[WISPA] New WISPA Vendor Member - Tony Morella of Demarc Technology Group, LLC
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. We are glad you are part of our team for a better industry. Here is a little about Demarc Technology Group in Tony's own words: Demarc Technology Group Inc has emerged as an industry leader in designing, manufacturing and distributing to thousands of high-speed wireless broadband communication systems all over the world since 2000. The core technology behind Demarc’s products is it revolutionary low-cost but extremely robust Wi-Fi and Wi-Max like technologies. Offering the most technically advanced wireless broadband communication equipment available in the 900 MHz, 2.4 GHz, 4.9 GHz and 5 GHz Wireless spectrums and employ direct sequence spread spectrum (DSSS) and Orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (OFDM) technology for robust connectivity and long range performance. Network Managers can easily connect office buildings, campuses and remote sites etc. The Wireless network is operational in a fraction of the time it takes to cable and install traditional Wired networks and can be remotely monitored and configured from anywhere in the world. Simplicity of use, ease of implementation and cost-effectiveness are the corner stones of our solutions. Installation is quick and easy Reliawave™ product suite offers a high-performance wireless broadband solution specifically tailored to meet the requests of Internet Service Providers (ISPs) and broadband telecommunications providers. Service Providers will utilize these solutions as alternatives to providing leased Telco lines for customer access to Internet service. Reliawave™ offers a complete wireless turnkey connectivity solution. Reliawave™ products go where hardwire products cannot and enable your company to expand its customer base without the Telco’s additional monthly recurring fees and without the dependence on the Telco infrastructure. Reliawave™'s products can be installed immediately - without waiting the standard 45 days or more for a Telco installation. As your company's network grows, Reliawave™ connections may be expanded incrementally to create a totally wireless network! Additional information about Demarc Technology Group Inc as well as an overview of our complete line of indoor and outdoor integrated Wireless CPEs, Access Points, Base Stations, antennas, bandwidth shapers, hotspot solution, cables and connectors can be found at the company's website http://www.demarctech.com/ or by contacting the company at 1-207-667-7583 or by e-mailing [EMAIL PROTECTED] WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
Re: [WISPA] Alvarion VL TRUTH
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. Absolutely great gear. We also had 5.2 and some 4.9 deployments that were very successful. The 4.9 gear performed perfectly as anticipated. I am no longer with that company, but they are still running strong with their ALV deployment. -drew Smith, Rick wrote: I need to hear from a WISP that's BOUGHT and USES Alvarion VL equipment. I need to hear real world pricing info, quantities, etc. If anyone can hit me off list, I'd like to throw a few emails back and forth. I'm wondering if my little town coverage project, which was going to be all cheap wifi equipment, would be better served by using VL as the backbone / heavy customer equipment. Got some other wonders... WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
Re: [WISPA] Skypilot
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 there on WISPA. I'm considering an equipment upgrade soon, and I did get ONE real world WISP last year who was using it with very good success who loves it. The idea of adding bandwidth with another gateway, etc. But how much bandwidth in a given area can that system really work with before interference becomes an issue - or can each new gateway actually use a different frequency? Also in terms of VOIP - if I use IAX2 / Asterisk to run VOIP, how much capacity can I expect per gateway, simultaneously. Thanks WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
Re: [WISPA] Skypilot
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 equipment on the tower replaces: redundant backhauls, ethernet switches, lots of sector panels, etc. It can be installed by 1 climber in probably less than 30 minutes. Nothing else I've found has close to these features. BelAir mentions it can be used for cellular backhaul - is it really capable of what it claims to be able to do? Is there a non-mesh endpoint unit that can be used, or am I forced to use a Belair unit on clients that want voice T1s? I just can't see Wi-Fi being able to handle 10 or 20 simultaneous calls - and the backhaul radios aren't unlicensed Wimax - just 802.11a. So maybe I need to go to Alvarion VL - but I wonder if they live up to their VOIP call claims on their tech sheets - Canopy Advantage couldn't