RE: [WISPA] Alvarion VL as a PtMP Platform

2006-01-05 Thread Charles Wu
Hi Matt,

Can you please shed some light on your 3.65 GHz license?

To my knowledge (and we work with the FCC on licensing almost on a daily
basis) -- 3.65 GHz is not yet legally licensable for commercial common
carrier applications

-Charles

---
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March 13-15, 2006
http://www.winog.com 



-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
Behalf Of Matt Liotta
Sent: Thursday, January 05, 2006 8:44 AM
To: WISPA General List
Subject: Re: [WISPA] Alvarion VL as a PtMP Platform


Is there any vendor besides Aperto that has product that will work with 
our 3.65Ghz license?

-Matt

Brad Larson wrote:

Jeff, LOL. Be careful who you're listening to. Like I said, there is 
allot of total BS out there being spread by certain 
people/manufacturer's. There are several waves of certifications 
coming. Just because we didn't show up for the first wave doesn't mean 
we don't have a product. When the others get caught up Alvarion will be 
there for the real test phases. Brad
  
http://www.techworld.com/mobility/features/index.cfm?featureID=2021
http://www.alvarion-usa.com/presscenter/pressreleases/2109/
http://www.alvarion-usa.com/presscenter/pressreleases/




-Original Message-
From: jeffrey thomas [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, January 04, 2006 8:50 PM
To: WISPA General List; 'WISPA General List'
Subject: RE: [WISPA] Alvarion VL as a PtMP Platform



3.5 / 2.5 / 5.8

Alvarion I believe from what I heard was waiting for the QOS revision 
to be agreed on.

-

Jeff


On Wed, 4 Jan 2006 17:34:42 -0800 , Brad Larson 
[EMAIL PROTECTED] said:
  

Jeff, In what Frequency? There is allot of BS out there in the first 
wave of testing for those that have yet to get a product to market. We 
can discuss
if you would like? Brad



-Original Message-
From: jeffrey thomas [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, January 04, 2006 8:29 PM
To: WISPA General List; WISPA General List
Subject: Re: [WISPA] Alvarion VL as a PtMP Platform


The only product on the market today that will have backwards 
compatibility to wimax where a cpe can talk to a wimax base station is 
Aperto. Additionally,
Alvarion will not be one of the first round products certified for
wimax,
Airspan and Aperto however, will be. 

-

Jeff



On Wed, 04 Jan 2006 15:22:30 -0600, John Scrivner 
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
said:


Is there a firmware upgrade path for WiMAX through the VL product 
line
or is it a hardware change? Feel free to have someone contact me offlist
  


  

for pricing information. I have a need for a PtMP system with more
capacity than I have now with my current system. I do not know of many 
systems that meet the specs you list here and I already know many people
  


  

are quite fond of the product.

Maybe this time the price won't drive me away as has been the case in
the past. Please do not take that as a slam. It is not. I know the 
quality is there and it is a matter of economics for me only that has 
ever kept me away from Alvarion products. You guys build good stuff and 
in some markets the price is easily recovered through ROI.
Thanks,
Scriv



Brad Larson wrote:

  

John, Typically 4 sector base stations are built with either 5.3 or 
a licensed link as backhaul. With BreezeAccess VL, true data sector 
performance is 28 meg's in a 20 Mhz channel and half that in 10 Mhz


Next
  

firmware release is going to mid 30's in a 20 Mhz channel (again 
true


data


rates). I know of one sector that has 200 sub's attached although 
most sectors have less than 100. This customer looked at most 
manufacturer's


gear


and concluded Alvarion had the management feature sets, ease of 
batch processing for firmware uploads, obstructed NLOS for their 
application,


and


a host of other likes including Alvarion's support infrastructure.

To be honest I don't think we have many Alvarion Operators that


subscribe
  

here but that doesn't mean there aren't a crap load of them out 
there


which


should be obviuos to everyone. Typically our Operators use Alvarion


support


Application Engineers and Alvarion web servers such as Mike Cowan's 
at


ACC


when needed.

