[151725] in North American Network Operators' Group
RE: airFiber
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Nick Olsen)
Thu Mar 29 14:03:26 2012
From: "Nick Olsen" <nick@flhsi.com>
To: "Drew Weaver" <drew.weaver@thenap.com>,
"Jared Mauch" <jared@puck.nether.net>, "Eugen Leitl" <eugen@leitl.org>
Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2012 14:01:46 -0400
Cc: NANOG list <nanog@nanog.org>
Reply-To: nick@flhsi.com
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
It will need perfect line of site. And won't deal with NLOS like most 2/5
ghz gear can. It's 24ghz.
They claim 15Km. Maybe in the desert.
In any climate with rain, Like our's here in Florida even 2 miles is going
to be a stretch as 24ghz will rain fade easy. A great application for this
would be like between two buildings requiring highspeed backhaul. (Were
talking roof-top to roof-top of maybe a few thousand feet or more between
them.
Nick Olsen
Network Operations (855) FLSPEED x106
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From: "Drew Weaver" <drew.weaver@thenap.com>
Sent: Thursday, March 29, 2012 1:27 PM
To: "Jared Mauch" <jared@puck.nether.net>, "Eugen Leitl" <eugen@leitl.org>
Subject: RE: airFiber
I've read that it requires perfect line of sight, which makes it sometimes
tricky.
Thanks,
-Drew
-----Original Message-----
From: Jared Mauch [mailto:jared@puck.nether.net]
Sent: Thursday, March 29, 2012 12:45 PM
To: Eugen Leitl
Cc: NANOG list
Subject: Re: airFiber
On Thu, Mar 29, 2012 at 06:34:21PM +0200, Eugen Leitl wrote:
>
> Claim: 1.4 GBit/s over up to 13 km, 24 GHZ, @3 kUSD/link price point.
>
> http://www.ubnt.com/airfiber
Yeah, I got this note the other day. I am very interested in hearing about
folks experience with this hardware once it ships.
I almost posted it in the last-mile thread. Even compared to other
hardware in the space the price-performance of it for the bitrate is
amazing.
I also recommend watching the video they posted:
http://www.ubnt.com/themes/ubiquiti/air-fiber-video.html
You are leaving out that it's an unlicensed band, so you can use this to
have a decent backhaul to your house just by rigging it yourself on each
end.
- Jared
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