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2017-06-28 Thread Faisal Imtiaz
up should keep the customer trucking (with reduced >>>> capacity). I think you'd be installing at ranges of 1-3 miles for the >>>> 60ghz to >>>> run at decent MCS, and at that range I think you'll still get decent >>>> capacity >>>>

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2017-06-27 Thread Rory Conaway
...@gmail.com<mailto:eric.kuh...@gmail.com>> To: "af@afmug.com<mailto:af@afmug.com>" <af@afmug.com<mailto:af@afmug.com>> Sent: 6/27/2017 10:01:02 PM Subject: Re: [AFMUG] So Silicon Valley WISP startup gets $7M investment? 60 GHz PtMP at 1-3 miles? I want some of what

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2017-06-27 Thread Adam Moffett
ug.com> Sent: 6/27/2017 10:01:02 PM Subject: Re: [AFMUG] So Silicon Valley WISP startup gets $7M investment? 60 GHz PtMP at 1-3 miles? I want some of whatever you're smoking because it must be some primo stuff. If you put up a few 500 to 800 meter distance 60 GHz PTP links and monitor them ov

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2017-06-27 Thread Eric Kuhnke
at range I think you'll still get >>> decent capacity out of the 5ghz. You'll get a lower speed test, but I'd >>> bet it's possible to design so that Netflix keeps running. >>> >>> >>> -- Original Message -- >>> From: "

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2017-06-27 Thread Jaime Solorza
gt;> >> >> -- Original Message -- >> From: "Chuck McCown" <ch...@wbmfg.com> >> To: af@afmug.com >> Sent: 6/27/2017 11:38:32 AM >> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] So Silicon Valley WISP startup gets $7M investment? >> >> 1. What is accept

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2017-06-27 Thread Eric Kuhnke
- Original Message -- > From: "Chuck McCown" <ch...@wbmfg.com> > To: af@afmug.com > Sent: 6/27/2017 11:38:32 AM > Subject: Re: [AFMUG] So Silicon Valley WISP startup gets $7M investment? > > 1. What is acceptable downtime on pure 60GHz. It is possible t

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2017-06-27 Thread Adam Moffett
To: af@afmug.com Sent: 6/27/2017 11:38:32 AM Subject: Re: [AFMUG] So Silicon Valley WISP startup gets $7M investment? 1. What is acceptable downtime on pure 60GHz. It is possible to engineering it to practically no downtime although less economical. Zero. If it goes down the phone will ri

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2017-06-27 Thread Rory Conaway
And a well designed 60GHz system would have the same result. If you are counting rain, the IgniteNets also have 5GHz backups. Rory From: Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] On Behalf Of Chuck McCown Sent: Tuesday, June 27, 2017 8:39 AM To: af@afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] So Silicon Valley WISP

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2017-06-27 Thread Mike Hammett
: Re: [AFMUG] So Silicon Valley WISP startup gets $7M investment? I'd say zero is not possible with any network. Lightning strikes, fiber gets cut, core routers die, etc. Murphy is very resourceful.  On Tue, Jun 27, 2017 at 11:38 AM Chuck McCown < ch...@wbmfg.com > wrote: 1. What

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2017-06-27 Thread Mike Hammett
- Original Message - From: "Chuck McCown" <ch...@wbmfg.com> To: af@afmug.com Sent: Tuesday, June 27, 2017 10:38:32 AM Subject: Re: [AFMUG] So Silicon Valley WISP startup gets $7M investment? 1. What is acceptable downtime on pure 60GHz. It is possible to engineering it

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2017-06-27 Thread Harold Bledsoe
I'd say zero is not possible with any network. Lightning strikes, fiber gets cut, core routers die, etc. Murphy is very resourceful.  On Tue, Jun 27, 2017 at 11:38 AM Chuck McCown wrote: > 1. What is acceptable downtime on pure 60GHz. It is possible to > engineering it to

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2017-06-27 Thread Chuck McCown
1. What is acceptable downtime on pure 60GHz. It is possible to engineering it to practically no downtime although less economical. Zero. If it goes down the phone will ring. With a well designed and installed Canopy system there was no downtime. 2. What is the acceptable backup

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2017-06-27 Thread Harold Bledsoe
m> wrote: > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confirmation_bias > > *From:* Mike Hammett > *Sent:* Monday, June 26, 2017 9:47 AM > *To:* af@afmug.com > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] So Silicon Valley WISP startup gets $7M investment? > > I did use my own money. Works great. :-) Wel

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2017-06-26 Thread Robert Andrews
experienced was coming out of Gino’s office one day. The street got 2 feet deep in about 10 minutes. Worried my spark plugs would short out. *From:* Gino A. Villarini *Sent:* Monday, June 26, 2017 9:10 AM *To:* af@afmug.com *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] So Silicon Valley WISP startup gets $7M investment? Im

