This is what I'm looking for. Thank you!! Ben Wiechman wrote: > We've looked at several different vendors for WiMAX and have been running > Alvarion in 2.5GHz for almost 18 months now. Aperto seems to have a decent > RF platform, as does Redline and Alvarion. We had two main issues with > Aperto: ugly Tranzeo CPE and their EMS. Maybe some things have changed by > the EMS was required to configure each base station and MS as it entered the > network, however ran only on windows and didn't run as a service. So one > clown closing the window and your network was dead in the water. Redline > appears to have a solid product as well as does Alvarion. > > As was stated earlier the biggest reason to look at WiMAX is for > differentiated services. If voice or a high quality data play is in your > business plan it makes sense. If you are suffering from interference issues, > and spectrum is becoming much more polluted everywhere, so 3650 does help in > that regard. > > With access to 2.5GHz spectrum for us WiMAX was an option we considered > purely for the penetration. The bulk of our subscriber base was only > accessible using 900MHz access points, and we quickly outgrew the capacity > of the Canopy APs we have been using and also are suffering increasingly > from interference from a number of sources: RFID, baby monitors, a couple > lingering paging companies, GPS correction for farming, saturation due to > excessive numbers of Access POints to try to meet bandwidth demands, etc. We > also didn't feel that we would be able to offer services other than basic > broadband access across the Canopy platform. The 16e standard is valuable > for us due to the penetration provided by MIMO and beamforming that are > available within the standard. We could care less about the mobility (and > added overhead) but its hard to get one without the other. > > If you've got clean spectrum and are only looking to deploy basic data > access WiMAX probably doesn't make sense. If you have access to licensed > spectrum, want to deploy differentiated services, or are looking at 3650 > WiMAX may make sense. 16d will have less overhead and less cost: the > complexities of the mobile platform are not there, nor do you need > additional network components like an ASN-GW, and typically provisioning is > greatly simplified. The problem you run into on the 16e side is that every > vendor is only thinking about Clearwire and not considering the WISP and the > price point a WISP is able to justify. > > Ben Wiechman > Wisper High Speed Internet > > On Wed, Apr 22, 2009 at 4:30 PM, Pat O'Connor <p...@inlandnet.com> wrote: > >> Anybody use Airspan for Wimax? >> >> >> >> Michael Baird wrote: >>> It was interesting, but I was hoping for some more first hand experience >>> reporting. Essentially the only explanation for improved range was a >>> lower noise floor, which isn't a wimax thing, but a 3.65 thing. I think >>> a lot of the 802.16d/e talk is market speak, I'm trying to get through >>> that and establish technical reasons why one or the other is superior. >>> >>> Regards >>> Michael Baird >>> >>>> So the recent thread on Wimax was quite interesting. I need to read up >>>> on the different technologies involved. I believe that a fixed >>>> deployment is sufficient for many many many needs and markets (wireless >>>> local loop if you will). If people want mobility/end user wireless they >>>> can hang an 802.11 AP off the ethernet port of whatever CPE. Wimax >>>> directly to the end device doesn't make much sense to me, in most >>>> markets and use cases. Obviously if you are supporting a highly mobile >>>> workforce (say public sector type stuff) then it makes a lot more sense. >>>> >>>> It got me thinking... if one was a new WISP entering an un(der)served >>>> market, it seems that it would not make sense to deploy standard 802.11 >>>> gear, but rather Wimax gear in 3650Mhz. Is this an accurate assessment? >>>> >>>> One particular area that I'm targeting, doesn't have any broadband >>>> available (other then 3g from Verzion). So they would need to purchase >>>> CPE anyway, and it wouldn't be anything they could get from Best Buy >>>> (DSL or Cable modem). >>>> >>>> I'm in the process of negotiating access to the excluded areas (in >>>> Southern California), but it's been slow going. Once I gain access it >>>> will open up many areas to some sorely needed competition. >>>> >>>> So who are the vendors in this space worth considering? >>>> What are peoples experiences with the sales process (both pre and post >>>> sales engineering) >>>> etc etc. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>> WISPA Wants You! 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