This could end up being a long dialog about the differences in


operators,
  

products, and ROI models but I won't go there. Brad



 



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Re: [WISPA] Alvarion VL as a PtMP Platform

2006-01-05 Thread Matt Liotta
This has been discussed in depth on the private WISPA list. The FCC is 
giving 3.65Ghz licenses for experimental purposes, which you can use to 
provide customers with service. However, it may not be a wise business 
decision to rely on experimental spectrum, which can go away at any time.


-Matt

Charles Wu wrote:


Hi Matt,

Can you please shed some light on your 3.65 GHz license?

To my knowledge (and we work with the FCC on licensing almost on a daily
basis) -- 3.65 GHz is not yet legally licensable for commercial common
carrier applications

-Charles

---
WiNOG Austin, TX
March 13-15, 2006
http://www.winog.com 




-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
Behalf Of Matt Liotta
Sent: Thursday, January 05, 2006 8:44 AM
To: WISPA General List
Subject: Re: [WISPA] Alvarion VL as a PtMP Platform


Is there any vendor besides Aperto that has product that will work with 
our 3.65Ghz license?


-Matt

Brad Larson wrote:

 

Jeff, LOL. Be careful who you're listening to. Like I said, there is 
allot of total BS out there being spread by certain 
people/manufacturer's. There are several waves of certifications 
coming. Just because we didn't show up for the first wave doesn't mean 
we don't have a product. When the others get caught up Alvarion will be 
there for the real test phases. Brad


http://www.techworld.com/mobility/features/index.cfm?featureID=2021
http://www.alvarion-usa.com/presscenter/pressreleases/2109/
http://www.alvarion-usa.com/presscenter/pressreleases/




-Original Message-
From: jeffrey thomas [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, January 04, 2006 8:50 PM
To: WISPA General List; 'WISPA General List'
Subject: RE: [WISPA] Alvarion VL as a PtMP Platform



3.5 / 2.5 / 5.8

Alvarion I believe from what I heard was waiting for the QOS revision 
to be agreed on.


-

Jeff


On Wed, 4 Jan 2006 17:34:42 -0800 , Brad Larson 
[EMAIL PROTECTED] said:



   

Jeff, In what Frequency? There is allot of BS out there in the first 
wave of testing for those that have yet to get a product to market. We 
can discuss

if you would like? Brad



-Original Message-
From: jeffrey thomas [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, January 04, 2006 8:29 PM
To: WISPA General List; WISPA General List
Subject: Re: [WISPA] Alvarion VL as a PtMP Platform


The only product on the market today that will have backwards 
compatibility to wimax where a cpe can talk to a wimax base station is 
Aperto. Additionally,

Alvarion will not be one of the first round products certified for
wimax,
Airspan and Aperto however, will be. 


-

Jeff



On Wed, 04 Jan 2006 15:22:30 -0600, John Scrivner 
[EMAIL PROTECTED]

said:
  

 

Is there a firmware upgrade path for WiMAX through the VL product 
line

or is it a hardware change? Feel free to have someone contact me offlist


   




   


for pricing information. I have a need for a PtMP system with more
capacity than I have now with my current system. I do not know of many 
systems that meet the specs you list here and I already know many people


   




   


are quite fond of the product.

Maybe this time the price won't drive me away as has been the case in
the past. Please do not take that as a slam. It is not. I know the 
quality is there and it is a matter of economics for me only that has 
ever kept me away from Alvarion products. You guys build good stuff and 
in some markets the price is easily recovered through ROI.

Thanks,
Scriv



Brad Larson wrote:



   

John, Typically 4 sector base stations are built with either 5.3 or 
a licensed link as backhaul. With BreezeAccess VL, true data sector 
performance is 28 meg's in a 20 Mhz channel and half that in 10 Mhz
  

 


Next


   

firmware release is going to mid 30's in a 20 Mhz channel (again 
true
  

 


data
  

 

rates). I know of one sector that has 200 sub's attached although 
most sectors have less than 100. This customer looked at most 
manufacturer's
  

 


gear
  

 

and concluded Alvarion had the management feature sets, ease of 
batch processing for firmware uploads, obstructed NLOS for their 
application,
  

 


and
  

 


a host of other likes including Alvarion's support infrastructure.

