Re: [WISPA] OT - Patrick has left Alvarion

2008-06-17 Thread George Rogato
Wow Patrick, After thinking about how to congratulate you on a long successful and distinguished career and to offer you some thanks for being part of the last 10 years, which indeed has been a very exciting ride. Here's what came to my mind: (Think baritone and skip the mushy stuff) Memries,

Re: [WISPA] Trango Link 45

2008-06-17 Thread Matt Liotta
We have a large number of these radios in our network and are happy with them. WIth that being said, make sure you understand that the Trango link test uses 1600 byte frames. Most networks will make use of 1500 byte MTUs, so your practical throughput is going to be lower than the results

Re: [WISPA] OT - Patrick has left Alvarion

2008-06-17 Thread John Scrivner
Patrick, I hope you have a wonderful summer. The time off will be good for you and your family I am sure. I look forward to working with you in your new venture when you get back to us. Until then enjoy that free time! Send us a link to some pictures from Florida. I love it there. By the way, I

Re: [WISPA] OT - Patrick has left Alvarion

2008-06-17 Thread Patrick Leary
Thanks Butch. It is actually a surprise to even some Alvarion insiders, many of whom did not know until last night when I sent a message to Alvarion folks. The name Sageni is a hybrid of the words sage and genie. I made it up. It is meant to imply something along the lines of the insights and

Re: [WISPA] OT - Patrick has left Alvarion

2008-06-17 Thread Patrick Leary
Thanks George, but fortunately I am not dead :) On Tue, Jun 17, 2008 at 5:08 AM, George Rogato [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Wow Patrick, After thinking about how to congratulate you on a long successful and distinguished career and to offer you some thanks for being part of the last 10 years,

Re: [WISPA] modulation question

2008-06-17 Thread Chuck McCown - 2
Bryan Scott brought up an important point: You can put QAM subcarriers on OFDM. But you can put almost any other type of subcarrier on OFDM too. That may be a confusing thing. OFDM is method of putting multiple FM modulated carriers on the air. Almost like sending multiple channels containing

Re: [WISPA] OT - Patrick has left Alvarion

2008-06-17 Thread Patrick Leary
Sorry for not getting back John. There is no cell phone coverage where we are temporarily staying (on the Weeki Wachee River) and I blissfully have not been checking v-mails. This is a gorgeous and little known part of FL, even though it is just one hour north or Tampa. It is the southern edge of

Re: [WISPA] modulation question

2008-06-17 Thread Chuck McCown - 2
what is a sub carrier? For IP guys, think of VLANs. You can cram a bunch of VLANs on an Ethernet link. Each VLAN appears to be its own Ethernet link. But to the trunk, all the VLANs appear just to be payload data. Same thing with RF. The on-the-air signal is modulated. OFDM or FM (or

[WISPA] Sandbagging the levy

2008-06-17 Thread Chuck McCown - 2
OK, I fill in one hole and another appeared. (Thanks Brian) I honestly don't know if Orthogon puts the QAM directly on each discrete RF carrier of the OFDM scheme or if those carriers are FMed with a subcarrier containing QAM. So, let me retreat to a previous statement that I still believe to

[WISPA] Rapid Link Announces Strong 2nd Quarter 2008 Financial Results

2008-06-17 Thread Mike Prachar
- Net Income Positive, $4 Million Improvement in Working Capital, Acquisition Completed of One Ring Networks, Results Exceed Management's Expectations - OMAHA, NE - June 17, 2008 - Rapid Link, Incorporated (OTCBB: RPID), one of the leading providers of WiMAX and Communication Services, announced

Re: [WISPA] Sandbagging the levy

2008-06-17 Thread Chuck McCown - 2
BTW, the 93 flood in the midwest was called a 500 year flood. I lived in Quincy, Illinois then and lost some good test gear to the water. Doesn't seem like it has been 500 years since that flood but time does fly. In any event, I feel for you guys in the middle of the country. I filled many

