[151796] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: airFiber
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Rodrick Brown)
Fri Mar 30 20:38:29 2012
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From: Rodrick Brown <rodrick.brown@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 30 Mar 2012 20:37:49 -0400
To: "nick@flhsi.com" <nick@flhsi.com>
Cc: NANOG list <nanog@nanog.org>
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On Mar 29, 2012, at 2:01 PM, "Nick Olsen" <nick@flhsi.com> wrote:
> It will need perfect line of site. And won't deal with NLOS like most 2/5=20=
> ghz gear can. It's 24ghz.
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> They claim 15Km. Maybe in the desert.
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> In any climate with rain, Like our's here in Florida even 2 miles is going=
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> to be a stretch as 24ghz will rain fade easy. A great application for this=
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> would be like between two buildings requiring highspeed backhaul. (Were=20=
> talking roof-top to roof-top of maybe a few thousand feet or more between=20=
> them.
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> 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
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> I've read that it requires perfect line of sight, which makes it sometimes=
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> tricky.
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> Thanks,
> -Drew
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jared Mauch [mailto:jared@puck.nether.net]=20
> Sent: Thursday, March 29, 2012 12:45 PM
> To: Eugen Leitl
> Cc: NANOG list
> Subject: Re: airFiber
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> On Thu, Mar 29, 2012 at 06:34:21PM +0200, Eugen Leitl wrote:
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>> Claim: 1.4 GBit/s over up to 13 km, 24 GHZ, @3 kUSD/link price point.
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>> http://www.ubnt.com/airfiber
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> Yeah, I got this note the other day. I am very interested in hearing abou=
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> folks experience with this hardware once it ships.
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> I almost posted it in the last-mile thread. Even compared to other=20
> hardware in the space the price-performance of it for the bitrate is=20
> amazing.
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> I also recommend watching the video they posted:
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> http://www.ubnt.com/themes/ubiquiti/air-fiber-video.html
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> You are leaving out that it's an unlicensed band, so you can use this to=20=
> have a decent backhaul to your house just by rigging it yourself on each=20=
> end.
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> - Jared
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> --
> Jared Mauch | pgp key available via finger from jared@puck.nether.net
> clue++; | http://puck.nether.net/~jared/ My statements are only=20
> mine.
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