Get your local congressman to put a little pressure on the FCC. It worked for me a few years back.
On Fri, Aug 27, 2010 at 4:59 PM, Kurt Fankhauser <k...@wavelinc.com> wrote: > We are in the process here to get a license for the local Sheriff > Department > for 4.9ghz, it is taking wayyyyy longer than anticipated. The FCC is really > slow. Equipment that we were going to deploy was Motorola PMP-49400. About > $1,500 per radio with integrated antenna for 21Mbps aggregate on a 10mhz > channel. > > Kurt Fankhauser > WAVELINC > P.O. Box 126 > Bucyrus, OH 44820 > 419-562-6405 > > > -----Original Message----- > From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On > Behalf Of Steven McGehee > Sent: Thursday, August 26, 2010 11:48 PM > To: WISPA General List > Subject: Re: [WISPA] Seeking 4.9Ghz Advice > > Thanks Ralph. Yeah not looking to pass commercial traffic on this, I > just didn't know anything about 4.9 and wanted to get some feedback, > etc., from people just like yourself. Thank you for your response, and > the others, too. > > > On 8/26/2010 22:35, Ralph wrote: > > So are you going to be doing some municipal video surveillance or > something > > for the Fire or Police department? > > The 4.9 band is PUBLIC SAFETY only. I have deployed a lot of it in my > area > > on surveillance projects for the PD and some at the University of Georgia > > (for their PD). > > It all has to be licensed and as was said by someone else before it > CANNOT > > be used for regular ISP stuff. > > > > That said, I was not impressed with the performance. There seemed to be a > > lot of interference and I ended up only using 4 links and they were all > > about 2 blocks in length. There's not a lot of certified equipment out > there > > (don't even THINK about Mikrotik) and what is there is expensive. > > > > My 2 cents worth from an actual user :-) > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On > > Behalf Of Steven McGehee > > Sent: Thursday, August 26, 2010 9:30 PM > > To: WISPA General List > > Subject: [WISPA] Seeking 4.9Ghz Advice > > > > Hey guys, > > > > We may be getting into some 4.9Ghz deployments soon and I thought I > > would check with you guys to see what sort of tips and 'gotchas' you may > > know of if you currently are operating in 4.9. We are having a meeting > > soon with the local municipality to see how we can work together to get > > this potentially going for the benefit of everyone in the community. > > Please feel free to email me directly if you'd prefer with any advice or > > tips in working with the local government, what equipment you recommend, > > maybe legal advice, etc. > > > > I know that's vague, but I hope it's specific enough as well :) .. > thanks. > > > > -Steven > > > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > ---- > > 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/ > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > ---- > 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/ >
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