Hello Charles, Come on Charles you should know the answer to your question: Location, Location, Location.
Some of our clients have forgotten about more fiber laid than a mid-size Telco, but fiber is not always feasible. Railroads, runways, rivers and a number of other factors can eliminate fiber as an option. That's where we come in. Second scenario (which is in part why the first BridgeWave link was installed) is redundancy. The fact is fiber gets cut. If your operation requires a completely diverse, secure, redundant path at GigE speeds then BridgeWave is a good fit. BTW, I'm not avoiding your calls...just been slammed with business! We're hoping to be caught up in a few months, but then again maybe we should hope to never be caught up... <grin> Best, Brad -----Original Message----- From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of Charles Wu (CTI) Sent: Tuesday, January 20, 2009 8:45 AM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] Ceragon, Dragonwave and whatelse? Hi Brad, >Half mile? Ours is almost 2.5miles in an RF unfriendly rain zone. The link >has been up for more than a year and the client has been thrilled. So >thrilled in fact that we've got another planned for them with a roadmap of >more to follow. Being the devil's advocate I recently priced out Gigaman in my market (1 Gb Ring Protected Fiber) and got a quote for $2k / month plus $5k build-out Why would someone want to spend $20-30k on a ptp (and still have to pay $500-1k / month for roof rights) for a wireless 1 GB link and have to worry about lightening/rain fade/equipment failures/etc...When the pay-off is 3+ years (not including labor / maintenance / etc) Or better yet, just string your own fiber...properly done, pole attachment isn't all too expensive and I'd take fiber of wireless any day -Charles This message is intended only for the use of the individual or entity to which it is addressed and may contain information that is privileged, confidential and exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, or the employee or agent responsible for delivery of the message to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by telephone at 630-344-1586. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- 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/
