[WISPA] Users Still Cling to Dialup

2008-07-04 Thread Stephen Patrick
online or take classes online. Of the rural Americans on dialup, 24 percent said they would upgrade if it was available in their area, whereas only 11 percent of suburban users in areas of non-availability and 3 percent of urban users would upgrade." Regards

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] mission critical 100Mbps links

2008-06-18 Thread Stephen Patrick
No problem and great to hear from you Brad. Just for the record, here we have the "English Summer". Take that as a daily lottery of whether it's going to be sunny, drizzle or deluge. Most probably explains why we Brits all talk about the weather - it's just so random. Best regards Stephen ---

Re: [WISPA] mission critical 100Mbps links

2008-06-18 Thread Stephen Patrick
Excellent discussion going here, I'd propose something similar to Brad, with a single antenna, but with a combiner and dual ODUs for licensed on both paths. Those go down to separate IDUs, with separate Ethernet ports to different upstreams or routers. That gives you complete isolation i.e. no

Re: [WISPA] Future -SPECTRUM MARKET PLACE

2008-04-24 Thread Stephen Patrick
very interesting comments or experiences - and possibly corrections too - Regards Stephen Patrick == Cablefree Solutions Ltd www.cablefreesolutions.com == -Original Message- From: Jack Unger [mailto:[EMAIL PROTE

Re: [WISPA] Future

2008-04-23 Thread Stephen Patrick
M for P2MP. Fading, variable channel characteristics particularly for non-LOS and of course noise at the RX I am sure are key reasons. Other spectral efficiencies in newer systems are gained with MIMO in it's various permutations. Comments/corrections welcome - Regards Steph

Re: [WISPA] Wi-Fi Blocking Paint

2008-04-23 Thread Stephen Patrick
I wonder if it also works well as WiMax-blocking paint ... == Stephen Patrick Cablefree Solutions Ltd Web:www.cablefreesolutions.com == -Original Message- From: Kurt Fankhauser [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: [WISPA] 30megs @ 10MHz

2008-02-14 Thread Stephen Patrick
ingle polarisation, and mostly on narrower channels (3.5, 7, 10MHz, though there is a 20MHz defined, not all chipsets can do it). Higher order modulation, plus H and V polarisations over 30MHz is how Orthogon achieves high P2P throughput in the spectrum. Regards Stephen Patrick -Original Message-

RE: [WISPA] MT announces RB192 and RB333

2007-08-04 Thread Stephen Patrick
designs are cheaper. Well that depends on your deployments - some environments cope with non-isolated roof/tower-top devices fine - and some don't. Important to consider that. I hope that comment is of help - Regards Stephen Patrick CableFree Solutions -Original Message- From: Trav

RE: [WISPA] Nstreme2 Link & Pacwireless

2007-08-02 Thread Stephen Patrick
I don't want this to appear an advert, because that wouldn't go down well on WISPA. But reading the posts, thought it might be of interest to note our co makes complete x86 boxes with 500MHz or 1GHz CPUs that run Nstreme2 at full speed (77Mbps Full Duplex with bandwidth test utility) with plenty o

RE: [WISPA] Google makes it official -- putting up $4.6 billion

2007-07-21 Thread Stephen Patrick
And this of course is the corp with the corporate motto: "Don't be evil." http://investor.google.com/conduct.html I'm sure we all hope they stand to that themselves - Regards Stephen CableFree Solutions -Original Message- From: Travis Johnson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 21 July 2

RE: Not Babble: WAS Re: [WISPA] MT Babble

2007-06-11 Thread Stephen Patrick
This "FCC country-code-lock-down" question is interesting. Doing a quick "google" I found this: http://www.cisco.com/univercd/cc/td/doc/product/wireless/airo1200/accsspts/a p120scg/bkscgaxa.htm Don't know how up-to-date those lists are, as it was posted in 2003. Clearly some countries (e.g. Japan)

RE: [WISPA] Fw: [WISP] Nifty new tool for the cable ops

2007-05-02 Thread Stephen Patrick
m coming along? Any information you can share yet? Best, Brad -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Stephen Patrick Sent: Wednesday, May 02, 2007 10:56 AM To: WISPA General List Subject: RE: [WISPA] Fw: [WISP] Nifty new tool for the cable ops

RE: [WISPA] Fw: [WISP] Nifty new tool for the cable ops

2007-05-02 Thread Stephen Patrick
Zack, you flatter us! Seriously, answering a few questions that were voiced - 30degrees is very wide for FSO - the link budgets for 350feet (~100m) would normally entail a narrower beam. - I don't believe Plaintree use automatic tracking, but they could speak for themselves of course - Automatic t

RE: [WISPA] FCC requests .. Bob M. what about FSO

2007-03-28 Thread Stephen Patrick
be better used for your longer shots. Regards Stephen Patrick CableFree Solutions www.cablefreesolutions.com -Original Message- From: George Rogato [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 28 March 2007 05:47 To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] FCC requests .. Bob M. what about FSO Hey

RE: [WISPA] Using DECT phones to avoid interference issues.

