I totally agree. I am planning to deploy 3.65 in this area and will be one of the first if not the first. If there is a plethora of real life experience with this band with the existing products, I am all ears. But so far, I don't know of any actual "WiMax" 802.16d or e equipment deployments in this band. Not saying it doesn't exist, just that I am ignorant of its existence. And for the NLOS prognostications, we have heard that all that before from others. Generally you hear stuff like that from sales folks who believe puffery to be a perfectly legit way to promote product. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jack Unger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "WISPA General List" <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, July 06, 2008 7:53 PM Subject: Re: [WISPA] top 10 benefits of Wimax in 3.65ghz
> Drew, > > Are you drawing your conclusions based on 3.65 deployments in other > parts of the world? I ask because it's hard to imagine that there are > already enough 3.65 deployments in the U.S. to draw all your conclusions. > > Also, physics is still physics. Even given advanced antenna systems, > nLOS and NLOS performance at 3.65 is still going to be limited by hills > and trees. No matter how advanced the APs and antenna systems, I find it > very hard to believe that 3.65 is going to approach the performance of > 900 MHz inside of (or on the other side of) a forested area. > > > jack > > > Drew Lentz wrote: >> I completely disagree with you on this topic. 3.65 makes a great play in >> a rural setting. I have spoken with many different groups who are >> capitalizing exactly on what benefits this frequency space offers in >> these environments. The price tags are not as high as you think, and the >> return on it is far greater than just how quickly your money comes back >> in. The ability to provide high bandwidth services in a space where you >> can control the QoS and give your end-users the ability (soon) to choose >> their own client device, at least to me, makes more sense than using a >> lightweight product like 900. As fas as battling terrain changes, look >> again at the nLOS and NLOS characteristics of 3.65 .. not to mention >> mobility and the self-install CPE. >> >> -d >> >> >> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> WISPA Wants You! Join today! >> http://signup.wispa.org/ >> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> WISPA Wireless List: [email protected] >> >> Subscribe/Unsubscribe: >> http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless >> >> Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ >> >> >> >> > > -- > 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 Design-Training-Troubleshooting-Consulting > FCC License # PG-12-25133 Profile <http://www.linkedin.com/in/jackunger> > Phone 818-227-4220 Email <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > WISPA Wants You! Join today! > http://signup.wispa.org/ > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > WISPA Wireless List: [email protected] > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wireless List: [email protected] Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
