John, Is this with diversity antennas?
Chuck On Apr 23, 2009, at 4:41 PM, John Scrivner wrote: > I was not saying you CANNOT possibly do that distance. It was being > referenced as a typical cell radius spec for discussion here and > frankly that is unrealistic. I find that everyone in roughly a quarter > mile radius can get our 3650 WiMax service regardless of terrain and > obstacles in the way. It will penetrate a forest at that distance from > my experience. Beyond that you need at least partial LOS. After about > 1.5 miles radius you better have good LOS out to as far as you wish to > set your timing to allow for proper ACK signaling. I think we have > ours set to about 6 miles max or so. Our longest CPE connection > distance is about 3/4 of a mile right now. The WiMax service runs > flawlessly. We have it positioned as a top of the line service for our > leased line style customers. One of them bought both leased line and > WiMax from us. We nearly doubled our monthly ARPU on that one. :-) > It took 3 customers to pay for our WiMax installation here with an 18 > month payout. We sold those in the first 2 months. That is not too > shabby! :-) > Scriv > > > On Thu, Apr 23, 2009 at 1:03 PM, Mike Hammett <[email protected] > > wrote: >> I can do almost 20 km with 5 GHz, why can't I with 3650? >> >> >> ----- >> Mike Hammett >> Intelligent Computing Solutions >> http://www.ics-il.com >> >> >> >> -------------------------------------------------- >> From: "John Scrivner" <[email protected]> >> Sent: Thursday, April 23, 2009 11:32 AM >> To: "WISPA General List" <[email protected]> >> Subject: Re: [WISPA] 3650Mhz and Wimax Vendors >> >>> On Thu, Apr 23, 2009 at 10:51 AM, Patrick Leary <[email protected] >>> > >>> wrote: >>>> Thanks for the compliment Daniel, but please God, let's not have >>>> anyone >>>> thinking they can build a 30 km radius cell with our stuff or >>>> anyone's >>>> stuff in WiMAX. I don't care if you can see your dog running away >>>> for >>>> three days it is so flat and the sun always shines and the wind is >>>> always at your back -- I know of no PMP situation where such a cell >>>> should ever be built. >>>> >>>> >>>> Patrick Leary >>>> Aperto Networks >>>> 813.426.4230 mobile >>> >>> Thanks Patrick. It took me a long time to get past the original >>> snake >>> oil mentality of WiMax proponents when they were claiming 70 >>> megabits >>> out 70 miles. I went through a phase of being dead set against WiMax >>> because I thought the culture lacked integrity over all the false >>> hype. Then I began reading the real story of what made 802.16 >>> technology tick. The more I read the more I decided that it really >>> is >>> a sound technology. I eventually bought a system from Redline and >>> have >>> been quite happy with the results. It is nice to be able to go >>> into my >>> higher end business customers and tell them I can deliver more for >>> their money through the air than cable and DSL can bring to the >>> table. >>> That is TRUE. The service flows capability alone make WiMax worth >>> the >>> extra bucks. >>> >>> Now fast forward to this thread. I have seen my WiMax vendor of >>> choice >>> bashed by another vendor rep. I have seen the same person claiming >>> 20 >>> to 30km sized cells in 3650 which is not a reasonable expectation. >>> It >>> makes me sick to my stomach. We should expect that people will act >>> with respect and integrity on industry list servers. Let's >>> straighten >>> up folks. >>> Scriv >>> >>> >>> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> WISPA Wants You! 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