RE: [WISPA] 3650, ok, so what's current status?
Those folks at Towerstream really like to test their gear ;-) https://gullfoss2.fcc.gov/prod/oet/cf/els/reports/GenericSearchResult.cf m?RequestTimeout=500 Gino A. Villarini [EMAIL PROTECTED] Aeronet Wireless Broadband Corp. tel 787.273.4143 fax 787.273.4145 -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Patrick Leary Sent: Monday, March 05, 2007 4:15 PM To: WISPA General List Subject: RE: [WISPA] 3650, ok, so what's current status? You are trying to wind me up aren't you George? :) Speaking to the community at large: The good folks at the FCC lab in MD are already buried. In part, some of this is because of frivolous and disingenuous STA filings. Your average simple STA used to take about 2 months tops to get approved. The same STA now takes over 1/2 a year. And remember, this is the same lab that is directly approving/certifying 5.4 GHz gear. In other words, for every garbage STA the lab must process, everything the lab legitimately needs to do only gets pushed out and delayed. Yes, it tweaks me to see so many processes abused; it is symptomatic of the disregard by some for FCC rules. And yes, there is abuse of STAs at the hands of some operators (not just some WISPs). Two years ago I could point to no such abuse by our industry. And yes, I know I sound like a broken CD player, stuck on repeat. Patrick Leary AVP WISP Markets Alvarion, Inc. o: 650.314.2628 c: 760.580.0080 Vonage: 650.641.1243 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of George Rogato Sent: Monday, March 05, 2007 11:45 AM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] 3650, ok, so what's current status? So what your saying Patrick is, It's ok, we should go and buy some of these things and do some testing, right? :) George -- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org This footnote confirms that this email message has been scanned by PineApp Mail-SeCure for the presence of malicious code, vandals computer viruses(84). This footnote confirms that this email message has been scanned by PineApp Mail-SeCure for the presence of malicious code, vandals computer viruses. -- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ -- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
[WISPA] 900 mhz BPF
A little while back someone posted a source for 900 mhz BPF they intended to use with a 900 Mhz MT AP. Could you post that again? Thanks Chris This message was sent using IMP, the Internet Messaging Program. -- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
RE: [WISPA] 900 mhz BPF
this ? http://www.ubnt.com/cf.php4 -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, March 06, 2007 7:10 AM To: wireless@wispa.org Subject: [WISPA] 900 mhz BPF A little while back someone posted a source for 900 mhz BPF they intended to use with a 900 Mhz MT AP. Could you post that again? Thanks Chris This message was sent using IMP, the Internet Messaging Program. -- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ -- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
Re: [WISPA] 18ghz links
Hi Travis, The 18, 23, and 24 (UL) GHz Dragonwave products do downshift to QPSK from QAM; their 11 GHz product does not. I believe that this shift is already figured into Dragonwave's uptime figures. Your 28 mile link sounds like a good bet to me, but you might want to analyze maximum rainfall over the last four years to the maximum historical record for 100 years. I'm sure Dragonwave would be happy to help you justify the purchase of another link. Do you have raw data / graphs you could share of the performance of your Dragonwave links? I'd like to see if I can find a correlation between historical rainfall data and changes in your signal levels Best, -- Dylan Oliver Primaverity, LLC -- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
[WISPA] Justice Department Takes Aim at Image-Sharing Sites
http://news.com.com/Justice+Department+takes+aim+at+image-sharing+sites/2100-1028_3-6163679.html?tag=nefd.lede -- Jack Unger ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) - President, Ask-Wi.Com, Inc. Serving the License-Free Wireless Industry Since 1993 Author of the WISP Handbook - Deploying License-Free Wireless WANs True Vendor-Neutral WISP Consulting-Training-Troubleshooting Newsletters Downloadable from http://ask-wi.com/newsletters.html Phone (VoIP Over Broadband Wireless) 818-227-4220 www.ask-wi.com -- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
Re: [WISPA] Press Release: WISPA,Part-15.org concur on whitespace usage issues
