Hi all any feedback (positive or negative) regarding the new "TOUGHCable CARRIER" ?
Just for curiosity: Anybody thinking of a class action ? It's not only the value of the cable or smoked devices itself, it's also the service interruption Thank you > I just saw our first failure a couple weeks ago, it was consistent > with photos I've seen of other ubnt toughcable failures. The jacket > has turned from the original grey color to a translucent green, and > hairline cracks then develop across the diameter of the cable. Almost > like the plastic has shrunk, imagine alligator skin. In this failure, > the POE was soaked and the radio had a blown eth port. Complete new > install for the customer, except the roof tripod. > > On Fri, Nov 2, 2012 at 9:21 PM, Tom Sharples <tsharp...@qorvus.com> wrote: >> Steve do you know specifically what failed yet? Did random holes just appear >> in the sheath? Is yours the black or green? I'm worried because we've been >> recommending this shielded cable to all our customers esp. in lighting-prone >> areas like OK. >> >> Tom S. >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Steve Barnes" <st...@pcswin.com> >> To: "WISPA General List" <wireless@wispa.org> >> Sent: Friday, November 02, 2012 9:58 AM >> Subject: Re: [WISPA] Are Ubiquiti cables failing??? >> >> >>> I had my fist 3 cable failures this week. Blown radios and POE's. I know >>> that I don't get any credit for labor but I also don't want any new cable >>> that will fail in a year. I think I will just have them replace the radios >>> and go one with Life. Not sure how I would ever get rid of 10 boxes of new >>> UBNT cable. I would put it out. >>> >>> Steve Barnes >>> General Manager >>> PCS-WIN / RC-WiFi >>> >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On >>> Behalf Of Jeromie Reeves >>> Sent: Friday, November 02, 2012 12:40 PM >>> To: paolo.difrance...@level7.it; WISPA General List >>> Subject: Re: [WISPA] Are Ubiquiti cables failing??? >>> >>> Yes. As stated the green stuff is crap. Ive got boxes of radios with dead >>> ethernet ports. Forget new cable, I want my radios fixed! We used the >>> cable in short runs <15ft, and are finding more and more places it was >>> used as those sites fail. >>> >>> On Thu, Nov 1, 2012 at 4:24 PM, Paolo Di Francesco >>> <paolo.difrance...@level7.it> wrote: >>>> Hi All, >>>> >>>> it seems that lately the Ubiquiti cables that we installed some time >>>> ago, are filling with water and burning the ethernet interface. >>>> >>>> It happened with one cable on one site, then another cable on the same >>>> site, now I have another cable failing on a second site... >>>> >>>> Any comment? >>>> >>>> Thank you >>>> >>>> -- >>>> >>>> >>>> Ing. Paolo Di Francesco >>>> >>>> Level7 s.r.l. unipersonale >>>> >>>> Sede operativa: Largo Montalto, 5 - 90144 Palermo >>>> >>>> C.F. e P.IVA 05940050825 >>>> Fax : +39-091-8772072 >>>> assistenza: (+39) 091-8776432 >>>> web: http://www.level7.it >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Wireless mailing list >>>> Wireless@wispa.org >>>> http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Wireless mailing list >>> Wireless@wispa.org >>> http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Wireless mailing list >>> Wireless@wispa.org >>> http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wireless mailing list >> Wireless@wispa.org >> http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > _______________________________________________ > Wireless mailing list > Wireless@wispa.org > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > -- Ing. Paolo Di Francesco Level7 s.r.l. unipersonale Sede operativa: Largo Montalto, 5 - 90144 Palermo C.F. e P.IVA 05940050825 Fax : +39-091-8772072 assistenza: (+39) 091-8776432 web: http://www.level7.it _______________________________________________ Wireless mailing list Wireless@wispa.org http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless
