Jack, Drew is an operator who is already deployed with Airspan, I believe. Is this correct Drew?
Yes, forested areas always present a challenge, whether its 900, 700, 3.65ghz, 5.8ghz, etc etc. - Jeff Booher Channel Manager, North America www.apertonet.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] 24/7: 206-455-4950 On Sun, 06 Jul 2008 18:53:12 -0700, "Jack Unger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > 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: wireless@wispa.org > > > > 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: wireless@wispa.org > > 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: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
