Re: [WISPA] New TV White Spaces Mapping tool for Google Earth

[Francois Menard]

Brian,

I am in the process of importing your KML as a shape file into my ArcGIS 
geodatabase.

I have a question.

Is there any reason behind grouping stuff in the categories:

TV CONTOUR DRAWING 1 to 51.

Is this meant to mean one grouping per state ?

Do you have equivalency names for 1 to 51 for each state ?

F.


On 2010-10-06, at 12:18 AM, Brian Webster wrote:

> As promised I have created an updated Google Earth map file (20 meg) with the 
> latest TV contours out of the FCC database (8-2010). This mapping tool does 
> not take in to account Cable TV head ends and the back links for TV 
> translators to their donor stations. It also does not have the map contours 
> for the metropolitan areas that use certain UHF channels for land mobile 
> radio. I did put a chart of these cities on the web page though. It appears 
> that some of the TV broadcasters still have contours in the database for 
> their transition channels used for DTV. I am not sure when these will be 
> removed from the database. I did not create these contours, the FCC did.
>  
> You can find the file here:
> http://www.broadband-mapping.com/tv-white-spaces.html
>  
> Scroll down to the bottom of the page for the link to the file.
>  
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[WISPA] Anything is faster than DSL in Australia

[Francois Menard]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ci2bFFGM8T8

And the winner has wings.

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Re: [WISPA] MUM

[Francois Menard]

Las mail was meant to be private.
But I can deal with the fact that this is also publicly known now...

F.

On 2010-09-26, at 8:14 PM, Francois Menard wrote:

> Dennis,
> 
> I want to OEM your powerrouter 732's to put a SIP proxy on them.
> 
> Are you bringing in one on site ?
> 
> F.
> 
> On 2010-09-26, at 8:00 PM, Dennis Burgess wrote:
> 
>> If anyone is interested, hitting up the Hotel Bar/Grill for some food and 
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Re: [WISPA] MUM

[Francois Menard]

Dennis,

I want to OEM your powerrouter 732's to put a SIP proxy on them.

Are you bringing in one on site ?

F.

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Re: [WISPA] MUM

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Anytime. Let me know when. Coming from Quebec. Look forward to meet you all.

I'm meeting JJ wednesday and am going to bug him about his 3.65 strategy.

F.

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Re: [WISPA] Just Released: UNLICENSED OPERATION IN THE TV BROADCAST BANDS/ADDITIONAL SPECTRUM FOR UNLICENSED DEVICES BELOW 900 MHZ AND IN THE 3 GHZ BAND

[Francois Menard]

Sorry guys,

Where does the FCC document speak of additional spectrum in the 3GHz band ???

F.

On 2010-09-23, at 3:43 PM, Charles N Wyble wrote:

> Hmm... looks like we need to keep up the good fight:
> 
>  
> Finally, it is important that we address additional proposals to set aside TV 
> channels in rural areas 
> for fixed licensed backhaul in the very near future.  The ability of both new 
> and incumbent wireless 
> providers to provide 4G wireless services ubiquitously is dependent upon a 
> robust wireless infrastructure 
> that is too often lacking in rural areas.
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Re: [WISPA] Mikrotik VPN Script

[Francois Menard]

Are you saying that the VPN server should not be in the same subnet as the 
subnet to which access is sought for ?

its basically if there is a bridge, rather than a routed relationship between 
the VPN client and the VPN server ... thus the need for Proxy-ARP in that case ?


???

F.


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> On Tue, 2010-09-21 at 20:28 -0400, Robert West wrote: 
>> Okay, fighting this nightmare of setting up a MT 411 board as a VPN.
>> Anyone have a script of a step by step?
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> I can connect remotely but can never see anything on the network.
>> Throwing in the towel yet again.
> 
> 99.9% probability:  You are using an IP (remote IP) in the secret that
> is in the same subnet range as "the network".  
> 
> To fix: use a different IP range for the "remote IP" in the secret OR
> under interface, double-click the ethernet interface that faces "the
> network" and set arp=proxy-arp.  The first method is recommended.
> 
> .1% probability:  Something else is wrong.
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Re: [WISPA] OT: Looking for Layer 3 Switch with BGP?

[Francois Menard]

> I cannot find the PPS rating on RB1100... so if you know would love to 
> compare...
> 

Here

http://www.routerboard.com/pdf/routerboard_performance_tests.pdf

RB1100 says 121000 PPS @ 64 KBytes with Conntrack and Firewall (80 mbps) On and 
11 PPS @ 1500Bytes (1.3 gbps)

But again, this is a $400 box... 

