RE: Microwave link capacity

2016-04-07 Thread Steve Mikulasik
Many companies have link planning software available that can help give you an idea as to speed for your particular scenario. Ex: https://airlink.ubnt.com/

Re: Microwave link capacity

2016-04-07 Thread Faisal Imtiaz
of 1gig Capacity). Hope that makes sense. Regards. Faisal Imtiaz Snappy Internet & Telecom - Original Message - > From: "Jean-Francois Mezei" <jfmezei_na...@vaxination.ca> > To: "nanog list" <nanog@nanog.org> > Sent: Thursday, April 7,

Re: Microwave link capacity

2016-04-07 Thread Jean-Francois Mezei
On 2016-04-07 08:28, Bryan Fields wrote: > Microwave has it's place, but the 20 mile, >1gb links are marketing more than > anything. So existing long distance links to reach rural communities are not good candidates to upgrade from old microwave that handles just phone to something that can

Re: Microwave link capacity

2016-04-07 Thread Eric Flanery (eric)
There is no simple answer, as the characteristics of each link are unique, thus the requirements for each potential upgrade are also unique. Typically an engineering study will be done to determine what exactly is required, and what the cost will be. It could be as simple and cheap as a software

Re: Microwave link capacity

2016-04-07 Thread Bryan Fields
On 4/5/16 11:45 AM, Robert Glover wrote: > How well does Siklu handle rain at closer to 1mi. range? This is not dependent on the radio, it's dependent on the frequency and rain zone. http://www.softwright.com/faq/support/Rain%20Rate%20Estimates589.gif If you're in E, it's going to be much more

Re: Microwave link capacity

2016-04-05 Thread Robert Glover
- Original Message - From: "Jean-Francois Mezei" <jfmezei_na...@vaxination.ca> To: Nanog@nanog.org Sent: Monday, April 4, 2016 12:28:41 PM Subject: Microwave link capacity In a context of providing rural communities with modern broadband. Reading some tells me that Microwave lin

RE: Microwave link capacity

2016-04-05 Thread Huffman, Timothy
: 630.986.2496 -Original Message- From: NANOG [mailto:nanog-boun...@nanog.org] On Behalf Of Mike Hammett Sent: Monday, April 04, 2016 9:16 PM Cc: Nanog@nanog.org Subject: Re: Microwave link capacity You might be better served with the lists over at wispa.org. Not saying the people here don't

Re: Microwave link capacity

2016-04-04 Thread Mike Hammett
Mezei" <jfmezei_na...@vaxination.ca> To: Nanog@nanog.org Sent: Monday, April 4, 2016 12:28:41 PM Subject: Microwave link capacity In a context of providing rural communities with modern broadband. Reading some tells me that Microwave links can be raised to 1gbps. How common is that ? I

Re: Microwave link capacity

2016-04-04 Thread Mike Hammett
- Original Message - From: "Jean-Francois Mezei" <jfmezei_na...@vaxination.ca> To: Nanog@nanog.org Sent: Monday, April 4, 2016 12:28:41 PM Subject: Microwave link capacity In a context of providing rural communities with modern broadband. Reading some tells me that Microwave lin

Re: Microwave link capacity

2016-04-04 Thread mike . lyon
And some more options: Mimosa Netwtk 10 Ghz livensed solutuon, in excess of gigabit throughput. Licensed 10 ghz and 6 ghz can go pretty long distances (20+ miles) Also check out SAF Tehbika licensed radios, mkstly 366 Mbps throughput but they have a wider band radio now too. Cambium, Ceragon

Re: Microwave link capacity

2016-04-04 Thread Jean-Francois Mezei
Thanks everyone. I got the sanity check I needed. The telcos often have old microwave links to rural communities and in trying to outfit communities with modern broadband (which the telco hasn't done), there needs to be consideration for the link back to civilisation. Up existing microwave links

Re: Microwave link capacity

2016-04-04 Thread Josh Luthman
AF5 is not in the market for 1 gbps links FYI. The AF5x is a better product IMO and is $800 per link + dishes. Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 On Mon, Apr 4, 2016 at 2:26 PM, Cryptographrix wrote: > I do

Re: Microwave link capacity

2016-04-04 Thread Scott Weeks
--- jfmezei_na...@vaxination.ca wrote: From: Jean-Francois Mezei In a context of providing rural communities with modern broadband. Reading some tells me that Microwave links can be raised to 1gbps. How common is that ? I assume that cell phone towers have modern

Re: Microwave link capacity

2016-04-04 Thread Cryptographrix
I do not have direct experience with this, but Ubiquiti's AirFiber 5 seems like an applicable solution: https://www.ubnt.com/airfiber/airfiber5/ It runs around $1.000USD each On Mon, Apr 4, 2016 at 1:30 PM Jean-Francois Mezei < jfmezei_na...@vaxination.ca> wrote: > > In a context of providing

Re: Microwave link capacity

2016-04-04 Thread joel jaeggli
On 4/4/16 2:28 PM, Jean-Francois Mezei wrote: > > In a context of providing rural communities with modern broadband. > > Reading some tells me that Microwave links can be raised to 1gbps. How > common is that ? for wireless backhaul of cell-towers, some wisp infrastructure and for this like

RE: Microwave link capacity

2016-04-04 Thread Tyler Applebaum
Subject: Microwave link capacity In a context of providing rural communities with modern broadband. Reading some tells me that Microwave links can be raised to 1gbps. How common is that ? I assume that cell phone towers have modern microwave links (when not directly on fibre). What sort

Microwave link capacity

2016-04-04 Thread Jean-Francois Mezei
In a context of providing rural communities with modern broadband. Reading some tells me that Microwave links can be raised to 1gbps. How common is that ? I assume that cell phone towers have modern microwave links (when not directly on fibre). What sort of capacity would typically be provided