Does this network also carry the alarm system traffic?
From: Josh Reynolds
Sent: Thursday, May 21, 2015 4:28 PM
To: af@afmug.com ; Chuck Hogg
Subject: Re: [AFMUG] vivint
"Throw money at it until it works!@"
On May 21, 2015 1:13:57 PM AKDT, Chuck Hogg <ch...@shelbybb.com> wrote:
I don't know about that...they are heavily invested in technology, Quantenna
for example, just like Mimosa is.
Regards,
Chuck
On Thu, May 21, 2015 at 4:49 PM, Colin Stanners <cstann...@gmail.com> wrote:
I'm geographically far from Vivint but just the things I've been reading
make it seem like a "too much money not enough engineering" business. But
they're making so much money in other areas that they don't need to care.
On May 21, 2015 2:08 PM, "Rory Conaway" <r...@triadwireless.net> wrote:
Vivint is kind of the worst of every idea. They spend a boatload on
licensed spectrum, an excessive amount on backhaul radios and co-location
costs, all of which requires a high-density of users. Then they deploy a
non-TDMA mesh protocol so that when the density starts to increase, they cause
their own interference. The 5GHz technology they are deploying can’t support
the density they need to make this profitable. Then when connections don’t
work, they deploy hacked together flat-panels to make the connection which then
causes problems for other users because the flat-panel is too directional. I’m
really not sure who is designing this but it reminds me of the EarthLink mesh
deployments. What I can’t figure out is how that design gets past a technical
and financial review. This is a multi-billion dollar, international company.
Somebody should have figured out that there weren’t going to get 50Mbps through
a mesh system consistently with vegetation and that the costs weren’t going to
be in line with the revenue/density.
Rory
From: Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] On Behalf Of Joe Falaschi
Sent: Thursday, May 21, 2015 11:51 AM
To: af@afmug.com
Subject: Re: [AFMUG] vivint
I heard they were using this in 28GHz for BH to their micro sites:
http://cbnl.com/vectastar-gigabit-highlights
Joe Falaschi
e-vergent
On May 21, 2015, at 1:29 PM, Sterling Jacobson wrote:
I think they are sometimes 5Ghz and sometimes something else on the
houses.
The backhauls appear to be the unlicensed SAF 20+GHZ stuff to nearby
drops.
Most of those in Saratoga Springs are connected to CentraCom Fiber at the
schools etc.
And they are doing 50Mbps for $50 or $60 depending on who you talk to.
So maybe they outperform DirectCom now, but when you guys get more fiber
and for a better price they will switch.
We took over quite a few in some neighborhoods already.
From: Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] On Behalf Of Chuck McCown
Sent: Thursday, May 21, 2015 12:20 PM
To: af@afmug.com
Subject: [AFMUG] vivint
Anyone know if the APs are 5.8 GHz? I saw one going in today. Fed with
a backhaul with a 2 foot dish. Couldn’t get close enough to see if it was
licensed or not. The AP antennas look like little whips. At roof top. In a
very heavy tree’d neighborhood. With trees taller than the houses. With a
bunch of other WISPs in the area... And I just rolled fiber down that street.
Wonder who will win in the end?
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