To be honest I don't think we have many Alvarion Operators that
  

 


subscribe


   

here but that doesn't mean there aren't a crap load of them out 
there
  

 


which
  

 


should be obviuos to everyone. Typically our Operators use Alvarion
  

 


support
  

 

Application Engineers and Alvarion web servers such as Mike Cowan's 
at
  

 


ACC
  

 


when needed.

This could end up being a long dialog about the differences in
  

 


operators,


   


products, and ROI models but I won't go there. Brad





  

 


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RE: [WISPA] Alvarion VL as a PtMP Platform

2006-01-05 Thread Charles Wu
Yes -- experimental licenses have been available for quite some time now --
we have one =)
But if you read the FCC rules closely -- there are A LOT of limitations, and
no, running a business off such a license is a BAD IDEA

-Charles


---
WiNOG Austin, TX
March 13-15, 2006
http://www.winog.com 



-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
Behalf Of Matt Liotta
Sent: Thursday, January 05, 2006 2:13 PM
To: WISPA General List
Subject: Re: [WISPA] Alvarion VL as a PtMP Platform


This has been discussed in depth on the private WISPA list. The FCC is 
giving 3.65Ghz licenses for experimental purposes, which you can use to 
provide customers with service. However, it may not be a wise business 
decision to rely on experimental spectrum, which can go away at any time.

-Matt

Charles Wu wrote:

Hi Matt,

Can you please shed some light on your 3.65 GHz license?

To my knowledge (and we work with the FCC on licensing almost on a 
daily
basis) -- 3.65 GHz is not yet legally licensable for commercial common
carrier applications

-Charles

---
WiNOG Austin, TX
March 13-15, 2006
http://www.winog.com



-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On 
Behalf Of Matt Liotta
Sent: Thursday, January 05, 2006 8:44 AM
To: WISPA General List
Subject: Re: [WISPA] Alvarion VL as a PtMP Platform


Is there any vendor besides Aperto that has product that will work with
our 3.65Ghz license?

-Matt

Brad Larson wrote:

  

Jeff, LOL. Be careful who you're listening to. Like I said, there is
allot of total BS out there being spread by certain 
people/manufacturer's. There are several waves of certifications 
coming. Just because we didn't show up for the first wave doesn't mean 
we don't have a product. When the others get caught up Alvarion will be 
there for the real test phases. Brad
 
http://www.techworld.com/mobility/features/index.cfm?featureID=2021
http://www.alvarion-usa.com/presscenter/pressreleases/2109/
http://www.alvarion-usa.com/presscenter/pressreleases/




-Original Message-
From: jeffrey thomas [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, January 04, 2006 8:50 PM
To: WISPA General List; 'WISPA General List'
Subject: RE: [WISPA] Alvarion VL as a PtMP Platform



3.5 / 2.5 / 5.8

Alvarion I believe from what I heard was waiting for the QOS revision
to be agreed on.

-

Jeff


On Wed, 4 Jan 2006 17:34:42 -0800 , Brad Larson
[EMAIL PROTECTED] said:
 



Jeff, In what Frequency? There is allot of BS out there in the first
wave of testing for those that have yet to get a product to market. We 
can discuss
if you would like? Brad



-Original Message-
From: jeffrey thomas [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, January 04, 2006 8:29 PM
To: WISPA General List; WISPA General List
Subject: Re: [WISPA] Alvarion VL as a PtMP Platform


The only product on the market today that will have backwards
compatibility to wimax where a cpe can talk to a wimax base station is 
Aperto. Additionally,
Alvarion will not be one of the first round products certified for
wimax,
Airspan and Aperto however, will be. 

-

Jeff



On Wed, 04 Jan 2006 15:22:30 -0600, John Scrivner
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
said:
   

  

Is there a firmware upgrade path for WiMAX through the VL product
line
or is it a hardware change? Feel free to have someone contact me offlist
 



 



for pricing information. I have a need for a PtMP system with more 
capacity than I have now with my current system. I do not know of 
many systems that meet the specs you list here and I already know 
many people
 



 



are quite fond of the product.

