[127203] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Future of WiMax
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jared Mauch)
Thu Jun 17 16:53:33 2010
From: Jared Mauch <jared@puck.nether.net>
In-Reply-To: <4C1A2A75.9050108@spectraaccess.com>
Date: Thu, 17 Jun 2010 10:12:00 -0400
To: Bret Clark <bclark@spectraaccess.com>
Cc: nanog@nanog.org
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
On Jun 17, 2010, at 10:00 AM, Bret Clark wrote:
> On 06/17/2010 09:46 AM, Dennis Burgess wrote:
>> Lots of my clients (Wireless ISPs) have looked into deploying it,
>> however the costs are well over 20 times the cost of a unlicensed =
system
>> per access point.
>> =20
> Yeah...that is really the crux of the problem. Every WISP I know would =
switch over in a heartbeat if the upfront cost was the same as deploying =
many well know 5.8GHz systems. Battling with interference in the 5.8GHz =
can be tough at times, at least with the 3.65GHz range there is some =
control over frequency use, but even so, dealing with frequency use in =
5.8GHz is worth it for the cost savings.
Yup, the ability to pick up a $80 5.8ghz integrated device w/ antenna, =
etc.. that does PoE (eg: google NBM5-22), it's hard to argue for more =
expensive gear.
- Jared=