Marlon Michael; Mozaltov, Cheers, this is great news, we should work togerther more, IMHO. Ron Wallace -Original Message- From: David Hughes [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, March 5, 2007 09:55 PM To: ''WISPA General List'' Subject: [WISPA] Press Release: WISPA, Part-15.org concur on whitespace usage issues PHONE: (509) 982-2181 FAX: (509) 982-2238 1 DR. Park Road Suite H1 Mt. Vernon, Il. 62864 WISPA and Part-15.Org Concur on use of Whitespace Spectrum Washington, DC (March 1, 2007) One of the key issues concerning commercial wireless broadband providers is how the FCC will control the unused television channels' white space to unlicensed use for broadband and wireless innovation (FCC Docket 04-186). The Wireless Internet Service Providers Association, as well as Part-15.Org, both leading representatives of the industry, have joined forces in agreement to refute claims made by the television broadcast industry that unlicensed devices operating in unused TV channels would interfere with TV reception and other licensed uses of the TV band; and second, whether the TV white space spectrum should be exclusively licensed instead of unlicensed. Both industry representatives told the Federal Communication Commission that opening this spectrum to unlicensed use will help provide more affordable and ubiquitous broadband coverage, particularly in rural areas. It will also pave the way for improved home and enterprise networking, wireless device and service innovation Both Part-15.Org and WISPA explain in their comments to the FCC that licensing is both impractical and inadvisable in this band and argue that the interference-avoidance mechanisms proposed in the FCC's original 2004 rulemaking are sufficient-along with specific technical parameters to be developed by the FCC-to protect licensed TV band users. Marlon K. Schafer, FCC Committee chairperson for WISPA, said that he is pleased both groups are working together on this important issue. An unlicensed environment will encourage entrepreneurship, and this is especially important in rural areas where major providers are not willing to expend the needed capital for a relatively few subscribers. He also said the organizations want to make sure that incumbent, licensed users of the spectrum are not harmed by unlicensed use. We want to be good stewards of the environment. Schafer said that a May, 2006 Pew Report showed more than eight million wireless broadband subscribers were in place, with that number increasing daily. We believe at least twice that are waiting for service because we have technological and physical band limitations that this spectrum could help alleviate. There are vast areas of the nation where VHF and UHF analog television signals are not received and by reusing this essentially vacant spectrum, we can help bring high-speed broadband connectivity to these waiting homes, businesses, schools and governments on a cost-effective basis, he said. Michael R. Anderson, chairman of the License Exempt Wireless Internet Service Providers Organization, Part-15.ORG, said that continuing to do business as usual regarding spectrum utilization is not in the best interest of rural Americans. He said the FCC's recent approach to open additional spectrum to license exempt broadband providers exemplifies their docket to remove common barriers that have stifled the growth of broadband for over a decade. PART-15.ORG applauds the FCC for their bold initiatives in moving forward with opening up the 'white space' for full utilization for broadband, Anderson said. For more information please contact: Marlon K. Schafer FCC Committee Chairman Founding Board Member (509) 982-2181 (509) 988-0260 cell WISPA - Wireless Internet Service Providers Association is dedicated to promoting and improving the WISP industry. We welcome you to our web site and invite you to read about the association and its efforts. -- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ -- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
RE: [WISPA] 18ghz links
Hi Travis, Just looking to venture into the world of 18GHz. We are looking at our first link to be about 17.5 miles and I'm wondering if you could give us more details on your 19 mile link (heights, dish size/db, throughput speeds, fade margin, etc.) Many thanks, Paul. -Original Message- From: Travis Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 06 March 2007 05:00 To: isp-wireless@isp-wireless.com; WISPA General List Subject: [WISPA] 18ghz links Hi, We have had several 18ghz links up and running for almost 4 years. Using many of the path calc programs, they show as much as 28 minutes per year of outage (due to multi-path and rain fade). Yet, during the entire last 4 years, we have never seen the signal change by more than 3-4db. We have over 30db of fade margin on these links... so, my question is, does 18ghz just die instantly (like 38ghz does) in a heavy rain storm? We have never had either of our 18ghz links go down (one is 7 miles and the other is 19 miles). I am wanting to try and do a 28 mile link, and I can do it with 20db of fade margin... so I am wondering if that will be enough, or if the path calcs will be correct and we will have as much as 20 hours of downtime per year? (99.7653% uptime). Any thoughts? Travis Microserv -- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ -- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
