Email: [email protected] > 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? š > 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 donāt 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. Donāt 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