Re: [WISPA] Sandbagging the levy

2008-06-17 Thread Victoria Proffer
I believe the 93 flood was called the 100 year flood. I filled sandbags that year, as well in a town called Sainte Genevieve, MO (70 miles south of St. Louis). The National Guard took me on a photo op and the area was around Kaskaskia Island was totally obliterated. There were cows on roofs and

Re: [WISPA] OT - Patrick has left Alvarion

2008-06-17 Thread Victoria Proffer
Wow, the Chief Evangelist of BreezeMax err, Alvarion now retiring or leaving the company that he helped to successfully build, that is unbelievable. Patrick, I know that I am not alone is saying this, you have personally helped this industry to be become what it is today. Your passion for this

Re: [WISPA] Sandbagging the levy

2008-06-17 Thread Chuck McCown
In Quincy, we had one of the few levees that held until a nut went over and pulled some bags off the top and made it fail on purpose. He had recently been released from jail after serving a term for arson of a school. The local TV station interviewed him as the breech was happening and he was

Re: [WISPA] OT - Patrick has left Alvarion

2008-06-17 Thread Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181
This is a big step for you Patrick. I, for one, and glad you are taking it. Your insight and passion are a great benefit to anyone you work for/with. Having the Entrepreneur perspective to go with your corporate insider experience will make your future advice even more valuable. If there's

[WISPA] thoughts on winncom for pt-to-pt soln?

2008-06-17 Thread Rogelio
Has anyone used these wireless point to point products? http://www.winncom.com/products.aspx?grcode=WPP I found this while googling for affordable point to point, high speed bridge solutions between line of site buildings. (Any other suggestions would be greatly appreciated. This is for a

Re: [WISPA] Rapid Link Executive to be Featured at BroadbandWireless World Conference in Las Vegas, Nevada

2008-06-17 Thread Mike Hammett
I don't think that at all, however... I am far too lazy to look it up, but there have been multiple press releases on the same subject in the past, which has soured the group to RapidLink press releases. -- Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com -

Re: [WISPA] Rapid Link Executive to be Featured at BroadbandWireless World Conference in Las Vegas, Nevada

2008-06-17 Thread Matt Liotta
On Jun 17, 2008, at 7:10 PM, Mike Hammett wrote: I am far too lazy to look it up, but there have been multiple press releases on the same subject in the past, which has soured the group to RapidLink press releases. There have never been multiple press releases on the same subject.

[WISPA] Press Releases Decision

2008-06-17 Thread Rick Harnish
The WISPA board has discussed this matter of Unauthorized Press Releases on the WISPA listservs. Our consensus is that if any WISP or Vendor wants to make Press Releases they should send them to Rick Harnish [EMAIL PROTECTED] or Matt Larsen [EMAIL PROTECTED] for release on the WISPA Homepage.

Re: [WISPA] modulation question

2008-06-17 Thread Tom DeReggi
Chuck, Nice posts! Thanks for the clarification.(PS. I clearly had some misunderstanding/FUD in my last post, regarding QAM.) While you are at it Can you comment a bit on OFDM, regarding the math, of what occurs to power levels as it divides into subcarriers and recombines on the

Re: [WISPA] OT - Patrick has left Alvarion

2008-06-17 Thread Tom DeReggi
I'm glad some one asked. Great name! Tom DeReggi RapidDSL Wireless, Inc IntAirNet- Fixed Wireless Broadband - Original Message - From: Patrick Leary [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: WISPA General List wireless@wispa.org Sent: Tuesday, June 17, 2008 8:40 AM Subject: Re: [WISPA] OT - Patrick has

[WISPA] Investors buy Philly Wi-Fi Network

2008-06-17 Thread Jack Unger
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080618/ap_on_hi_te/wireless_philadelphia;_ylt=AudeGoT7bGbEU4NC4Yj1qJNk24cA -- Jack Unger - President, Ask-Wi.Com, Inc. Serving the Broadband Wireless Industry Since 1993 Cisco Press Author - Deploying License-Free Wireless WANs Vendor-Neutral Wireless