Maybe this time the price won't drive me away as has been the case 
in the past. Please do not take that as a slam. It is not. I know 
the quality is there and it is a matter of economics for me only 
that has ever kept me away from Alvarion products. You guys build 
good stuff and in some markets the price is easily recovered through 
ROI. Thanks, Scriv



Brad Larson wrote:

 



John, Typically 4 sector base stations are built with either 5.3 or
a licensed link as backhaul. With BreezeAccess VL, true data sector 
performance is 28 meg's in a 20 Mhz channel and half that in 10 Mhz
   

  

Next
 



firmware release is going to mid 30's in a 20 Mhz channel (again
true
   

  

data
   

  

rates). I know of one sector that has 200 sub's attached although
most sectors have less than 100. This customer looked at most 
manufacturer's
   

  

gear
   

  

and concluded Alvarion had the management feature sets, ease of
batch processing for firmware uploads, obstructed NLOS for their 
application,
   

  

and
   

  

a host of other likes including Alvarion's support infrastructure.

To be honest I don't think we have many Alvarion Operators

Re: [WISPA] Alvarion VL as a PtMP Platform

2006-01-05 Thread Jeffrey Thomas
There are operators who applied for say, an experimental license with  
500 subscribers

testing the RF portion of the service.

It is a risk, but since that spectrum is slated to be unlicensed, I  
doubt the risk is too great.


-

Jeff



On Jan 5, 2006, at 12:17 PM, Charles Wu wrote:

Yes -- experimental licenses have been available for quite some  
time now --

we have one =)
But if you read the FCC rules closely -- there are A LOT of  
limitations, and

no, running a business off such a license is a BAD IDEA

-Charles


---
WiNOG Austin, TX
March 13-15, 2006
http://www.winog.com



-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:wireless- 
[EMAIL PROTECTED] On

Behalf Of Matt Liotta
Sent: Thursday, January 05, 2006 2:13 PM
To: WISPA General List
Subject: Re: [WISPA] Alvarion VL as a PtMP Platform


This has been discussed in depth on the private WISPA list. The FCC is
giving 3.65Ghz licenses for experimental purposes, which you can  
use to

provide customers with service. However, it may not be a wise business
decision to rely on experimental spectrum, which can go away at any  
time.


-Matt

Charles Wu wrote:


Hi Matt,

Can you please shed some light on your 3.65 GHz license?

To my knowledge (and we work with the FCC on licensing almost on a
daily
basis) -- 3.65 GHz is not yet legally licensable for commercial  
common

carrier applications

-Charles

---
WiNOG Austin, TX
March 13-15, 2006
http://www.winog.com



-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:wireless- 
[EMAIL PROTECTED] On

Behalf Of Matt Liotta
Sent: Thursday, January 05, 2006 8:44 AM
To: WISPA General List
Subject: Re: [WISPA] Alvarion VL as a PtMP Platform


Is there any vendor besides Aperto that has product that will work  
with

our 3.65Ghz license?

-Matt

Brad Larson wrote:




Jeff, LOL. Be careful who you're listening to. Like I said, there is
allot of total BS out there being spread by certain
people/manufacturer's. There are several waves of certifications
coming. Just because we didn't show up for the first wave doesn't  
mean
we don't have a product. When the others get caught up Alvarion  
will be

there for the real test phases. Brad

http://www.techworld.com/mobility/features/index.cfm?featureID=2021
http://www.alvarion-usa.com/presscenter/pressreleases/2109/
http://www.alvarion-usa.com/presscenter/pressreleases/




-Original Message-
From: jeffrey thomas [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, January 04, 2006 8:50 PM
To: WISPA General List; 'WISPA General List'
Subject: RE: [WISPA] Alvarion VL as a PtMP Platform



3.5 / 2.5 / 5.8

Alvarion I believe from what I heard was waiting for the QOS  
revision

to be agreed on.

-

Jeff


On Wed, 4 Jan 2006 17:34:42 -0800 , Brad Larson
[EMAIL PROTECTED] said:




Jeff, In what Frequency? There is allot of BS out there in the  
first
wave of testing for those that have yet to get a product to  
market. We

can discuss
if you would like? Brad



-Original Message-
From: jeffrey thomas [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, January 04, 2006 8:29 PM
To: WISPA General List; WISPA General List
Subject: Re: [WISPA] Alvarion VL as a PtMP Platform


The only product on the market today that will have backwards
compatibility to wimax where a cpe can talk to a wimax base  
station is

Aperto. Additionally,
Alvarion will not be one of the first round products certified for
wimax,
Airspan and Aperto however, will be.

