Yeah beta store orders are shipping by air this month. Regular channel shipments will be August and a mix of air and sea.
On Wed, Jul 19, 2017 at 12:07 PM Faisal Imtiaz <[email protected]> wrote: > I believe the first set of these were available via their Beta Store. > > We can ask Hal to chime in with the official answer :) > > 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: *"Mathew Howard" <[email protected]> > *To: *"af" <[email protected]> > > *Sent: *Wednesday, July 19, 2017 12:44:55 PM > > > *Subject: *Re: [AFMUG] 70/80ghz links > > Are the 2.5 units out yet? All the distributors I checked are still > listing them as pre-order. > > On Wed, Jul 19, 2017 at 11:37 AM, Faisal Imtiaz <[email protected]> > wrote: > > So typical issues with new product lines coming thur.. >> Gen 1 tends to be a good attempt but often issues are found and worked >> out. >> Gen 2 tends to have the 'fixes' >> Gen 3 has improvements (actual). >> >> Another trend that we see is that lots of mfg are having the practice of >> introducing 'improvements' in the product line, without making a lot of >> noise (I can understand the reasoning for it). >> >> So, I what I shared earlier was on the basis of having some first hand >> information about internal improvements (and I am not talking about the >> 'hardware lockup bug'... they have redesigned and improved the 60ghz >> antenna on the newer units and that is why I specifically stated the 2.5 >> unit)... >> >> (FYI, I have a couple of units that are supposed to go up on a 1.1 mile >> link, next to an AF24 for testing... as soon as time permits). >> >> Regards. >> >> Faisal Imtiaz >> Snappy Internet & Telecom >> 7266 SW 48 Street >> Miami, FL 33155 >> Tel: 305 663 5518 x 232 <(305)%20663-5518> >> >> Help-desk: (305)663-5518 <(305)%20663-5518> Option 2 or Email: >> [email protected] >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> *From: *"Mathew Howard" <[email protected]> >> *To: *"af" <[email protected]> >> *Sent: *Wednesday, July 19, 2017 10:15:06 AM >> *Subject: *Re: [AFMUG] 70/80ghz links >> >> I actually tried using Metrolinqs on half of this link when they first >> came out, but I was never able to get it to even link... but I'm not sure >> if the 64.8ghz channel was supported at the time, so maybe it would be >> different now? >> >> I guess a realistic option might be to split the 24ghz link to two hops >> as well, which should easily get the availability I want, and then bond it >> to a 60ghz link to add capacity... >> >> Speaking of bonding, it looks like the Siklu 2x00 series only has 1Gbps >> ports... so I'm assuming to get full capacity I would have to bond two >> ports together? They aren't doing like Ubiquiti and calling 1Gbps full >> duplex 2Gbps are they? >> >> >> -- Harold Bledsoe
