Joe,
More power to you for trying to help them see the truth of the
situation, early-on.
Is their current (single radio per node, I think) mesh meeting their
service and throughput expectations?
Is there any constructive way for you to go back to the City "fathers"
and help them improve the throughput of their mesh (such as building a
point-to-multipoint backhaul on 5.3 GHz, for example)?
Will their mesh ultimately be shut down by the (telco-supported)
Louisiana law against muni networks?
jack
Joe Laura wrote:
Same thing is happening here in New Orleans. I did talk to the city before
it was designed but when I told them that it would be impossible for every
houshold to pop open a laptop in their desired room the door was slammed
shut. They did not want to hear this. I built a small mesh out downtown just
for kicks a couple of years ago. Took my time and designed it the best it
could be. These guys that do not know the technology get this vision to do
whats impossible.
Superior Wireless
New Orleans,La.
www.superior1.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Brian Webster" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "WISPA General List" <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, April 24, 2006 10:10 AM
Subject: RE: [WISPA] Pioneering Wi-Fi City Sees Startup Woes
Jack,
I hate to say it but didn't we say I told you so........ There is just not
enough spectrum to design networks like this to work with anything but
dedicated CPE devices with outdoor antennas. Simply flooding an area with
more signal to let laptops inside a house work will not solve the problem.
It just creates more noise on already maxed out spectrum. I really wish
the
vendors and project stalwarts would admit this is a problem with these
networks and not gloss it over. Self interference and outside interference
are always going to be huge problems in these muni-networks. Everyone
trying
to build on the fact that off the shelf consumer devices can access this
network will be the downfall. Wi-fi was never designed for a massive
outdoor
deployment such as this and when you try to make up for the fact that you
do
not have control over the CPE when it comes to proper RF planning you are
doomed to failure. Just my 2 cents.
Thank You,
Brian Webster
www.wirelessmapping.com <http://www.wirelessmapping.com>
-----Original Message-----
From: Jack Unger [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, April 24, 2006 10:29 AM
To: WISPA General List
Subject: Re: [WISPA] Pioneering Wi-Fi City Sees Startup Woes
Unfortunately, this may be one of the first of many such muni problems
that I've been forcasting for years. Muni wireless can be done correctly
and WISPs (IMHO) should always try (when allowed) to play a positive
role in proper network design and operation however most muni networks
are incorrectly designed by people with limited wireless experience
(yes, that even includes some mesh network vendors) which will lead to
network failure, waste of taxpayer money, and possible loss of jobs on
the part of the city IT folks (not to mention the elected officials) who
backed the networks without first learning about how wireless technology
really works.
jack
George wrote:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060424/ap_on_hi_te/muni_wi_fi_hiccups
I am not a fan of muni wireless.
George
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