[WISPA] How much data

2008-06-17 Thread Sales
Ok silly question that has probably been asked a million times. But if a user had a 1M connection how much data in Megs could he transfer if it ran at maximum capacity for 24 hours? Thanks, John Buwa WISPA Wants

Re: [WISPA] How much data

2008-06-17 Thread D. Ryan Spott
There is a handy calculator here: http://www.tranzeofaq.com/bandwidthcalc.html ryan On Jun 17, 2008, at 6:55 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ok silly question that has probably been asked a million times. But if a user had a 1M connection how much data in Megs could he transfer if it ran

Re: [WISPA] modulation question

2008-06-17 Thread Chuck McCown - 2
Each system is different as to the number of carriers and a different number of modulation levels on the carriers. Basically it is Shannon's law which defines the maximum rate of data that can be transmitted over a channel. But no real system can hit the Shannon limit. The imperfections in

Re: [WISPA] How much data

2008-06-17 Thread Ryan Langseth
Here is another one (written by a friend of mine) it will calculate the missing value (time, speed, or size) http://therub.org/calc/ another good option is google calc: http://www.google.com/search?hl=enclient=firefox-arls=org.mozilla%3Aen-US%3Aofficialhs=Cd7q=1+Mbps+*+24+hoursbtnG=Search

[WISPA] mission critical 100Mbps links

2008-06-17 Thread RickG
Any opinions on 100Mbps radios for mission critical 100Mbps PTP links? I need to go 10-15 miles. Licensed or unlicensed OK. -RickG WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/

Re: [WISPA] mission critical 100Mbps links

2008-06-17 Thread Travis Johnson
Dragonwave has been our best radio ever. 18ghz with 2ft dishes shooting 13 miles for 9 months without missing a single ping. We push about 50Mbps across it daily. Trango also has their 18ghz product that is less money than Dragonwave. You can purchase a Trango 100Mbps 18ghz set with 2ft dishes

Re: [WISPA] mission critical 100Mbps links

2008-06-17 Thread CHUCK PROFITO
Travis, What would you use or be cost effective, to get 50Mbps throughput 27 miles Chuck Profito 209-988-7388 CV-ACCESS, INC [EMAIL PROTECTED] Providing High Speed Broadband to Rural Central California -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of

Re: [WISPA] mission critical 100Mbps links

2008-06-17 Thread Chuck McCown - 2
How critical? Harris Constellation full hot standby space diversity is about as mission critical as you can get with microwave. That would be licensed. A little less critical would be Dragonwave. We use them and love them. Put up a double set redundant system with STP. Trango 18 GHz stuff

Re: [WISPA] mission critical 100Mbps links

2008-06-17 Thread Chuck McCown - 2
Trango 45 is supposed to do 45 Mbps at 45 miles for less than $2K per system. - Original Message - From: CHUCK PROFITO [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: 'WISPA General List' wireless@wispa.org Sent: Tuesday, June 17, 2008 10:15 PM Subject: Re: [WISPA] mission critical 100Mbps links Travis, What

Re: [WISPA] mission critical 100Mbps links

2008-06-17 Thread CHUCK PROFITO
Thank you, we'll look into it Chuck Profito 209-988-7388 CV-ACCESS, INC [EMAIL PROTECTED] Providing High Speed Broadband to Rural Central California -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Chuck McCown - 2 Sent: Tuesday, June 17, 2008 10:09 PM

Re: [WISPA] OT - Patrick has left Alvarion

2008-06-17 Thread Scottie Arnett
Hey Patrick, any chance of going to Moto and convincing them to get their 900 product, or for that matter, all their product up to par as far as pps and bandwidth goes compared to what Alvarion was releasing when you left? It would be nice, but I know they WERE a large part of your competition