F.

> Also, I would like to ask Dennis to let us know if he has any comparison 
> of what the PowerRouters can handle...
> 
> Regards.
> 
> 
> Faisal Imtiaz
> Snappy Internet & Telecom
> 
> 
> On 9/8/2010 9:56 PM, Francois Menard wrote:
>> Even RB1100 ?
>> 
>> That would be my choice. 399$ for 13 GigE ports...
>> 
>> F.
>> 
>> On 2010-09-08, at 8:53 PM, Faisal Imtiaz wrote:
>> 
>>> Non of the sub $1000 appliances will cut the mustard at 300-500meg of
>>> traffic...  100meg no problem.
>>> 
>>> Faisal Imtiaz
>>> Snappy Internet&  Telecom
>>> 
>>> On 9/8/2010 8:44 PM, Glenn Kelley wrote:
>>>> vyatta has a $799 routing appliance that will work -
>>>> pfsense - on hardware will do it for free - (what an amazing price)
>>>> 
>>>> :-)
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> On Sep 8, 2010, at 7:40 PM, Faisal Imtiaz wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> Welcome to the Mid-range of traffic handling...
>>>>> 
>>>>> There is nothing on the market place that is affordable that will do
>>>>> what you are looking for.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Best thing you can do is deploy two devices.. a Gig Switch, pick your
>>>>> favorite vendor... and a Core Router for BGP
>>>>> 
>>>>> For Core Router in the Cisco world you are looking at something with a
>>>>> G1 or G2 engine ... (7206vxr or small 7301) range $5k to 10K on the used
>>>>> market place.
>>>>> 
>>>>> In Juniper Land... M10i or an M20 (if you like redundancy...) cost on
>>>>> the secondary markets about $8 to $10k
>>>>> 
>>>>> You could use a Mikrotik Power Router.. cost $ 2500 to $5000
>>>>> 
>>>>> Only the Cisco 7301 and Mikrotik are small and consume little power...
>>>>> Everything else is big and consumes power.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Most common, cost efficient network design would be to use GigE Switches
>>>>> in a ring or your favorite network topology, with one or two Routers
>>>>> located at DataCenters or NOC...
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> If you find some other solution, that can do what you are looking for,
>>>>> please share it with us, cause we have been looking too... what I am
>>>>> sharing above with you is what we have found so far.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Regards.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Faisal Imtiaz
>>>>> Snappy Internet&  Telecom
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> On 9/8/2010 7:16 PM, Jon Auer wrote:
>>>>>> Needing full BGP routes takes you out of the realm of cheap Layer 3
>>>>>> switches...
>>>>>> You need to worry about TCAM (hardware route memory) in addition to
>>>>>> RAM on Layer 3 switches and apart from decked out Cisco 6500s or
>>>>>> greater you aren't going to find that.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> The Juniper MX80 should work. It is 2U and can have 48 GigE ports. You
>>>>>> should be able to get it for $30-50K.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Alternatively you could try a multihop BGP setup like Cogent has been
>>>>>> known to do.
>>>>>> Setup one BGP session between the customer and your Layer 3 switch at
>>>>>> the tower. This carriers a route for your border router/route
>>>>>> reflector to the customer and vice versa.
>>>>>> Then setup a BGP session between the customer and your border
>>>>>> router/route reflector.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Or you could drag MPLS into it but 2 simple BGP sessions seems like
>>>>>> the most straightforward solution to me.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> On Wed, Sep 8, 2010 at 4:31 PM, Matt
>>>>>> Jenkinsmailto:m...@smarterbroadband.net>>
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>> I am trying to find a Layer 3 switch that has 24 or 48 1000 base-T ports
>>>>>>> with enough RAM to handle Full BGP Internet Routes. Anyone have any
&

[WISPA] Powerbridge M5 versus Nanobridge M5 ?

[Francois Menard]

I fear winter coming, and I have a location where a nanobridge M5 was used ?

Any experience with ice build-up on a nanobridge without a radome ?

I suppose this is the main reason for choosing a power bridge M5 and paying the 
additional 200+$ per end.

Opinion ?

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Re: [WISPA] OT: Looking for Layer 3 Switch with BGP?

[Francois Menard]

Even RB1100 ?

That would be my choice. 399$ for 13 GigE ports...

F.

