Hi Ben I run Beeline Broadband which is a WISP in North Yorkshire and we have about 1200 customers who mostly seem very happy. If done correctly (e.g. using line-of-sight links) then I would say that FWA generally offers a much better experience than LTE, and is usually cheaper, more consistent and with uncapped/unthrottled data.
If your potential provider is offering a 100 Mbps package then it sounds like they are one of the bigger WISPs and chances are that you'll have a reliable service. For a business-critical connection I would still recommend retaining a backup service, e.g. LTE. But this advice would hold true for any broadband delivery method. Kind regards Glenn -- Glenn Garrett Technical Director Beeline Broadband Ltd Tel: 01751 458075 -----Original Message----- From: uknof <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Ben Oliver Sent: 16 November 2020 14:37 To: UKNOF Mailing List <[email protected]> Subject: [uknof] Fixed Wireless Access Does anyone here have any experience with Fixed Wireless Access? We have very poor ADSL in our (residential) building at the moment, people are getting speeds of around 5 down / 0.1 up. This has been awful while trying to work from home; I have ended up using a couple of Mikrotik WAP LTE kits with unlimited SIM data plans instead. A local ISP is proposing to fit their wireless equipment to the roof to give us 100Mb/s (not sure if this is total or per household, trying to find out. From the website I suspect it would be 200Mb/s shared between roughly ten households). Ordinarily I'd be holding out for FTTP but we're in a listed building and it's hard to see it happening any time soon. We've been contacted before about this but the management co. don't seem interested and I doubt there are enough people living here for any ISP to make a good ROI. It's frustrating because were are in the city centre, and a line runs nearby. My questions are: - Is FWA reliable enough to depend upon? - Would it be an upgrade over my SIM card setup (where I average about 50Mb/s)? Any thoughts or insights would be appreciated. They are currently trying to measure interest and I'm wondering whether or not to get onboard.
