You can always double check your order with Ken before placing it. I did that and asked many questions to be sure I was ordering the right stuff.
I consider Ken to be the VAR for aviat being he works for them. He's very responsive and helpful. On Wed, Mar 3, 2021, 10:16 PM Steve Jones <thatoneguyst...@gmail.com> wrote: > Im.not complaining, I prefer the store, but if you're accustomed to var > doing all that stuff there is a curve, especially if theres an issue with a > path. > I call a var, I say I need a link from x coordinate to y coordinate, > router port to router port. I get back a quote. I approve the quote. I wait > for my gear. 2 calls or emails. > > The difference is I have to wait on the VAR. The quote is only good for a > period. With self serve it's nice, run a path in their tool, meet my 9s, > export it and send it to commsearch. When they submit it I can order at > whim, including at 3am. I really like that. But it does take more steps. I > missed a detail on a copolar link, didnt realize at the time I needed a > coupler radio, not an OMT. > Went to prep the install and couldnt configure both channels. Got angry > and took it out on aviat. > Ultimately I had to submit an FCC modification since the model number > changed, that's somewhat pricey. > > Difference here is the cost was all on me, through a VAR they would have > eaten the FCC cost. But the price difference with VAR markup would have > cost me more than the self service and the self correction. > > This was a cluster because it wasnt a standard sub band so the new > equipment had to actually be built to order. > > These are just some of the things that can happen without a VAR. > > I really love the preterm fiber options though. > > On Wed, Mar 3, 2021, 9:09 PM TJ Trout <t...@voltbb.com> wrote: > >> we just email Liz @ intelipath about where we need a link, she tells us >> what's available, I can login and order a link on the aviat store in ten >> minutes, I find the self service refreshing and the parts lists are very >> easy to understand, they will display all of the matching antennas and >> relevant accessories. I don't have anything bad to say. >> >> On Wed, Mar 3, 2021 at 7:05 PM Steve Jones <thatoneguyst...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >>> It's like 10x faster in microsoft edge than in chrome, same with aviat >>> store. >>> You get 1.4 GB on 80 mhz. Comparable to the integra x. The latency is a >>> magnitude higher, about half a millisecond, almost negligible. >>> The interface is much more intuitive and user friendly than SAF, that's >>> not a SAF bash at all, we would still be running SAF and bought a ton of >>> SAF last year if Ken hadn't sold us all those radios of the truck so cheap. >>> >>> No VAR channel is really something you need to be prepared for if you're >>> accustomed to it. It's not that they dont have decent sales, but it is a >>> self service design. You need to ask a lot of questions and the store is >>> getting better. It still has way too much stuff with no description. If the >>> third party stuff had mfg part numbers it would be better to be able to go >>> reference. >>> Doing the license stuff through commsearch directly is a learning >>> experience in itself, that was something the VAR handled for us before. But >>> it's worth learning anyway. I really didnt understand what I thought I did, >>> I thought we were licensing links. Nope, transmitters. It made it way >>> easier to comprehend when we had to sign off on bucking (I think that's >>> what they called it) we caused ourselves having so many links in proximity. >>> >>> I still think SAF is a taller product by a pinch, aviat was close enough >>> that it came to cost and really nothing else. >>> It's also layer1 aggregation which is hawt, our integras and lumina were >>> not, that's a pita, but I believe integrax is >>> >>> >>> On Wed, Mar 3, 2021, 7:37 PM Josh Baird <joshba...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>> The UI is very easy and functional. The networking config is dead >>>> simple. A bit slow, but it's being fixed in a new firmware. >>>> >>>> On Wed, Mar 3, 2021 at 7:01 PM Sean Heskett <af...@zirkel.us> wrote: >>>> >>>>> what is the user interface for aviat like? i assume useable and easy >>>>> since a lot of you like them. we are used to SAF which has been rock >>>>> solid. >>>>> >>>>> what speeds are the radios pushing in an 80Mhz channel pair? >>>>> >>>>> *Sean Heskett* >>>>> >>>>> *ZIRKEL * >>>>> *Internet • WiFi • Phone • TV* >>>>> 970-871-8500 x100 - Office >>>>> Website <http://www.zirkel.us/> | Facebook >>>>> <https://www.facebook.com/ZIRKEL/> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Wed, Mar 3, 2021 at 4:54 PM Steve Jones <thatoneguyst...