wheres patrick been? On Thu, Feb 11, 2016 at 7:31 PM, Jeremy Grip <g...@nbnworks.net> wrote:
> +1 > > > > > > Jeremy Grip > North Branch Networks,LLC > > > > > > *From:* Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] *On Behalf Of *Gino Villarini > *Sent:* Thursday, February 11, 2016 6:10 PM > *To:* af@afmug.com; af@afmug.com > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Telrad feedback, worth the $? > > > > who? > > Sent from Outlook Mobile <https://aka.ms/qtex0l> > > > > > > On Thu, Feb 11, 2016 at 2:47 PM -0800, "Keefe John" <keefe...@ethoplex.com> > wrote: > > Chartered to spearhead the North American entry of a well-funded, new > market entrant. Founded by several of the wireless telecommunications > industry's top scientists and executives, the company, barely a year old, > has already won awards for innovation by a top American-based global > silicon company. Our technology has already earned network validation and > approval by one of the largest mobile carriers on the planet. The time is > right to introduce ourselves North American customers, who are hungry for > solutions that will allow them to leverage the emerging LTE future without > blowing up their business models. > > On 2/11/2016 4:46 PM, Keefe John wrote: > > I heard someone is launching something better than Telrad on Monday. > We'll see what it is! > > On 2/11/2016 4:12 PM, Andreas Wiatowski wrote: > > I’ll pipe in. > > > > We were/are an early adopter of LTE. I can tell you that buying into the > Telrad system has been a very good move for us. As of today, almost 450 > Subscribers and 30 sectors deployed in 2.3Ghz and 3.65Ghz. We have a total > build commitment consisting of 70 sectors and 2 EPC cores on our network. > From there…who knows. > > > > We have been deploying 4 sectors with Back to Back frequency reuse using 2 > eNodeB’s in split mode. Once we fill it up, we will deploy additional AP’s > and continue to fill…..then once MU-Mimo is running we will double our > subscriber possibility. > > > > Now that we have Breezeview running and ACS, we have complete visibility > into our UE’s and infrastructure. The piece we need to get integrated is > Powercode and the EPC. > > > > Was the LTE piece sold too early???…YES… Is it ready for commercial > deployment now?….YES. Because of early adoption, we certainly appreciate > the features and stability of the platform and EPC at this point. Thanks to > other customers that adopted early, like us, many bugs and issues have been > resolved. > > Another point to remember is that the technology has been heavily deployed > by National Carriers in the WiMAX flavour as Alvarion…the hardware is > hardened and works well in extremely cold temperatures and heat….and > lightning resilient because of field proven/hardened components. > > > > LTE is absolute magic…. Our installers are loving a working, predictable > platform now that we have a strong understanding of capabilities and I love > the fact that new features are a software upgrade away. We are filling our > schedules with customers that have been waiting a long time for our > deployment. I can tell you we wasted a lot of money with other > platforms/vendors, but I am very happy with our decision to go with Telrad. > > > > Also, kudos to Telrad. They have been absolutely terrific on the customer > service front too…we had some very weird issues just before Christmas, they > sent Guy from Israel on boxing day and we spent a week in the field > diagnosing problems and solving them. Most of the problems were related to > outside interference and on tower interference. This field diagnosing and > knowledge level that Guy has in the product definitely instilled confidence > in the product and sealed my faith in the decision I made to move forward > with them. > > > > > > > > Cheers, > > ______________________________ > > Andreas Wiatowski | CEO > > Silo Wireless Inc. > > Email andr...@silowireless.com > > 19 Sage Court > > Brantford, Ontario N3R 7T4 (CANADA) > > Tel +1.519.449.5656 Extension-600|Fax +1.519.449.5536 |Toll Free > +1.866.727.4138 > > > > *From:* Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com <af-boun...@afmug.com>] *On > Behalf Of *Josh Luthman > *Sent:* February 11, 2016 4:17 PM > *To:* af@afmug.com > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Telrad feedback, worth the $? > > > > Are you doing LTE or Wimax with Telrad, Sean? > > > > > Josh Luthman > Office: 937-552-2340 > Direct: 937-552-2343 > 1100 Wayne St > Suite 1337 > Troy, OH 45373 > > > > On Thu, Feb 11, 2016 at 4:15 PM, Sean Heskett <af...@zirkel.us> wrote: > > We deploy mainly LOS with canopy 450 5ghz. However the telrad equipment > has been amazing at connecting clients that are buried in trees. I'm > extremely satisfied with the performance of the system...when it works. I > added the qualifier of "when it works" because I feel like we've been a bit > of a beta tester. It's a very new product on the bleeding edge and it's > getting better all the time but we definetly bled more blood than I would > have liked. > > > 2 cents > > > > -Sean > > > > > On Wednesday, February 10, 2016, TJ Trout <t...@voltbb.com> wrote: > > It seems as if the telrad discussions have gone cold, seriously looking at > it for a new deployment but wanted to get some feedback from current users, > Gino? Etc > > They have priced me out at about 45k for 4 radios, 4 sectors and the basic > EPC. $285 for the CPE. This is a fortune compared to anything else, but if > you can truly reach many more customers and load the aps higher it may > pincel out for me... > > So what's the word ? > > > > > > > > -- If you only see yourself as part of the team but you don't see your team as part of yourself you have already failed as part of the team.