On 2010-09-08, at 8:53 PM, Faisal Imtiaz wrote:

> Non of the sub $1000 appliances will cut the mustard at 300-500meg of 
> traffic...  100meg no problem.
> 
> Faisal Imtiaz
> Snappy Internet & Telecom
> 
> On 9/8/2010 8:44 PM, Glenn Kelley wrote:
>> vyatta has a $799 routing appliance that will work -
>> pfsense - on hardware will do it for free - (what an amazing price)
>> 
>> :-)
>> 
>> 
>> On Sep 8, 2010, at 7:40 PM, Faisal Imtiaz wrote:
>> 
>>> Welcome to the Mid-range of traffic handling...
>>> 
>>> There is nothing on the market place that is affordable that will do
>>> what you are looking for.
>>> 
>>> Best thing you can do is deploy two devices.. a Gig Switch, pick your
>>> favorite vendor... and a Core Router for BGP
>>> 
>>> For Core Router in the Cisco world you are looking at something with a
>>> G1 or G2 engine ... (7206vxr or small 7301) range $5k to 10K on the used
>>> market place.
>>> 
>>> In Juniper Land... M10i or an M20 (if you like redundancy...) cost on
>>> the secondary markets about $8 to $10k
>>> 
>>> You could use a Mikrotik Power Router.. cost $ 2500 to $5000
>>> 
>>> Only the Cisco 7301 and Mikrotik are small and consume little power...
>>> Everything else is big and consumes power.
>>> 
>>> Most common, cost efficient network design would be to use GigE Switches
>>> in a ring or your favorite network topology, with one or two Routers
>>> located at DataCenters or NOC...
>>> 
>>> 
>>> If you find some other solution, that can do what you are looking for,
>>> please share it with us, cause we have been looking too... what I am
>>> sharing above with you is what we have found so far.
>>> 
>>> Regards.
>>> 
>>> Faisal Imtiaz
>>> Snappy Internet & Telecom
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On 9/8/2010 7:16 PM, Jon Auer wrote:
 Needing full BGP routes takes you out of the realm of cheap Layer 3
 switches...
 You need to worry about TCAM (hardware route memory) in addition to
 RAM on Layer 3 switches and apart from decked out Cisco 6500s or
 greater you aren't going to find that.
 
 The Juniper MX80 should work. It is 2U and can have 48 GigE ports. You
 should be able to get it for $30-50K.
 
 Alternatively you could try a multihop BGP setup like Cogent has been
 known to do.
 Setup one BGP session between the customer and your Layer 3 switch at
 the tower. This carriers a route for your border router/route
 reflector to the customer and vice versa.
 Then setup a BGP session between the customer and your border
 router/route reflector.
 
 Or you could drag MPLS into it but 2 simple BGP sessions seems like
 the most straightforward solution to me.
 
 On Wed, Sep 8, 2010 at 4:31 PM, Matt
 Jenkinsmailto:m...@smarterbroadband.net>>
 wrote:
> I am trying to find a Layer 3 switch that has 24 or 48 1000 base-T ports
> with enough RAM to handle Full BGP Internet Routes. Anyone have any
> suggestions?
> 
> For those who wonder why I am upgrading all of my backhauls to
> support ~300mbps. In addition I need to be able to offer BGP connections
> to customers from this ring of backhauls.
> 
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Re: [WISPA] Recommendation on Redline's PtP line?

[Francois Menard]

Was just quoted sub $7K for a pair of AN80i @ 3.65 GHz.
70 mbps on a 20 MHz channel.

Intend on trying it ASAP.  I have more faith in this as a solid BH than a pair 
of RocketM365... then again, a pair of those with RocketDishes is sub 900$ ...

F.

On 2010-09-08, at 3:12 PM, Rogelio wrote:

> I've got a project where I need some affordable PtP links with as
> little latency as possible, and a friend recommended Redline
> 
> http://www.tessco.com/products/displayProducts.do?skus=344025%2C344476&WT.mc_id=enews&contactID=13579320&gwkey=SVRE3SHRV3
> 
> http://www.tessco.com/products/displayProductInfo.do?sku=344476&eventPage=1
> http://www.tessco.com/products/displayProductInfo.do?sku=344025&eventPage=1
> 
> They are TDD, and from what I hear, they are conservative in their
> throughput numbers but tend to outperform other vendors who inflate
> their numbers.
> 
> Any input there?  The ones I listed there run about $1600 retail on
> TESSCO's site.
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Re: [WISPA] FTTH Show

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I was there last year and you would want to go if you have an interest in 
deploying FTTH.


