[183652] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: WiFI on utility poles
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jared Mauch)
Thu Sep 10 10:53:08 2015
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From: Jared Mauch <jared@puck.nether.net>
In-Reply-To: <1921798843.4971.1441890067444.JavaMail.mhammett@ThunderFuck>
Date: Thu, 10 Sep 2015 10:52:59 -0400
To: Mike Hammett <nanog@ics-il.net>
Cc: Corey Petrulich <Corey_Petrulich@cable.comcast.com>,
Kenneth Falkenstein <Ken_Falkenstein@Cable.Comcast.com>,
NANOG mailing list <nanog@nanog.org>
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> On Sep 10, 2015, at 9:00 AM, Mike Hammett <nanog@ics-il.net> wrote:
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> 5 GHz noise levels affecting people whose primary means of Internet =
access is via fixed wireless .=20
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This is a huge deal for those people like myself that depend on fixed =
wireless for access at home because there is no broadband available =
despite incentives given by cities and states and the federal =
government.
The local WISPs are good at coordinating access in these ISM bands =
amongst themselves but when someone appears with a SSID without doing a =
peek at the spectrum (note: not a site survey, but actual spectrum view =
w/ waterfall, as site survey only checks for the channel width that the =
client radio is configured for, not al the 10, 15, 8, 30mhz wide =
variants).
It=E2=80=99s just poor practice to show up and break something else =
because you can=E2=80=99t be bothered to notice the interference or =
noise floor you created. I suspect the hardware that Comcast is using =
doesn=E2=80=99t notice this interference or adjacent channel issues. =
With the FCC aiming to let cell carriers also clog the 5ghz ISM band =
it=E2=80=99s only going to get worse.
- Jared=