RE: [WISPA] Justice Department Takes Aim at Image-Sharing Sites
yeah interesting quote... Only universities and libraries would be excluded, one participant said. There's a PR concern with including the libraries, so we're not going to include them, the participant quoted the Justice Department as saying. We know we're going to get a pushback, so we're not going to do that. How about we push back ? :) -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jack Unger Sent: Tuesday, March 06, 2007 11:57 AM To: wireless@wispa.org Subject: [WISPA] Justice Department Takes Aim at Image-Sharing Sites http://news.com.com/Justice+Department+takes+aim+at+image-sharing+sites/2100 -1028_3-6163679.html?tag=nefd.lede -- Jack Unger ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) - President, Ask-Wi.Com, Inc. Serving the License-Free Wireless Industry Since 1993 Author of the WISP Handbook - Deploying License-Free Wireless WANs True Vendor-Neutral WISP Consulting-Training-Troubleshooting Newsletters Downloadable from http://ask-wi.com/newsletters.html Phone (VoIP Over Broadband Wireless) 818-227-4220 www.ask-wi.com -- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ -- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
Re: [WISPA] 18ghz links
Hi, We are in a very dry climate (actually considered a desert climate). Going 19 miles, we are using 4ft high performance dishes with high power radios (+22db output) and we have 32db of fade margin. This link has never been down in 3+ years. Travis Microserv paul hendry wrote: Hi Travis, Just looking to venture into the world of 18GHz. We are looking at our first link to be about 17.5 miles and I'm wondering if you could give us more details on your 19 mile link (heights, dish size/db, throughput speeds, fade margin, etc.) Many thanks, Paul. -Original Message- From: Travis Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 06 March 2007 05:00 To: isp-wireless@isp-wireless.com; WISPA General List Subject: [WISPA] 18ghz links Hi, We have had several 18ghz links up and running for almost 4 years. Using many of the path calc programs, they show as much as 28 minutes per year of outage (due to multi-path and rain fade). Yet, during the entire last 4 years, we have never seen the signal change by more than 3-4db. We have over 30db of fade margin on these links... so, my question is, does 18ghz just die instantly (like 38ghz does) in a heavy rain storm? We have never had either of our 18ghz links go down (one is 7 miles and the other is 19 miles). I am wanting to try and do a 28 mile link, and I can do it with 20db of fade margin... so I am wondering if that will be enough, or if the path calcs will be correct and we will have as much as 20 hours of downtime per year? (99.7653% uptime). Any thoughts? Travis Microserv -- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
Re: [WISPA] Is anyone thinking about 17 and 60 ghz?
My understanding about 60ghz (what I remember reading anyway) is that its good for 1000mbps data links, but MAX distance of 1Mile, since O2 (Oxygen) resonates at 60ghz. It was originally used for spy satellite to spy satellite links (in space), since it couldn't conceivably be picked up by any antenna on the ground, friend or foe. pd Mario Pommier wrote: Bridgewave 60Ghz works excellently! Very nice stuff. Full Gbps full duplex speeds. Few computers or laptops, if any at all, can reach those speeds. Our sysadmin figured a way to test capacity with Cisco switches on both ends by flooding the link. Expensive. Yes. I only see it possible to be deployed in 100%-paid-for PtP projects: medical, government, industrial -- anyway it won't go more than ~700meters, the drier the area the better. If I understood correctly, the US Gov bans US 60Ghz manufacturers from exporting their gear outside the US because when the US military goes somewhere they can't find 60Ghz links -- that's how secure it is: very narrow beamwidths (~1*) and complete signal fade after about 1mile. If you don't know the link is there (or you can't see the antennas) it's practically impossible to find the stuff. Whereas for licensed 70 and 80Ghz all you need to do is look in the FCC website to know who