Yeah, that's the thing... there are several options that can do ~650Mbps for about the same cost as a B11 (or significantly less, with the AF11FX), but to get more than that gets expensive pretty quickly. That's where I see the B11 as a good fit... it works in those places where you need lots of bandwidth, but can't justify spending $10k+ on a link.
On Fri, Oct 27, 2017 at 2:50 PM, Bill Prince <[email protected]> wrote: > We had a Mimosa B11 link that was just a total PITA. Poor throughput, half > duplex, losing the link, etc. We replaced it with an AF11X and it's running > 650/650 full duplex, no drops. So maybe the B11 is a good product, but we > won't buy any more. > > > bp > <part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com> > > > On 10/27/2017 8:51 AM, Rory Conaway wrote: > > Matthew, what are you talking about, “not as stable”. I’ve got several > links up, one at 50 miles, that runs multiple hotels and food venues, most > of which have VoIP and I’ve had zero issues for over a year. > > > > Rory > > > > *From:* Af [mailto:[email protected] <[email protected]>] *On > Behalf Of *Mathew Howard > *Sent:* Friday, October 27, 2017 7:31 AM > *To:* af > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Considerations for upgrading passed SAF Lumina link > > > > B11's are going to get you the most capacity for the least amount of > money, but don't expect them to be as stable as the SAF link. I've been > pretty happy with our AF-11FX link, but you're only going to get around > double the capacity you have now, and I don't know if there's currently a > way to do multiples on one dish... it might make more sense to do like > Lewis suggested and add a second Lumina. > > There are lots of options for higher capacity licensed links, but they > start to get pricey. > > You could probably get Chuck to make you some adapters to hook up just > about anything to the SAF dishes. > > > > On Fri, Oct 27, 2017 at 6:51 AM, Paul McCall <[email protected]> wrote: > > We have a 4 year old Lumina link from our core, 12.9 miles, 11Ghz with 3ft > dishes on each end, that doesn’t have enough BW for us long term, as we > are going to do another hop from there (7.3 miles), then FTTH. > > > > I get around 270Mbit from it, and we already use 120Mit pretty > consistently and if another tower OSPFs to it, more than that. Sooo, I am > looking for alternatives. Its mainly one-way traffic of course, so a > solution that favored that would be acceptable. > > > > Cost is a factor of course, as I also have a “parallel path” a few miles > south to do the same on very soon. Something that could use the same > dishes from the SAF would be good also. > > > > I have some undeployed Mimosa B11’s that we bought for a project and are > still waiting on some tower rights to get settled. I could use those, or > maybe AF-11X or multiples thereof. I might as well plan for the future > since this is a “main artery” link. We have sufficient 11 Ghz channels > available to license. > > > > Thoughts and suggestions are appreciated ! > > > > Paul > > > > Paul McCall, President > > PDMNet, Inc. / Florida Broadband, Inc. > > 658 Old Dixie Highway > <https://maps.google.com/?q=658+Old+Dixie+Highway%0D+Vero+Beach,+FL+32962%0D+772&entry=gmail&source=g> > > Vero Beach, FL 32962 > <https://maps.google.com/?q=658+Old+Dixie+Highway%0D+Vero+Beach,+FL+32962%0D+772&entry=gmail&source=g> > > 772-564-6800 <%28772%29%20564-6800> > > [email protected] > > www.pdmnet.com > > www.floridabroadband.com > > > > > > > > >
