Re: [WISPA] Skypilot

2007-11-11 Thread Drew Lentz
SkyPilot does in fact do a great job at antenna switching ... and yes their radios can support up to 44db EIRP, but you are still dealing with a 30mw client most of the time. As far as supporting voice / qos though, it is still all Wifi. BeAir, from what I understand, now offers a SLA guarnat

Re: [WISPA] Alvarion VL TRUTH

2007-11-11 Thread Drew Lentz
We were using it to connect entire RV sites together with multiple VoIP users on it at once. With its over the air packet prioritization, we noticed a definite increase in call quality as well as call volume (number of calls, not how loud they are;)) -d [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Are you doing

Re: [WISPA] Alvarion VL TRUTH

2007-11-11 Thread dougr
Are you doing any significant VOIP on it (like 10+ VOIP calls on a single client unit, like T1 replacement)? On Sun, 11 Nov 2007 12:07:11 -0600, Drew Lentz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I deployed VL @ 5.8 across about a 6,000 sq. mi. coverage area in > Southern Texas. Roughly 21 basestations of it

Re: [WISPA] Skypilot

2007-11-11 Thread dougr
I have several reasons that I liked Skypilot in particular. For one thing, the sectorized omni approach meant I could use 1 unit to cover 360 degrees. Secondly, the smart antenna approach giving it 44db EIRP on the AP side. Third, the automatic redundancy, and fourth, the fact that 1 piece of eq

Re: [WISPA] Skypilot

2007-11-11 Thread Drew Lentz
Before jumping into the mesh space, I would look at all the technology that is out there, from 1st generation up to the current 4/5 generation. There's a ton of great equipment out there. Strix, Arrowspan, Go Networks, etc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I haven't heard much about Skypilot out the

Re: [WISPA] Alvarion VL TRUTH

2007-11-11 Thread Drew Lentz
I deployed VL @ 5.8 across about a 6,000 sq. mi. coverage area in Southern Texas. Roughly 21 basestations of it .. on the us / mexico border. It is a VERY noisy environment and this stuff worked magnificently. On the 3mb SUs we were seeing close to 3mb, on the 54mb SUs we were seeing up to 20mb

[WISPA] New WISPA Vendor Member - Tony Morella of Demarc Technology Group, LLC

2007-11-11 Thread John Scrivner
I love seeing the people who I first started talking to in my earliest days of forming my WISP. One who was always there helping out on the lists was Tony Morella. It is a pleasure to see him prospering as a vendor to WISPs and in now joining WISPA to show his support of our industry. Welcome Tony