@gmail.com> >>>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> most of our aviat is xpic, no real issues to note. price is sketchy >>>>>> cheap, i sometimes think that we arent actually buying from aviat and >>>>>> that >>>>>> ken rupple just keeps stealing stuff off their trucks and selling it to >>>>>> us. >>>>>> I dont care, best set of speakers i ever had came of the back of a truck. >>>>>> We have 8 links we bought last year. we are running out of sites to put >>>>>> them at. >>>>>> >>>>>> On Wed, Mar 3, 2021 at 5:23 PM Tim Hardy <thardy...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> Whatever you end up with, make sure to pay attention to system gain. >>>>>>> It is absolutely critical for modulations above 512 QAM.. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Sent from my iPad >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On Mar 3, 2021, at 6:19 PM, Darin Steffl <darin.ste...@mnwifi.com> >>>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Aviat >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Our link is solid >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On Wed, Mar 3, 2021 at 4:02 PM TJ Trout <t...@voltbb.com> wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Ahh they can do two channel xpic with bridgewater? >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> On Wed, Mar 3, 2021, 2:00 PM TJ Trout <t...@voltbb.com> wrote: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> I thought Aviat was the bits/hertz king? >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> On Wed, Mar 3, 2021, 1:53 PM Mathew Howard <mhoward...@gmail.com> >>>>>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> I'd agree with that. If one 80mhz XPIC is all that's available, >>>>>>>>>> it's hard to beat Aviat. >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> But if you have two adjacent channels available, you can close to >>>>>>>>>> double the capacity with the Bridgewaves. If I remember correctly, >>>>>>>>>> SIAE can >>>>>>>>>> do the same thing, but it'll cost quite a bit more. >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> On Wed, Mar 3, 2021 at 2:56 PM Jason McKemie < >>>>>>>>>> j.mcke...@veloxinetbroadband.com> wrote: >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> I'll follow that up by saying that if you only have one 80MHz >>>>>>>>>>> xpic channel available then I'd go with Aviat. I've got my first >>>>>>>>>>> link from >>>>>>>>>>> them going up soon. >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> On Wednesday, March 3, 2021, Jason McKemie < >>>>>>>>>>> j.mcke...@veloxinetbroadband.com> wrote: >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> If you've got the spectrum available I don't think anything can >>>>>>>>>>>> come close to Bridgewave's Navigator, at least not without buying >>>>>>>>>>>> multiple >>>>>>>>>>>> radios. >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> On Wednesday, March 3, 2021, Sean Heskett <af...@zirkel.us> >>>>>>>>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> Hello, >>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> What is the latest and greatest highest capacity 11Ghz radio >>>>>>>>>>>>> everyone is in love with? >>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> asking for a friend ;-) >>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> *Sean Heskett* >>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> *ZIRKEL * >>>>>>>>>>>>> *Internet • WiFi • Phone • TV* >>>>>>>>>>>>> 970-871-8500 x100 - Office >>>>>>>>>>>>> Website <http://www.zirkel.us/> | Facebook >>>>>>>>>>>>> <https://www.facebook.com/ZIRKEL/> >>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> -- >>>>>>>>>>> AF mailing list >>>>>>>>>>> AF@af.afmug.com >>>>>>>>>>> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> -- >>>>>>>>>> AF mailing list >>>>>>>>>> AF@af.afmug.com >>>>>>>>>> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> -- >>>>>>>> AF mailing list >>>>>>>> AF@af.afmug.com >>>>>>>> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >>>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> -- >>>>>>> Darin Steffl >>>>>>> Minnesota WiFi >>>>>>> www.mnwifi.com >>>>>>> 507-634-WiFi >>>>>>> Like us on Facebook <http://www.facebook.com/minnesotawifi> >>>>>>> -- >>>>>>> AF mailing list >>>>>>> AF@af.afmug.com >>>>>>> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >>>>>>> >>>>>>> -- >>>>>>> AF mailing list >>>>>>> AF@af.afmug.com >>>>>>> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >>>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> AF mailing list >>>>>> AF@af.afmug.com >>>>>> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >>>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> AF mailing list >>>>> AF@af.afmug.com >>>>> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >>>>> >>>> -- >>>> AF mailing list >>>> AF@af.afmug.com >>>> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >>>> >>> -- >>> AF mailing list >>> AF@af.afmug.com >>> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >>> >> -- >> AF mailing list >> AF@af.afmug.com >> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >> > -- > AF mailing list > AF@af.afmug.com > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >
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