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2017-06-26 Thread Faisal Imtiaz
232 Help-desk: (305)663-5518 Option 2 or Email: supp...@snappytelecom.net > From: "Chuck McCown" <ch...@wbmfg.com> > To: af@afmug.com > Sent: Monday, June 26, 2017 11:05:13 AM > Subject: Re: [AFMUG] So Silicon Valley WISP startup gets $7M investment? > I am waitin

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2017-06-26 Thread Chuck McCown
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confirmation_bias From: Mike Hammett Sent: Monday, June 26, 2017 9:47 AM To: af@afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] So Silicon Valley WISP startup gets $7M investment? I did use my own money. Works great. :-) Well, on a shorter path. Again, only math being

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2017-06-26 Thread Chuck McCown
Let’s pick this up again in one year. From: Mike Hammett Sent: Monday, June 26, 2017 9:47 AM To: af@afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] So Silicon Valley WISP startup gets $7M investment? I did use my own money. Works great. :-) Well, on a shorter path. Again, only math being the difference. 60

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2017-06-26 Thread Mike Hammett
quot;Chuck McCown" <ch...@wbmfg.com> To: af@afmug.com Sent: Monday, June 26, 2017 10:39:43 AM Subject: Re: [AFMUG] So Silicon Valley WISP startup gets $7M investment? Simply math, lots of wrecked spacecraft on the surface of Mars due to simply math. Simply math does not model ev

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2017-06-26 Thread Chuck McCown
: [AFMUG] So Silicon Valley WISP startup gets $7M investment? You don't have to wonder. It's simply math. The big 2.5G IgniteNet has an about -40 signal at 1 km in open space. Full modulation breaks at -60 dB, so you have 20 dB of fade margin. Rain at 60 GHz is about 5 dB/km of attenuation, so you can

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2017-06-26 Thread Mike Hammett
- From: "Chuck McCown" <ch...@wbmfg.com> To: af@afmug.com Sent: Monday, June 26, 2017 10:12:19 AM Subject: Re: [AFMUG] So Silicon Valley WISP startup gets $7M investment? Any drop is going to cause a headache. If it drops more than say... dish network or direct tv due to th

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2017-06-26 Thread Lewis Bergman
es. Worried my spark plugs would short out. > > *From:* Gino A. Villarini > *Sent:* Monday, June 26, 2017 9:10 AM > *To:* af@afmug.com > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] So Silicon Valley WISP startup gets $7M investment? > > Im testing it… > > From: Af <af-boun...@afmug.co

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2017-06-26 Thread Chuck McCown
Subject: Re: [AFMUG] So Silicon Valley WISP startup gets $7M investment? Im testing it… From: Af <af-boun...@afmug.com> on behalf of Chuck McCown <ch...@wbmfg.com> Reply-To: "af@afmug.com" <af@afmug.com> Date: Monday, June 26, 2017 at 11:05 AM To: "af@afmu

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2017-06-26 Thread Chuck McCown
Subject: Re: [AFMUG] So Silicon Valley WISP startup gets $7M investment? https://www.facebook.com/thebrotherswisp/posts/956205354504917?match=cmFpbg%3D%3D There are a few states that don't have the rainfall information available (Texas and the NW), but it's fairly "easy" to see how often

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2017-06-26 Thread Gino A. Villarini
une 26, 2017 at 11:05 AM To: "af@afmug.com<mailto:af@afmug.com>" <af@afmug.com<mailto:af@afmug.com>> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] So Silicon Valley WISP startup gets $7M investment? Gino A. Villarini President Metro Office Park #18 Suite 304 Guaynabo, Puerto Rico 00968 [

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2017-06-26 Thread Mike Hammett
ke Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions Midwest Internet Exchange The Brothers WISP - Original Message - From: "Chuck McCown" <ch...@wbmfg.com> To: af@afmug.com Sent: Monday, June 26, 2017 10:05:13 AM Subject: Re: [AFMUG] So Silicon Valley WISP startup gets

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2017-06-26 Thread Chuck McCown
I am waiting to hear from folks in Florida how 60 GHz does during heavy rains. I remain a 60 GHz luddite. From: Rory Conaway Sent: Monday, June 26, 2017 8:59 AM To: af@afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] So Silicon Valley WISP startup gets $7M investment? I’m not dissing 60GHz, I’m all

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2017-06-26 Thread Rory Conaway
: Re: [AFMUG] So Silicon Valley WISP startup gets $7M investment? As with all things, past performance may not be indicative of future performance. ;-) There is a lot of innovation happening in the mmwave space that will change and is already changing suburban and urban deployments. Just look

