I've been fighting trees since I got into the wireless business back in '97. IMHO, only lower frequencies will reliably serve a customer. I currently have a few customers with some trees and they complain it cuts out. It boils down to what quality of service you want to provide.
On Thu, Sep 16, 2010 at 11:50 AM, Nick White <[email protected]> wrote: > So what kinds of distances are people currently going through trees, and > what kinds of signals, CCQ, throughput, etc. are you seeing? I guess I'm > looking for success stories. I need to sell this to the partners. I know it > can be done, and I'm fairly confident it will work in this situation, but > they aren't. > > I've found a few instances online of people going 1 mile with 5.8 through > some trees and still pulling off a -65 and 20Mbps of throughput - this was > PTP. > > I know 3.65Ghz is supposed to be somewhere between 2.4 and 5.8 in terms of > tree penetration, but I'm thinking this might be a good place to use 3.65, > simply because of the lack of noise. > > I have never worked with 900Mhz as of yet. This was our initial > alternative, but there is the added cost of deployment - $160 for a LocoM900 > vs $80 for a NanobridgeM2. Literally doubles our ROI. > > > On 9/13/2010 3:58 PM, Glenn Kelley wrote: > > 3.65 is limited in that you can only go as high as 99 feet I believe - > someone will correct me if I am wrong. > If you are using airmax - 2.4 should help > > 5ghz you may have some issues w/ trees however > > My suggestion is a mix - I noticed that you have not mentioned 900mhz > 900 and trees especially at that distance - sub 1 mile is awesome - but > doubt you will see the 10mbps speeds you wish. > > 5ghz is your best choice - if you can use it. > > setting up both 2.4 and 5ghz sectors may help - double the cost - but in > the end - would allow you the most flexibility > > > On Sep 13, 2010, at 6:20 PM, Nick White wrote: > > om this tower, no one in town would be more than .75 miles > away. I'm thinking 10Mhz channels - 1, 6, 11. If we do this, I will > likely use the UBNT shields that I've seen for sale with three 120deg > sectors. > > > > _____________________________________________________________________________________ > *Glenn Kelley | Principle | HostMedic |www.HostMedic.com * > Email: [email protected] > Pplease don't print this e-mail unless you really need to. > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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/ > > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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/ >
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