On 2010-08-30, at 12:39 PM, Matt Larsen - Lists wrote:

>  Anyone here going to this show?
> 
> http://www.ftthconference.com/FTTH10/public/enter.aspx
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> Still deciding whether I should go or not.
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Re: [WISPA] Thinking about a new job?

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Wish you well. Different objectives = different outcomes.  Canada did not 
favour FTTH.  Smaller competitors have been able to get some money:

http://www.ic.gc.ca/eic/site/719.nsf/eng/00050.html#july-09-2010

Not any of our pesky $225M it went to the incumbent telephone companies so far.

I've long since abandoned trying to get the FCC to look north of the border.

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On 2010-07-15, at 12:26 AM, Scottie Arnett wrote:

> Well, it is finalized. My main competition, and backbone supplier, has
> received round 2 BIP funding: <
> http://www.lightwaveonline.com/fttx/news/Round-2-of-broadband-stimulus-kicks-of-with-more-fiber-funding-97678969.html
>> Look for Twin Lakes telephone.  About 6 months ago, my 2nd biggest
> competitor got it:
> http://www.nctc.com/version_3.0/StimBlog/BBStimulus.html > Look at January
> 25, 2010.
> 
> Now for the RANT! In round 2 BIP, no other competitor could apply against
> a provider that was already receiving USDA funding. WTF is this deal? The
> USDA and FCC(with the rural exemption act)has provided Twin Lakes
> Telephone a "protected telephone coverage area for over 50 years!" Now
> they just handed them a monopoly on Internet service in my area?
> 
> I give up?! WTF else can I do? The Obama-n-screw-u administration has
> screwed yet another business death coffin. Not only has it screwed us on
> our wireless ISP, but it has screwed the cable company and many satellite
> providers in the area. Do not think for a second that companies getting
> funding for FTTH, will not also be offering TV! Being as remote as we are,
> we have many, many satellite customers in the area.
> 
> I preached this same blog to the USDA before they funded our competitor.
> Did not help a bit. I just pray for the rest of you guys that you do not
> have to go against this. I am sure they would have eventually done it
> anyway, but I would hope that it would have not been competition against
> my own money that I had paid in on taxes.
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Re: [WISPA] yet another "WiMAX vs LTE" article

[Francois Menard]

Anybody with a screwdriver and a Motorola PMP320 AP will find a DesignArt 2400 
chipset under the hood of a $3500 BaseStation that is 802.16e mobile WiMAX 
which does 2x2 MIMO.  The same chipset also powers a 6x6 MIMO PureWave BTS @ 
3.65 GHz.

http://www.designartnetworks.com/InfoProducts.asp?PageID=9&SubID=21

As can be seen from their 2008 press release, the 2400 chipset was purported as 
capable of LTE.
http://www.designartnetworks.com/News2.asp?ItemID=87&subID=14&pageID=36

Since, they are now saying that the 2400 is for WiMAX only and the new 3000 
chipset, shipping in Q3, 2010, will do WiMAX or LTE.

So really, considering the Nokia Siemens FlexiBTS design is reprogrammable as 
well, touting LTE and WiMAX running simultaneously on the same platform, but 
having abandoned those  claims in the last few months, it shows that there is 
commonality between both standards from the point of view of software 
reprogrammability of the hardware.

F.


On 2010-07-01, at 9:57 AM, Fred Goldstein wrote:

> At 7/1/2010 09:17 AM, Rogello wrote:
>> I'm still getting my feet wet with the whole "4G thing" and found this
>> interesting
>> 
>> http://www.maravedis-bwa.com/Issues/5.29/Readmore3.html
>> 
>> (Sorry if it's old news to many...)
>> 
>> Almost everyone I know is betting (and betting big!) on LTE.  The only
>> ones I know holding out on WiMAX 2 are niche markets in the federal
>> space or ISPs in Africa.
> 
> It's not a fair comparison.  Some people (is this especially an 
> American disease?) treat everything as a one-on-one death match, and 
> in this case act as if there were a WiMAX Corp. duking it out with 
> LTE Corp. for market supremacy.  But they're just tools.
> 
> Monturus' article is quite good.  He notes how similar the two 
> are.  Both are OFDMA, so they share components.  WiMAX the spec 
> defines less.  It mainly deals with the radio network, and aims at 
> chip-level compatibility.  Its design center is TDD (single 
> frequency); early dual-frequency WiMAX was still TDD, just 
> split-frequency half duplex (how lame!).  LTE defines a complete 
> cellular ecosystem, the successor to both GSM and CDMA, and thus 
> defines handsets better.  It is primarily aimed at FDD licensees, 
> though TDD is theoretically possible.  LTE has smart antennas 
> (beamforming, muxing) in the basic spec, while it's an option in 
> WiMAX.  So again WiMAX can aim lower in the price curve, and at 
> unlicensed markets, while LTE is all licensed.
> 
> I wonder how WiMAX would work on 900 MHz.  Beamforming base antennas 
> would be rather large, but I could see a market, especially if it 
> nulled out interference.
> 
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[WISPA] Simple Co-Location Agreement template

