+1 very well said.. to the point !... Innovate / Upgrade to keep up with the demand or become obsolete and irrelevant. ! -------------------------------------------------------------------
"The WISP's themselves will need to keep business plans that take advantage of emerging technologies and allow themselves to remain continually competitive. This means factoring in an aggressive upgrade and replacement path which will allow for market adaptability. This will also need to include marketing methodologies to keep their image up and to show that there is not stagnation with the company and its offerings." --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Faisal Imtiaz Snappy Internet& Telecom 7266 SW 48 Street Miami, Fl 33155 Tel: 305 663 5518 x 232 Helpdesk: 305 663 5518 option 2 Email: [email protected] On 4/5/2011 9:04 AM, Brian Webster wrote: > I have always said the cellular carriers have the over the air interface to > deliver good speeds for the most part. It's their backhaul network that > needs work and they are slowly and steadily upgrading that. While most are > bashing them, they eventually will have upgraded the sites to remain > competitive. They are far from perfect but once they finally have true > Ethernet transport to every site, their performance will improve a lot over > all digital modes they offer. They are and will continue to be a player in > the broadband world. Best for WISP's to keep an eye on what they are doing > and keep the pace with the overall broadband market changes. Fortunately it > seems that the fixed wireless technology has kept the pace and/or exceeded > other technologies. The WISP's themselves will need to keep business plans > that take advantage of emerging technologies and allow themselves to remain > continually competitive. This means factoring in an aggressive upgrade and > replacement path which will allow for market adaptability. This will also > need to include marketing methodologies to keep their image up and to show > that there is not stagnation with the company and its offerings. > > Thank You, > Brian Webster > www.wirelessmapping.com > www.Broadband-Mapping.com > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of Charles Wu > Sent: Tuesday, April 05, 2011 7:37 AM > To: [email protected]; WISPA General List > Subject: Re: [WISPA] Verizon 4G LTE - WOW - update > > It's generally known that the 20 Mb "burst" given by cable companies is > throttled to sustained download speeds in the 1-3 Mb range > > That said, the point I'm trying to make is that the technology has come so > far for mobile cellular data that we are now "unconsciously" comparing it > side-by-side to fixed terrestrial broadband technologies (think of it this > way, how many WISPs can deliver "up-to" speeds of 8-10 Mb to a low power > handset in the middle of a concrete building 3+ miles away from a tower) > > -Charles > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of St. Louis Broadband > Sent: Monday, April 04, 2011 9:33 PM > To: 'WISPA General List' > Subject: Re: [WISPA] Verizon 4G LTE - WOW - update > > I just checked my Charter via Ookla and it said I was getting 20 Mbps down > and 1 Mbps up, horse pucky. > I only get that in speedtests and never when I have to upload or download a > big file via FTP or whatever. > It generally gets throttled to dial up speeds or worse. > > ~V~ > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of Charles Wu > Sent: Monday, April 04, 2011 9:21 PM > To: WISPA General List > Subject: Re: [WISPA] Verizon 4G LTE - WOW - update > > Sitting in my living room at 8 pm....3 bars, laptop connected to wireless > router on phone > > http://www.speedtest.net/result/1236758959.png > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of Tom DeReggi > Sent: Monday, April 04, 2011 6:39 PM > To: WISPA General List > Subject: Re: [WISPA] Verizon 4G LTE - WOW > > Yeah, its nice when a product is brand new, and you get the whole sector all > > to yourself. > > I guess, its amazing that you are getting the speed to a handset, without > the big antenna outside. > > Tom DeReggi > RapidDSL& Wireless, Inc > IntAirNet- Fixed Wireless Broadband > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Charles Wu"<[email protected]> > To:<[email protected]>; "WISPA GeneralList"<[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, April 03, 2011 8:31 PM > Subject: Re: [WISPA] Verizon 4G LTE - WOW > > >> It is my understanding that Verizon is deploying an FDD version of LTE >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On >> Behalf Of Paolo Di Francesco >> Sent: Sunday, April 03, 2011 11:09 AM >> To: WISPA General List >> Subject: Re: [WISPA] Verizon 4G LTE - WOW >> >> most of the test are "half duplex" tests. In few words, they do one >> direction, then the other direction (e.g. first the customer download, >> then the customer upload). >> >> Suppose you have a 10Mb half duplex: the test will tell you that you >> have 10Mb in one direction and 10Mb in the other direction. Then you use >> the connection in 10Mb full duplex and you will discover the story is >> totally different ;) >> >> Also, yes it's interesting to see what is happening on the network >> interface when the test is running... >> >>> Do a real test and report back, like FTP. Ookla& Speedtest.net test are >>> bogus 99.9% percent of the time because it's based on screwy test >>> algorithms. >>> >>> On 04/01/2011 11:05 PM, Charles Wu wrote: >>>> Just got my HTC Thunderbolt, and Ookla tested 20 Mb down, 24 Mb up at >>>> Speedtest.Net to my handset >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -Charles >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > ---- >>>> WISPA Wants You! 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