Forrest...what is your offlist email ?
Sent from my Verizon Wireless 4G LTE Smartphone
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From: "Forrest Christian (List Account)" <li...@packetflux.com>
To: "WISPA General List" <wireless@wispa.org>
Subject: [WISPA] Are we being muscled out of the 5265 - 5700 frequencies?
Date: Sun, Feb 9, 2014 11:53 AM
I'm going to agree with others...
Running outside legal limits doesn't look good to the FCC, and it sounds like
you are definitely running outside the limits since you are whining about the
ability to run your radios in a mode which seems to have no use than to exceed
the limits.
I will also add that if you're running all your radios hotter than they should
be that your nose floor problem is most likely self inflicted. My experience
over the years is that radios are designed to run at a specific tx power and if
you're exceeding it you get a lot of out of channel bleed over. Even if the
radios don't do this you are introducing far more rf than is likely needed
causing an overall rising of the noise floor.
Please don't interpret everyone's ire incorrectly. We've just all either
dealt with an operator like you are now or have been an operator like you are
now. And right now we're trying to gain credibility with the FCC which is hard
to do when some operators are flagrantly breaking the rules. Which makes us a
bit grumpy.
I'm sure some of your neighbors out there would love to help you better
understand what you are doing to yourself and help you improve your operations
which will in turn improve your quality of service. Heck, I'd drive over
there for a weekend if my schedule wasn't so packed.
In any case please ask for help in appropriate spots and let us help you reap
the rewards of a correctly and legally operating network.
On Feb 8, 2014 4:49 PM, "Art Stephens" <asteph...@ptera.com> wrote:
Recent events make me wonder if the FCC is trying to muscle wisps out of these
frequencies.Since we are primarily Ubiquiti equipment I can only speak from
that platform.First the latest firmware update removes compliance test which
for about 40% of our equipment deployed would render them unusable since 5735 -
5840 runs at - 50dBm or higher noise levels in our area,
Second is new product released only supports 5735 - 5840.Seems like DFS is such
a pain that manufacturers do not want to mess with it.Case in point the new
NanoBeam M series only support 5725-5850 for USA.
Worldwide version which we are not allowed to buy or deploy supports
5170-5875.Seems the only alternative is to go with licensed P2MP which makes
more money for the FCC and drives the cost of wireless internet up for both
wisps and consumers.
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Arthur Stephens
Senior Networking TechnicianPtera Inc.
PO Box 135
24001 E Mission Suite 50
Liberty Lake, WA 99019
509-927-7837
ptera.com
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