[Francois Menard]

does anyone have a simplified co-location agreement template ?

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Re: [WISPA] Maximum sector power?

[Francois Menard]

Or you can be legit in Canada, and go for 3.65 GHz and get up to 57 dBM legally 
in rural areas ;)

Courtesy of the guy that changed the rules for 3.65 in Canada and is looking 
for the US to do the same...

F.

On 2010-06-23, at 5:41 PM, Fred R. Goldstein wrote:

> I'm just a little confused about some of these nice-looking access 
> points.  The UBNT Rocket M5, for instance, can put out +27 dBm.  It 
> plugs *right into* a nice 19dB sector antenna.  Okay, the smaller, 
> 120 dB sector is only 16 dB.  Now math is not really my thing but I 
> get a total ERP there of +43 to 46 dBm.
> 
> FCC Rule 15.247 states that the maximum transmitted power output for 
> digitally-modulated intentional radiators in the 5725-5850 MHz band 
> ("ISM") is 1 watt, and the maximum antenna gain is 6 dBi.  Each 
> additional dB of antanna gain means one less dB of power.  So the 
> maximum ERP is 4 watts (+36).
> 
> Point-to-point is an exception in that specific band; it is allowed 
> unlimited antenna gain.  But "point-to-multipoint systems, 
> omnidirectional applications, and multiple co-located intentional 
> radiators transmitting the same information" are under the cap.
> 
> So am I correct in assuming that everybody who uses the Rocket M5, or 
> any other similar PtMP system for subscriber access, turns the 
> transmitter power REAL low (~+20 + feedline loss), in order to keep 
> the ERP below +36?  Or are we assuming that since you're technically 
> only transmitting and receiving to one end user at a time, it's really PtP?
> 
> SkyPilot's legal hack, of course, is to have eight 45 degree sector 
> antennas and only use one at a time, so it is legally PTP even with 
> +42 EiRP. And with advanced 11N 4x4 beamforming antennas, something 
> like that will become relatively easy.  But we're not quite there 
> yet.  Thoughts?
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Re: [WISPA] Waverider CCU 3100's needed

[Francois Menard]

I saw a lot of Vecima 900 MHz peanuts dormant in a closet at Atria Networks in 
Peterborough, ON

F.

On 2010-05-13, at 1:09 PM, Rick Harnish wrote:

> Brent Havens of Mark Twain Coop is looking for some Waverider gear.  If you
> have the following available, please contact Brent offlist.
> bhav...@marktwain.coop
> 
> His request is:
> 
> Do you know of anyone that has either stopped using the waveriders or a
> vendor that sells used Vecima gear. I need a couple of CCU 3100's.
> 
> 
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Brent
> 
> 
> 
> Respectfully,
> 
> 
> 
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> 
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Re: [WISPA] Waverider CCU 3100's needed

[Francois Menard]

I saw a lot of Vecima 900 MHz peanuts dormant in a closet at Atria Networks in 
Peterborough, ON

F.

On 2010-05-13, at 1:09 PM, Rick Harnish wrote:

> Brent Havens of Mark Twain Coop is looking for some Waverider gear.  If you
> have the following available, please contact Brent offlist.
> bhav...@marktwain.coop
> 
> His request is:
> 
> Do you know of anyone that has either stopped using the waveriders or a
> vendor that sells used Vecima gear. I need a couple of CCU 3100's.
> 
> 
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Brent
> 
> 
> 
> Respectfully,
> 
> 
> 
> Rick Harnish
> 
> President
> 
> WISPA
> 
> 260-307-4000 cell
> 
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Re: [WISPA] USF Funds

[Francois Menard]

yup
but not in the USA...
it works in Canada.

F.
On 2010-04-26, at 5:11 PM, Marco Coelho wrote:

> Are any of you presently using USF Funds to subsidize VOIP telephone
> service across their wireless network?
> 
> 
> Marco
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