All I can say is.... 1) With Contracts at $5 million dollars per state, and multiple states, Connected NAtions sure as heck should have skilled staff and reliable flexible methods, with that much money thown at it. No disrespect meant, just stating, thats a lot of money.
2) Its good to hear that Connected Nation has taken such positive steps in their efforts on mapping. . Tom DeReggi RapidDSL & Wireless, Inc IntAirNet- Fixed Wireless Broadband ----- Original Message ----- From: Spann, Chip To: [email protected] Sent: Thursday, August 04, 2011 2:18 PM Subject: [WISPA] Providing data to NTIA for Broadband mapping? Connected Nation employs actual wireless engineers, most of whom have 25+ years of experience in EBS, BRS, WCS, AWS, LMDS, PCS and unlicensed wireless bands. Most of us have also been WISPs ourselves and, to that end, we understand your business quite well. Radio Mobile is one of the propagation modeling tools we use but we also have 5 licensed copies of EDX Signal and Signal Pro. We have tested and used MapInfo, CelPlan, Splat and more than a dozen other wireless propagation modeling tools. Mr. Webster states that his methodology is easy to use and understand. Some states have neither methodology nor staff for addressing fixed wireless. Perhaps our methodology is more complex yet, at the end of the day, state mapping agents are required to effectively deliver the same product to NTIA. I head up the fixed wireless and mobile wireless user group at NTIA and have a published white paper explaining our rather long, but exceptionally detailed, methodology and would be happy to share it with this group upon request. Finally, some mapping agents (like our company) go beyond simply creating a theoretical propagation model - we do conduct static field tests and compile data at hundreds of points during drive tests. Last year we drove over 100,000 miles last year, spectrum analyzer and CPE in hand, conducting tests and using the data to refine our propagation models. However, nothing is as important than the relationship between the mapping agent and the WISP. In the states where we are engaged, we spend a great deal of time talking to and working with the WISPs so that we have a keen understanding of their system BEFORE we create propagation models. Charles "Chip" Spann Director - Engineering & Technical Services Connected Nation (270) 799-0448 [email protected] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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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