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From: "Rich Comroe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "WISPA General List" <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, December 26, 2006 3:34 PM
Subject: Re: [WISPA] Alvarion Comnet Radios have arrived
Products that are best effort [snip product name]
end up making guys like us look bad.
I'm confused how can anyone do better than "best effort" in unlicensed
spectrum, regardless of manufacturer?
mks: I agree with you here Rich. I've always thought it silly to try to
offer an SLA when using unlicensed gear. People do it all of the time
though. Heck, it's silly with wires too, they get cut all of the time eh?
grin.
mks: Having said that, there are technologies that are allowed under the
part-15 rules that are more or less robust than others. Full duplex radios
that transmit on one channel and receive on another are really really hard
to take offline. WiFi radios that must first have relatively clear air to
transmit are also easy to take offline.
mks: The current race out there, to which we're watching and arguing about
with great gusto is to see who's technology is going to be the best long
term. Right now, were all arguing about which technology is best. The
truth of the matter is that they are all better than the other in the right
conditions. What I did here might not work for you and what you do might
not work for the next guy. That's part of why us consultants that are also
wisps are so valuable, we get to see more real world stuff than most.
mks: One thing I do know. I'll keep watching threads like this. I'll keep
trying new toys. I'll keep making MY service better for my customers. I'll
use the tools that work best today, for me.
There is nothing worse than installing one day at 6Mbps and the next day
getting a call saying they are getting something less than that.
If you have no allowance for even temporary interference, what short of a
licensed channel can accomplish that?
mks: Too true! I just got a call from a gal that was upset that she was
only uploading at 79k. Come to find out she was using FTP not a web based
mechanism. Her speakeasy.net test per her at 750 down 1400 up. Sure I'd
like to see it go even faster, but my God, what does she want for $40 per
month?
marlon
Rich
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