in my testing, at 2.5 miles with 1 CPE on it it fell on its face... On Sun, 11 Nov 2007 12:08:59 -0600, Drew Lentz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 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 there on WISPA. I'm considering an equipment upgrade soon, and I did get ONE real world WISP last year who was using it with very good success who loves it. The idea of adding bandwidth with another gateway, etc. But how much bandwidth in a given area can that system really work with before interference becomes an issue - or can each new gateway actually use a different frequency? Also in terms of VOIP - if I use IAX2 / Asterisk to run VOIP, how much capacity can I expect per gateway, simultaneously. Thanks WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
Re: [WISPA] Alvarion VL TRUTH
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 .. 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. Absolutely great gear. We also had 5.2 and some 4.9 deployments that were very successful. The 4.9 gear performed perfectly as anticipated. I am no longer with that company, but they are still running strong with their ALV deployment. -drew Smith, Rick wrote: I need to hear from a WISP that's BOUGHT and USES Alvarion VL equipment. I need to hear real world pricing info, quantities, etc. If anyone can hit me off list, I'd like to throw a few emails back and forth. I'm wondering if my little town coverage project, which was going to be all cheap wifi equipment, would be better served by using VL as the backbone / heavy customer equipment. Got some other wonders... WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
Re: [WISPA] Alvarion VL TRUTH
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 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 .. 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. Absolutely great gear. We also had 5.2 and some 4.9 deployments that were very successful. The 4.9 gear performed perfectly as anticipated. I am no longer with that company, but they are still running strong with their ALV deployment. -drew Smith, Rick wrote: I need to hear from a WISP that's BOUGHT and USES Alvarion VL equipment. I need to hear real world pricing info, quantities, etc. If anyone can hit me off list, I'd like to throw a few emails back and forth. I'm wondering if my little town coverage project, which was going to be all cheap wifi equipment, would be better served by using VL as the backbone / heavy customer equipment. Got some other wonders... WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
Re: [WISPA] Skypilot
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 guarnatee (http://www.belairnetworks.com/about_belair/press_releases_view.cfm?p_id=120) on their gear, which should give you some peace of mind. As far as SkyPilot being the only one who offers those features like redundant backhaul, that's the benefit of mesh, not of the equipment manufacturer. If you are looking for a ton of coverage with less equipment, take a look at what Go Networks and Vivato have done with their beamforming technologies. Better spectral efficeincy to the client using the wifi standard is a great thing when it works. I have seen the Go gear work, and will be testing some Vivato later on this month! :) -drew [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 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 equipment on the tower replaces: redundant backhauls, ethernet switches, lots of sector panels, etc. It can be installed by 1 climber in probably less than 30 minutes. Nothing else I've found has close to these features. BelAir mentions it can be used for cellular backhaul - is it really capable of what it claims to be able to do? Is there a non-mesh endpoint unit that can be used, or am I forced to use a Belair unit on clients that want voice T1s? I just can't see Wi-Fi being able to handle 10 or 20 simultaneous calls - and the backhaul radios aren't unlicensed Wimax - just 802.11a. So maybe I need to go to Alvarion VL - but I wonder if they live up to their VOIP call claims on their tech sheets - Canopy Advantage couldn't in my testing, at 2.5 miles with 1 CPE on it it fell on its face... On Sun, 11 Nov 2007 12:08:59 -0600, Drew Lentz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 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 there on WISPA. I'm considering an equipment upgrade soon, and I did get ONE real world WISP last year who was using it with very good success who loves it. The idea of adding bandwidth with another gateway, etc. But how much bandwidth in a given area can that system really work with before interference becomes an issue - or can each new gateway actually use a different frequency? Also in terms of VOIP - if I use IAX2 / Asterisk to run VOIP, how much capacity can I expect per gateway, simultaneously. Thanks WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