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2017-06-26 Thread Harold Bledsoe
t; realistic after seeing their last efforts. > > Rory > > -Original Message- > From: Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] On Behalf Of Faisal Imtiaz > Sent: Sunday, June 25, 2017 8:38 PM > To: af@afmug.com > Subject: Re: [AFMUG] So Silicon Valley WISP startup gets $7M in

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2017-06-26 Thread Rory Conaway
- From: Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] On Behalf Of Faisal Imtiaz Sent: Sunday, June 25, 2017 8:38 PM To: af@afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] So Silicon Valley WISP startup gets $7M investment? There are some folks working on some very interesting possibilities ... Late nite sessions in the Hotel

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2017-06-25 Thread Faisal Imtiaz
inal Message - > From: "Adam Moffett" <dmmoff...@gmail.com> > To: af@afmug.com > Sent: Sunday, June 25, 2017 8:18:13 PM > Subject: Re: [AFMUG] So Silicon Valley WISP startup gets $7M investment? > That's similar to what I was thinking, but you have more detail

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2017-06-25 Thread Adam Moffett
appytelecom.net> To: af@afmug.com Sent: 6/25/2017 5:30:09 PM Subject: Re: [AFMUG] So Silicon Valley WISP startup gets $7M investment? Context, context context... everyone has a different picture in their mind when the word "Mesh" is mentioned. However not everyone out there is

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2017-06-25 Thread Faisal Imtiaz
p; Telecom 7266 SW 48 Street Miami, FL 33155 Tel: 305 663 5518 x 232 Help-desk: (305)663-5518 Option 2 or Email: supp...@snappytelecom.net - Original Message - > From: fiber...@mail.com > To: af@afmug.com > Sent: Sunday, June 25, 2017 2:54:46 PM > Subject: Re: [AFMUG]

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2017-06-25 Thread fiberrun
Will either of those protocols actually scale to a reasonable number of nodes? Jared   Sent: Sunday, June 25, 2017 From: "Gino A. Villarini" <g...@aeronetpr.com> To: "af@afmug.com" <af@afmug.com> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] So Silicon Valley WISP startup gets $7M inves

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2017-06-25 Thread Mike Hammett
aturday, June 24, 2017 9:04:41 PM Subject: Re: [AFMUG] So Silicon Valley WISP startup gets $7M investment? Season 2??? Season 4 its currently running! Gylfoile its the man! On 6/24/17, 5:04 PM, "Af on behalf of Sterling Jacobson" Gino A. Villarini President

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2017-06-25 Thread Gino A. Villarini
lt;mailto:p...@believewireless.net>> Reply-To: "af@afmug.com<mailto:af@afmug.com>" <af@afmug.com<mailto:af@afmug.com>> Date: Sunday, June 25, 2017 at 9:34 AM To: "af@afmug.com<mailto:af@afmug.com>" <af@afmug.com<mailto:af@afmug.com>> Subject

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2017-06-25 Thread can...@believewireless.net
gt;> So someone rediscovered mesh? Umm, yea. $7M down the tubes. >> >> Rory >> >> -Original Message- >> From: Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com >> <mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com>] On Behalf Of Faisal Imtiaz >

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2017-06-24 Thread Robert
fmug.com>] On Behalf Of Faisal Imtiaz Sent: Saturday, June 24, 2017 2:41 PM To: af@afmug.com <mailto:af@afmug.com> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] So Silicon Valley WISP startup gets $7M investment? > They advertise 75 Mbps symmetrical service. What radio

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2017-06-24 Thread Chuck McCown
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-5jF5jtMM_4 From: Gino A. Villarini Sent: Saturday, June 24, 2017 8:04 PM To: af@afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] So Silicon Valley WISP startup gets $7M investment? Season 2??? Season 4 its currently running! Gylfoile its the man! On 6/24/17, 5:04 PM, &qu

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2017-06-24 Thread Chuck McCown
Remember that canopy mesh system that looked like a 55 gallon barrel on top of a pole. Wasn’t that thing supposed to be beamforming? From: Forrest Christian (List Account) Sent: Saturday, June 24, 2017 8:26 PM To: af Subject: Re: [AFMUG] So Silicon Valley WISP startup gets $7M investment? I

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2017-06-24 Thread Sterling Jacobson
Oh, I probably meant the latest season then. I've seen more than one season, lol! From: Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] On Behalf Of Gino A. Villarini Sent: Saturday, June 24, 2017 8:05 PM To: af@afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] So Silicon Valley WISP startup gets $7M investment? Season 2

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2017-06-24 Thread Josh Reynolds
; wrote: > So someone rediscovered mesh? Umm, yea. $7M down the tubes. > > Rory > > -Original Message- > From: Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] On Behalf Of Faisal Imtiaz > Sent: Saturday, June 24, 2017 2:41 PM > To: af@afmug.com > Subject: Re: [AFMUG] S

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2017-06-24 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
Imtiaz > Sent: Saturday, June 24, 2017 2:41 PM > To: af@afmug.com > Subject: Re: [AFMUG] So Silicon Valley WISP startup gets $7M investment? > > > They advertise 75 Mbps symmetrical service. What radio will do this? > > All kidding aside, and while I am not going to

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2017-06-24 Thread Seth Mattinen
On 6/24/17 7:04 PM, Gino A. Villarini wrote: Season 2??? Season 4 its currently running! Gylfoile its the man! Season 4 finale tomorrow.

