OPM, as in Other People's Money? If that's what you meant I don't think that's an accurate description since AFAIK Comcast didn't get any CAF money.
Scott Helms Vice President of Technology ZCorum (678) 507-5000 -------------------------------- http://twitter.com/kscotthelms -------------------------------- On Thu, Sep 10, 2015 at 11:46 AM, Mike Hammett <[email protected]> wrote: > I wish IEEE would natively support smaller channels as that's what's > needed most of the time. Interference would be so much less. > > If there's opportunity for Comcast to work with the WISP community on > channel selection to avoid mutual destruction, then great. > > That said, the cable company's efforts scream of OPM. > > > > > ----- > Mike Hammett > Intelligent Computing Solutions > http://www.ics-il.com > > > > Midwest Internet Exchange > http://www.midwest-ix.com > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Jared Mauch" <[email protected]> > To: "Mike Hammett" <[email protected]> > Cc: "Jason Livingood" <[email protected]>, "Corey > Petrulich" <[email protected]>, "Kenneth Falkenstein" < > [email protected]>, "NANOG mailing list" <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, September 10, 2015 9:52:59 AM > Subject: Re: WiFI on utility poles > > > > On Sep 10, 2015, at 9:00 AM, Mike Hammett <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > 5 GHz noise levels affecting people whose primary means of Internet > access is via fixed wireless . > > > > This is a huge deal for those people like myself that depend on fixed > wireless for access at home because there is no broadband available despite > incentives given by cities and states and the federal government. > > The local WISPs are good at coordinating access in these ISM bands amongst > themselves but when someone appears with a SSID without doing a peek at the > spectrum (note: not a site survey, but actual spectrum view w/ waterfall, > as site survey only checks for the channel width that the client radio is > configured for, not al the 10, 15, 8, 30mhz wide variants). > > It’s just poor practice to show up and break something else because you > can’t be bothered to notice the interference or noise floor you created. I > suspect the hardware that Comcast is using doesn’t notice this interference > or adjacent channel issues. With the FCC aiming to let cell carriers also > clog the 5ghz ISM band it’s only going to get worse. > > - Jared >