-

Jeff



On Wed, 04 Jan 2006 15:22:30 -0600, John Scrivner
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
said:





Is there a firmware upgrade path for WiMAX through the VL product
line
or is it a hardware change? Feel free to have someone contact  
me offlist











for pricing information. I have a need for a PtMP system with more
capacity than I have now with my current system. I do not know of
many systems that meet the specs you list here and I already know
many people










are quite fond of the product.

Maybe this time the price won't drive me away as has been the case
in the past. Please do not take that as a slam. It is not. I know
the quality is there and it is a matter of economics for me only
that has ever kept me away from Alvarion products. You guys build
good stuff and in some markets the price is easily recovered  
through

ROI. Thanks, Scriv



Brad Larson wrote:





John, Typically 4 sector base stations are built with either  
5.3 or
a licensed link as backhaul. With BreezeAccess VL, true data  
sector
performance is 28 meg's in a 20 Mhz channel and half that in  
10 Mhz






Next





firmware release is going to mid 30's in a 20 Mhz channel (again
true





data





rates). I know of one sector that has 200 sub's attached although
most sectors have less than 100. This customer looked at most
manufacturer's





gear





and concluded Alvarion had the management feature sets, ease of
batch processing for firmware uploads, obstructed

RE: [WISPA] Alvarion VL as a PtMP Platform

2006-01-04 Thread Brad Larson
No firmware upgrade will be available and it's a different chipset on both
base stations and cpe. But we'll support VL for a long time so you won't
have to worry about a deployment getting canned. Brad


-Original Message-
From: John Scrivner [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, January 04, 2006 4:23 PM
To: WISPA General List
Subject: [WISPA] Alvarion VL as a PtMP Platform


Is there a firmware upgrade path for WiMAX through the VL product line 
or is it a hardware change? Feel free to have someone contact me offlist 
for pricing information. I have a need for a PtMP system with more 
capacity than I have now with my current system. I do not know of many 
systems that meet the specs you list here and I already know many people 
are quite fond of the product.

Maybe this time the price won't drive me away as has been the case in 
the past. Please do not take that as a slam. It is not. I know the 
quality is there and it is a matter of economics for me only that has 
ever kept me away from Alvarion products. You guys build good stuff and 
in some markets the price is easily recovered through ROI.
Thanks,
Scriv



Brad Larson wrote:

John, Typically 4 sector base stations are built with either 5.3 or a
licensed link as backhaul. With BreezeAccess VL, true data sector
performance is 28 meg's in a 20 Mhz channel and half that in 10 Mhz Next
firmware release is going to mid 30's in a 20 Mhz channel (again true data
rates). I know of one sector that has 200 sub's attached although most
sectors have less than 100. This customer looked at most manufacturer's
gear
and concluded Alvarion had the management feature sets, ease of batch
processing for firmware uploads, obstructed NLOS for their application, and
a host of other likes including Alvarion's support infrastructure. 

To be honest I don't think we have many Alvarion Operators that subscribe
here but that doesn't mean there aren't a crap load of them out there which
should be obviuos to everyone. Typically our Operators use Alvarion support
Application Engineers and Alvarion web servers such as Mike Cowan's at ACC
when needed. 

This could end up being a long dialog about the differences in operators,
products, and ROI models but I won't go there. Brad



  

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Re: [WISPA] Alvarion VL as a PtMP Platform

2006-01-04 Thread jeffrey thomas
The only product on the market today that will have backwards
compatibility to 
wimax where a cpe can talk to a wimax base station is Aperto.
Additionally,
Alvarion will not be one of the first round products certified for
wimax,
Airspan and Aperto however, will be. 

-

Jeff



On Wed, 04 Jan 2006 15:22:30 -0600, John Scrivner [EMAIL PROTECTED]
said:
 Is there a firmware upgrade path for WiMAX through the VL product line 
 or is it a hardware change? Feel free to have someone contact me offlist 
 for pricing information. I have a need for a PtMP system with more 
 capacity than I have now with my current system. I do not know of many 
 systems that meet the specs you list here and I already know many people 
 are quite fond of the product.
 
