[151811] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: airFiber
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Marshall Eubanks)
Sat Mar 31 04:41:38 2012
In-Reply-To: <3631ff80$65b2bbb3$4de71797$@com>
Date: Sat, 31 Mar 2012 04:40:59 -0400
From: Marshall Eubanks <marshall.eubanks@gmail.com>
To: nick@flhsi.com
Cc: NANOG list <nanog@nanog.org>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
On Thu, 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
> ghz gear can. It's 24ghz.
>
At least on the East Coast, it would be best to install it during the
summer. Put it up in winter, and any leaves that sprout in the path
will likely cause a failure come spring. (And, if you're brought in to
trouble-shoot a broken link, and the local techs swear that all the
gear checks out fine, demand to go up on the roof and look down the
line of sight first. It is satisfying to fix things without having to
actually touch the equipment.)
Regards
Marshall
> They claim 15Km. Maybe in the desert.
>
> In any climate with rain, Like our's here in Florida even 2 miles is goin=
g
> to be a stretch as 24ghz will rain fade easy. A great application for thi=
s
> 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 =A0x106
>
> ----------------------------------------
> =A0From: "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 sometime=
s
> 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. =A0I am very interested in hearing a=
bout
> folks experience with this hardware once it ships.
>
> I almost posted it in the last-mile thread. =A0Even 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
>
> --
> Jared Mauch =A0| pgp key available via finger from jared@puck.nether.net
> clue++; =A0 =A0 =A0| http://puck.nether.net/~jared/ =A0My statements are =
only
> mine.
>
>
