Re: [WISPA] APs and webstores

2008-06-26 Thread Rogelio
Jonathan Auer wrote: > > We use them for hotspots at campground and fair parks. > Stick a omni on the NS2, add a Canopy SM for backhaul, and put them on > a telephone pole. Works great. So, they work well for fill in coverage? I'm looking to use something like this to fill in the cracks of what

Re: [WISPA] APs and webstores

2008-06-26 Thread Blair Davis
I have had NS-2s on order now for 3 months. Ship day comes and I get pushed back 15-30 days Japhy Bartlett wrote: > OK, a brief rant first: > > I am trying to get ubiquiti nanostations, or ps2-exts. Apparently, > these things are the new furby. > > If you are a reseller, why are you listin

Re: [WISPA] APs and webstores

2008-06-26 Thread Jonathan Auer
We gave up on web shops for that very reason and ended up working through the Ubiquiti reseller list calling people until we found someone who had them in stock. It took a couple of hours but we managed to get 14 NS2s. We use them for hotspots at campground and fair parks. Stick a omni on the NS2

Re: [WISPA] FCC Member, Lessig Unveil U.S. Broadband Initiative

2008-06-26 Thread tonylist
Mike I do not agree with this at all. Most WISP are used to using 20Mhz 802.11 devices which are VERY frequency inefficient. With 20Mhz and a radio designed to make the most use of the spectrum could easily create channels using 3.5Mhz or 7Mhz in size plus channel reuse and polarizations. I could

[WISPA] APs and webstores

2008-06-26 Thread Japhy Bartlett
OK, a brief rant first: I am trying to get ubiquiti nanostations, or ps2-exts. Apparently, these things are the new furby. If you are a reseller, why are you listing parts on your online store that you don't have? parts that you have apparently never had? if someone ORDERS these parts, why wo

Re: [WISPA] Dickson tn

2008-06-26 Thread Blake Bowers
I got a few I can let you have, and you too can be poor! I hate ground leases... Don't take your organs to heaven, heaven knows we need them down here! Be an organ donor, sign your donor card today. - Original Message - From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "WISPA General List" Sent: Wednesday

Re: [WISPA] Dickson tn

2008-06-26 Thread Dustin Jurman
<> MRV has been a solid product for short shots. I haven't had the cleaning and reaiming problem that some have claimed. It's really a matter of using the right mounts and learning how to aim these things. Like anything else you do a path calc and have a number to shoot for. The MRV's have an

Re: [WISPA] free optics / MRV's Terescope soln

2008-06-26 Thread Rogelio
Stephen Patrick wrote: > In summary, it is fair to say FSO can and does work well, when implemented > correctly. The trick with any product is to know its side effects. I could offer you a cheap pill that makes you lose weight, and you might be tempted to take it, until you found out that one o

Re: [WISPA] free optics / MRV's Terescope soln

2008-06-26 Thread Marlon K. Schafer
Not totally the case if you use infrared units instead of laser marlon - Original Message - From: "Javier Arigita" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "WISPA General List" Sent: Thursday, June 26, 2008 1:06 AM Subject: Re: [WISPA] free optics / MRV's Terescope soln > Nowad

Re: [WISPA] free optics / MRV's Terescope soln

2008-06-26 Thread Marlon K. Schafer
It's pretty hard to beat plaintree. As for backup radios, use good switches with spanning tree and put in your own radios backup link. marlon - Original Message - From: "Rogelio" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "WISPA General List" Sent: Thursday, June 26, 2008 12:50 AM Subject: [WISPA] free

Re: [WISPA] free optics / MRV's Terescope soln

2008-06-26 Thread Stephen Patrick
Dear all, Reading this thread I thought it appropriate to comment. My aim is to make an objective and informative post, and trust it's taken as such. [disclaimer - our company makes and sells both FSO and RF (radio, microwave etc) products - we don't have an axe to grind/side to take here] FSO

Re: [WISPA] Chrysler to make wifi hotspot cars

2008-06-26 Thread Bryan Scott
On Jun 26, 2008, at 8:27 AM, Drew Lentz wrote: > > #3. With linking the cars directly to the "cellular telephone links", > what effect WILL this have on WISPs? What happens when Verizon rolls- > out the "in your car and in your home" package that rolls the EV-DO > card into your monthly bill and

Re: [WISPA] Chrysler to make wifi hotspot cars

2008-06-26 Thread Drew Lentz
More info from today's press release: Mopar(R) Launches Industry-First -- uconnect web(TM) Brings Wireless Internet Connectivity to Chrysler, Jeep(R) and Dodge Consumers - uconnect web(TM), Chrysler LLC's in-vehicle wireless Internet connectivity system, transforms a Chrysler, Jeep(R) or Dodge

Re: [WISPA] Chrysler to make wifi hotspot cars

2008-06-26 Thread Drew Lentz
My questions... #1. Noise floor anyone? 20 cars at an intersection all blaring 2.4 @ 20dBm or so? Metro Wi-Fi, ouch... #2. Why cut off the guy in front of you when you can disable his cars main computer with a handy gumstick type pc designed specifically to break into a cars networks? :) #3.

[WISPA] Blytheville, AR - Business Lead

2008-06-26 Thread Eric Rogers
I have a possible business lead for anyone that services Blytheville, AR. Please email me off-list if you do service this area. Thanks, Eric Rogers Precision Data Solutions, LLC (317) 831-3000 x200 WISPA

Re: [WISPA] OT: Dickson tn

2008-06-26 Thread Jim Patient
Blake, Please send me tower locations you have available in MO. We are expanding west and south of St Louis and need tower space. Thanx Jim Blake Bowers wrote: > I do have a bite, so when looking for a WISP, I > go to the WISPA General list. > > I am not a WISP, just a poor tower owner. > > I

[WISPA] Chrysler to make wifi hotspot cars

2008-06-26 Thread Rogelio
In your opinion, does this solution leave room for WISPs to sell these customers services? http://www.businessweek.com/ap/financialnews/D91H88101.htm *** People who buy Chrysler LLC vehicles next year will have the option of turnin

Re: [WISPA] MSOs investing heavily in wi-fi rollouts

2008-06-26 Thread Rogelio
Tom DeReggi wrote: > There is no benefit for a cable co to offer wifi, when they already > offer cable, that technically can deliver better speed inside the building. > So they need to price their Wifi, at about the same revenue that they'd > receive if they offered Cable in a building that had a

Re: [WISPA] free optics / MRV's Terescope soln

2008-06-26 Thread Javier Arigita
Nowadays I would not recommend to use a FSO in any case. They require a tremendous support since they have to be periodically aligned, cleaned... Moreover, if the building is high or you live in a windy area your link will get down many times a day. You have to take care about the direction of the

[WISPA] free optics / MRV's Terescope soln

2008-06-26 Thread Rogelio
I'm researching various free space optics solutions, particular MRV's Terescope with the backup radios (~$45K) http://www.mrv.com/products/line/terescope.php http://internetcommunications.tmcnet.com/news/2008/04/18/3395257.htm http://www.mrv.com/library/library.php?ctl=MRV-OTHER-MRW55-Prod http:/