 Maybe this time the price won't drive me away as has been the case in 
 the past. Please do not take that as a slam. It is not. I know the 
 quality is there and it is a matter of economics for me only that has 
 ever kept me away from Alvarion products. You guys build good stuff and 
 in some markets the price is easily recovered through ROI.
 Thanks,
 Scriv
 
 
 
 Brad Larson wrote:
 
 John, Typically 4 sector base stations are built with either 5.3 or a
 licensed link as backhaul. With BreezeAccess VL, true data sector
 performance is 28 meg's in a 20 Mhz channel and half that in 10 Mhz Next
 firmware release is going to mid 30's in a 20 Mhz channel (again true data
 rates). I know of one sector that has 200 sub's attached although most
 sectors have less than 100. This customer looked at most manufacturer's gear
 and concluded Alvarion had the management feature sets, ease of batch
 processing for firmware uploads, obstructed NLOS for their application, and
 a host of other likes including Alvarion's support infrastructure. 
 
 To be honest I don't think we have many Alvarion Operators that subscribe
 here but that doesn't mean there aren't a crap load of them out there which
 should be obviuos to everyone. Typically our Operators use Alvarion support
 Application Engineers and Alvarion web servers such as Mike Cowan's at ACC
 when needed. 
 
 This could end up being a long dialog about the differences in operators,
 products, and ROI models but I won't go there. Brad
 
 
 
   
 
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RE: [WISPA] Alvarion VL as a PtMP Platform

2006-01-04 Thread Brad Larson
Jeff, In what Frequency? There is allot of BS out there in the first wave of
testing for those that have yet to get a product to market. We can discuss
if you would like? Brad



-Original Message-
From: jeffrey thomas [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, January 04, 2006 8:29 PM
To: WISPA General List; WISPA General List
Subject: Re: [WISPA] Alvarion VL as a PtMP Platform


The only product on the market today that will have backwards
compatibility to 
wimax where a cpe can talk to a wimax base station is Aperto.
Additionally,
Alvarion will not be one of the first round products certified for
wimax,
Airspan and Aperto however, will be. 

-

Jeff



On Wed, 04 Jan 2006 15:22:30 -0600, John Scrivner [EMAIL PROTECTED]
said:
 Is there a firmware upgrade path for WiMAX through the VL product line 
 or is it a hardware change? Feel free to have someone contact me offlist 
 for pricing information. I have a need for a PtMP system with more 
 capacity than I have now with my current system. I do not know of many 
 systems that meet the specs you list here and I already know many people 
 are quite fond of the product.
 
 Maybe this time the price won't drive me away as has been the case in 
 the past. Please do not take that as a slam. It is not. I know the 
 quality is there and it is a matter of economics for me only that has 
 ever kept me away from Alvarion products. You guys build good stuff and 
 in some markets the price is easily recovered through ROI.
 Thanks,
 Scriv
 
 
 
 Brad Larson wrote:
 
 John, Typically 4 sector base stations are built with either 5.3 or a
 licensed link as backhaul. With BreezeAccess VL, true data sector
 performance is 28 meg's in a 20 Mhz channel and half that in 10 Mhz Next
 firmware release is going to mid 30's in a 20 Mhz channel (again true
data
 rates). I know of one sector that has 200 sub's attached although most
 sectors have less than 100. This customer looked at most manufacturer's
gear
 and concluded Alvarion had the management feature sets, ease of batch
 processing for firmware uploads, obstructed NLOS for their application,
and
 a host of other likes including Alvarion's support infrastructure. 
 
 To be honest I don't think we have many Alvarion Operators that subscribe
 here but that doesn't mean there aren't a crap load of them out there
which
 should be obviuos to everyone. Typically our Operators use Alvarion
support
 Application Engineers and Alvarion web servers such as Mike Cowan's at
ACC
 when needed. 
 
 This could end up being a long dialog about the differences in operators,
 products, and ROI models but I won't go there. Brad
 
 
 
   
 
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