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2017-06-24 Thread Gino A. Villarini
inen >Sent: Saturday, June 24, 2017 2:57 PM >To: af@afmug.com >Subject: Re: [AFMUG] So Silicon Valley WISP startup gets $7M investment? > >On 6/24/17 13:54, ch...@wbmfg.com wrote: >> Good way to turn $7M into nothing. > > >If you haven't watched Silicon Valley on HBO, you should.

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2017-06-24 Thread Rory Conaway
So someone rediscovered mesh? Umm, yea. $7M down the tubes. Rory -Original Message- From: Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] On Behalf Of Faisal Imtiaz Sent: Saturday, June 24, 2017 2:41 PM To: af@afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] So Silicon Valley WISP startup gets $7M investment

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2017-06-24 Thread Faisal Imtiaz
t; Sent: Saturday, June 24, 2017 4:54:19 PM > Subject: Re: [AFMUG] So Silicon Valley WISP startup gets $7M investment? > "We use FCC-approved antennas that transmit data using 5 GHz signals, > similar to the radios in your wifi router, cell phone, or iPad. These small > antennas

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2017-06-24 Thread Sterling Jacobson
Oh yeah, I've got to get caught up on season 2! That show is hilarious! -Original Message- From: Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] On Behalf Of ch...@wbmfg.com Sent: Saturday, June 24, 2017 3:03 PM To: af@afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] So Silicon Valley WISP startup gets $7M investment

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2017-06-24 Thread chuck
I am a big fan. Big Head is a hoot. And that female spock character. I think I have known someone like every character on that show. -Original Message- From: Seth Mattinen Sent: Saturday, June 24, 2017 2:57 PM To: af@afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] So Silicon Valley WISP startup

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2017-06-24 Thread Sterling Jacobson
Not exactly the true hybrid model, but sort of like Vivint and others I guess. From: Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] On Behalf Of Gino A. Villarini Sent: Saturday, June 24, 2017 2:31 PM To: af@afmug.com Subject: [AFMUG] So Silicon Valley WISP startup gets $7M investment? Things that make you

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2017-06-24 Thread Bill Prince
And so they convinced a couple of VCs to give them a bucket of money. Let's check back in in a couple years. bp On 6/24/2017 1:58 PM, Bill Prince wrote: The thing on the roof is UBNT. Probably running 40 MHz channels. Yeah. That will scale well. bp

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2017-06-24 Thread Bill Prince
The thing on the roof is UBNT. Probably running 40 MHz channels. Yeah. That will scale well. bp On 6/24/2017 1:30 PM, Gino A. Villarini wrote: Things that make you go umm� https://medium.com/@rquintini/the-lynchpin-of-the-future-8d3f8217a0ad *//* */Gino A.

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2017-06-24 Thread Seth Mattinen
On 6/24/17 13:54, ch...@wbmfg.com wrote: Good way to turn $7M into nothing. If you haven't watched Silicon Valley on HBO, you should.

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2017-06-24 Thread chuck
oints of connectivity." -Original Message- From: ch...@wbmfg.com Sent: Saturday, June 24, 2017 2:54 PM To: af@afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] So Silicon Valley WISP startup gets $7M investment? "We use FCC-approved antennas that transmit data using 5 GHz signals, similar to the

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2017-06-24 Thread chuck
outer." They advertise 75 Mbps symmetrical service. What radio will do this? Good way to turn $7M into nothing. From: Gino A. Villarini Sent: Saturday, June 24, 2017 2:30 PM To: af@afmug.com Subject: [AFMUG] So Silicon Valley WISP startup gets $7M investment? Things that make you go umm� https://

[AFMUG] So Silicon Valley WISP startup gets $7M investment?

2017-06-24 Thread Gino A. Villarini
Things that make you go umm… https://medium.com/@rquintini/the-lynchpin-of-the-future-8d3f8217a0ad Gino A. Villarini President Metro Office Park #18 Suite 304 Guaynabo, Puerto Rico 00968 [cid:aeronet-logo_310cfc3e-6691-4f69-bd49-b37b834b9238.png]