FYI Ben, we are finally fixing ( or fixed ) that issue with running as a service and now have A version for oracle. Sorry tranzeo is 00gly :)
-----Original Message----- From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of Charles Wyble Sent: Wednesday, April 22, 2009 3:40 PM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] 3650Mhz and Wimax Vendors 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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