[183645] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: WiFI on utility poles
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Shane Ronan)
Thu Sep 10 09:16:42 2015
X-Original-To: nanog@nanog.org
In-Reply-To: <55F181DB.5090503@indigowireless.com>
Date: Thu, 10 Sep 2015 09:15:37 -0400
From: Shane Ronan <shane@ronan-online.com>
To: Matt Hoppes <mhoppes@indigowireless.com>
Cc: Corey Petrulich <Corey_Petrulich@cable.comcast.com>,
Kenneth Falkenstein <Ken_Falkenstein@cable.comcast.com>,
North American Network Operators' Group <nanog@nanog.org>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces@nanog.org
So we should limit our public use of the 5ghz spectrum so that others can
use it? How about we use licensed spectrum for fixed wireless services.
On Sep 10, 2015 9:13 AM, "Matt Hoppes" <mhoppes@indigowireless.com> wrote:
> Use 2GHz instead of 5GHz for the outdoor WiFi plants?
>
> On 9/10/15 9:09 AM, Shane Ronan wrote:
>
>> And how do you propose we solve this?
>> On Sep 10, 2015 9:06 AM, "Mike Hammett" <nanog@ics-il.net> wrote:
>>
>> 5 GHz noise levels affecting people whose primary means of Internet access
>>> is via fixed wireless .
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> -----
>>> Mike Hammett
>>> Intelligent Computing Solutions
>>> http://www.ics-il.com
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Midwest Internet Exchange
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>>>
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>
>>> From: "Jason Livingood" <Jason_Livingood@cable.comcast.com>
>>> To: "Hunter Fuller" <hf0002+nanog@uah.edu>
>>> Cc: "Corey Petrulich" <Corey_Petrulich@cable.comcast.com>, "Kenneth
>>> Falkenstein" <Ken_Falkenstein@Cable.Comcast.com>, nanog@nanog.org
>>> Sent: Thursday, September 10, 2015 7:54:56 AM
>>> Subject: Re: WiFI on utility poles
>>>
>>> Sabotaging how?
>>>
>>> - Jason
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On 9/9/15, 10:20 PM, "NANOG on behalf of Hunter Fuller"
>>> <nanog-bounces@nanog.org on behalf of hf0002+nanog@uah.edu> wrote:
>>>
>>> Wow, it is like they are actively sabotaging us. Sigh...
>>>>
>>>> None of that in this area yet - I'm sure it's only a matter of time
>>>> though.
>>>>
>>>> On Wed, Sep 9, 2015 at 8:52 PM, Michael T. Voity <mvoity@uvm.edu>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Sorry folks, attachment didn't work. Here is the link -
>>>>>
>>>>> https://www.uvm.edu/~mvoity/pole.JPG
>>>>>
>>>>> -Mike
>>>>>
>>>>> Michael Voity
>>>>> University of Vermont
>>>>>
>>>>> On 9/9/15 9:24 PM, Michael T. Voity wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Hello,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Today another colleague and I discovered the famous 'xfinitywifi'
>>>>>> ,'CableWIFi', 'CoxWiFi' and a new one 'XFINITY' on our University
>>>>>> campus.
>>>>>> After doing some poking around on campus we found these gems (attached
>>>>>> picture) on 2 utility poles that pass by our east campus. Standing
>>>>>> underneath it I got a -46 RSSI in both 5 and 2.4Ghz, maybe 75-100
>>>>>> yards away
>>>>>> inside our hockey fieldhouse, through lots of brick, cinder blocks and
>>>>>> metal, I was still picking the 2.4Ghz at -64.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Looks like the unit is getting power from the coax.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> My question is, I've done a little poking around and have not found
>>>>>> anything substantial to learn more information about this Comcast
>>>>>> program.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Any insight would be nice!
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Michael Voity
>>>>>> University of Vermont
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
