Jason Hensley wrote: > For me, personally in our area, 3650 is attractive because of the lack of > noise. We are saturated with 2.4 and 5GHz here, but if I was in an area > with low noise levels in 2.4 and 5Ghz, then I would not see a point in > spending the extra money to deploy 3650 gear. I personally don't care that > much about WiMax itself, as I tend to agree that a lot of it is marketing > hype. We have a city-wide (NOT Muni) 802.11 hotspot system that generates a > fair amount of revenue for us with roaming users connecting with their > laptops. 3650 won't do that because I doubt we will be seeing laptops with > built-in 3650 cards anytime soon (though I could be wrong).
This is why I specifically mentioned a fixed base use case, and hanging an 802.11 access point off the CPE. :) Also Intel has a Wimax card now. What is the cost difference between the 802.11 gear and Wimax gear? > > You can easily pull 10-20meg through 5.8 gear in low noise, good LOS > environments. Southern California doesn't have a lot of those environments. :) We're doing 10meg in an area that is saturated with 5.8. I'm > looking at 3650 SOLELY because of our noise floor. If it wasn't for the > noise, I'd keep plugging along hanging Deliberant 2.4 and 5Ghz CPE's all > over the place. Interesting. I'll investigate that vendor. > > Ideally, what I'm moving toward is putting 3650 gear in place for my large > backhauls (tower to tower) and for my high-end customers that require higher > availability and are willing to pay a premium price (i.e. businesses that > want to go all VoIP over a 20meg Internet connection), Right. Wireless local loop. Charge a few hundred per month and provide dedicated band width. while maintaining my > current networks with their 5Ghz and 2.4 AP locations, although much of the > 5Ghz backhaul would be replaced with 3650 gear. Makes sense. What vendors are you considering? What vendors are giving you horrors? > > Anyway, this is just me. I'm sure a lot of folks have different views and > different opinions though, and maybe there is a purpose and need for Wimax > itself, but for me, I have yet to see what the big deal is. > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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/