deployed what-where-when and how. Regarding deployment: you need TOTAL LOS. Even branches blowing in and out of the path will drop the link. Mario Dawn DiPietro wrote: Mark, I think 60 Ghz is a good solution if you can afford it. At this point it is still not in the price range of the average WISP but it is great stuff. I think Matt Liotta had a link or 2 with some 60 Ghz gear. Regards, Dawn DiPietro wispa wrote: In the search for the bigger last mile pipe, there's unlicensed at both 17 and 60 ghz. I'm not sure if the consumer electronics industry is up for working at 60 ghz, but what about 17 ghz? Google gets me a lot of theoretical work at both, and engineering discussions of both, but nothing that looks like something otehr than talkware. Mark Koskenmaki Neofast, Inc Broadband for the Walla Walla Valley and Blue Mountains 541-969-8200 -- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
Re: [WISPA] Justice Department Takes Aim at Image-Sharing Sites
Yeah, I noticed that too. marlon - Original Message - From: Rick Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: 'WISPA General List' wireless@wispa.org Sent: Tuesday, March 06, 2007 4:20 PM Subject: RE: [WISPA] Justice Department Takes Aim at Image-Sharing Sites yeah interesting quote... Only universities and libraries would be excluded, one participant said. There's a PR concern with including the libraries, so we're not going to include them, the participant quoted the Justice Department as saying. We know we're going to get a pushback, so we're not going to do that. How about we push back ? :) -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jack Unger Sent: Tuesday, March 06, 2007 11:57 AM To: wireless@wispa.org Subject: [WISPA] Justice Department Takes Aim at Image-Sharing Sites http://news.com.com/Justice+Department+takes+aim+at+image-sharing+sites/2100 -1028_3-6163679.html?tag=nefd.lede -- Jack Unger ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) - President, Ask-Wi.Com, Inc. Serving the License-Free Wireless Industry Since 1993 Author of the WISP Handbook - Deploying License-Free Wireless WANs True Vendor-Neutral WISP Consulting-Training-Troubleshooting Newsletters Downloadable from http://ask-wi.com/newsletters.html Phone (VoIP Over Broadband Wireless) 818-227-4220 www.ask-wi.com -- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ -- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ -- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
Re: [WISPA] Is anyone thinking about 17 and 60 ghz?
If you define an LSP that matches your SLA then MPLS instead using SLA driven metrics like latency, jitter, and packet loss. Good idea. Also learned today that Bridgewave can sent out Traps with reporting 3 different link states, each indicating how close to the minimum DB level, to help indicate when to switch to a backup link path.. Tom DeReggi RapidDSL Wireless, Inc IntAirNet- Fixed Wireless Broadband - Original Message - From: Matt Liotta [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: WISPA General List wireless@wispa.org Sent: Monday, March 05, 2007 2:07 PM Subject: Re: [WISPA] Is anyone thinking about 17 and 60 ghz? Tom DeReggi wrote: Anyone that can afford name brand high capacity unlicensed PTPs can afford 60Ghz. You can go 1/2 mile for under $10,000 with Proxim. Financed over 3 years will allow it to be paid for with the first T1 customer. The problem is back hauling it :-) Not all WISPs will be in the position to do that. Also take note that the metrix on shortest hop routing may no longer be applicable. A 5 hop GB network at 2miles each may be faster path than the 10 miles 10mbps backhaul. But what happens the .5% of the time when the GB gets marginal? and the backup slower 10 mile links perform better? And what happens when the link is only as fast as the weakest link in a 5 hop path? It very well may take smarter routing to handle the job than just OSPF, depending on the SLA one needs to deliver. Because capacity and packet loss are the metrix that need to be considered most. If you define an LSP that matches your SLA then MPLS will select any combination of layer 3 routes to encapsulate your customer's traffic. This has the advantage of routing not based on distance metrics, but instead using SLA driven metrics like latency, jitter, and packet loss. -Matt -- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ -- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
[WISPA] wow! Motorola Whitespaces filing
I don't agree with all of it. But the main issues are in agreement with what most wisps will want. Pushing for unlicensed vs. licensed is a big leap in our direction for Moto. laters, marlon -- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