2007-03-22 Thread Stephen Patrick
.. There are also now dual-mode DECT/Skype phones, which I like the look of ... Also, in EU DECT is very popular for cordless home phones, and they have nice looks/features. [helpful post, BTW, Ralph] Best regards Stephen Patrick CableFree Solutions www.cablefreesolutions.com -Original

RE: [WISPA] PtP pricing

2007-03-16 Thread Stephen Patrick
happens as the MMW market matures. Look forward to hearing more on this debate - Best regards Stephen Patrick CableFree Solutions -Original Message- From: Tom DeReggi [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 16 March 2007 15:38 To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] PtP pricing Stephen, Exc

RE: [WISPA] PtP pricing

2007-03-16 Thread Stephen Patrick
WISPs. Questions/comments welcome - Best regards Stephen Patrick CableFree Solutions www.cablefreesolutions.com [mail sent in text format: advance apologies if it arrives in HTML, our ISP/mail server is the culprit when this happens] -Original Message- From: George Rogato [mailto:[EMA

RE: [WISPA] $100 CPE?

2006-06-28 Thread Stephen Patrick
Title: RE: [WISPA] $100 CPE? ... and that being said, when we did testing on our radios for CE, tests included "conducted emissions" which meant in one test, emissions from the cat5 cable connecting our radio unit to the POE injector. A well-known brand, clearly stamped "CE" and "FCC" approva

RE: [WISPA] frame size and fps - was OT: about 70Mbps for under $ 6K

2006-06-23 Thread Stephen Patrick
Title: Message Dear Travis,   We have "end user pricing" and "reseller/WISP" pricing and the two are different; that keeps margin in there for resellers to sell the product on, which is why our price list isn't on the website: just a matter of history, 60-70% of our customers are corporates

RE: [WISPA] frame size and fps - was OT: about 70Mbps for under $ 6K

2006-06-22 Thread Stephen Patrick
Title: Message Hi Charles,   Well I can't comment on what software Alvarion uses - they of course can. Sure we can share more information with people on our solution.  It uses a passively-cooled, 1GHz CPU in outdoor grade housing with a powerful architecture capable of driving 5 radio card

RE: [WISPA] frame size and fps - was OT: about 70Mbps for under $ 6K

2006-06-20 Thread Stephen Patrick
Title: RE: [WISPA] frame size and fps - was OT: about 70Mbps for under $ 6K Nice one Jeff... Absolutely  right - and our over-priced currency deserves some stick, not us (the people) :-) -Original Message- From: Jeff Broadwick [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 20 June 2006 21:

RE: [WISPA] frame size and fps - was OT: about 70Mbps for under $ 6K

2006-06-20 Thread Stephen Patrick
Title: RE: [WISPA] frame size and fps - was OT: about 70Mbps for under $ 6K Hi there, Not detracting from this great debate, but I'd have to make some Mikrotik comments at this point. We use their OS in our radios and the "end product" we have on the market does out-perform several well-know

RE: [WISPA] 2.4GHz Omni in 5.8GHz

2006-06-03 Thread Stephen Patrick
Title: RE: [WISPA] 2.4GHz Omni in 5.8GHz Mars - Have tried them, are fine. Regards -Original Message- From: Paul Hendry [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 03 June 2006 23:02 To: 'WISPA General List' Subject: RE: [WISPA] 2.4GHz Omni in 5.8GHz Because I can't find any. Got a good

RE: [WISPA] Wimax Hardware for sale?

2006-05-05 Thread Stephen Patrick
Title: RE: [WISPA] Wimax Hardware for sale? Absolutely right regarding non-WiMax solution - Well worth a look at systems built using Mikrotik O/S, which supports 5, 10, 20 and 40MHz channels, and the latest atheros cards. Very feature-rich and good hardware support from various vendors (inclu