Problem is your only thinking in the context of five nines wireless.
No one with any common sense thinks “five nines wireless” and long range millimeter wave. Period. I agree with you 100%. But… For instance – I engineered a BridgeWave link at 10 miles for the US Air Force at White Sand Missile Range that was for a remote area that needed 1Gbps (no microwave solutions at that time could do it). Since they were playing with lasers, they told me they would never be onsite if there was so much as a cloud in the sky. To them, it worked “five nines”. Travis Johnson also had an 18GHz link at 35 miles that worked great for him for a number of years in his WISP. That would be against the book too. Proper engineering and understanding the mission requirements are critical to great engineering. Daniel White Managing Director – Hardware Distribution Sales ConVergence Technologies Cell: +1 (303) 746-3590 <mailto:dwh...@converge-tech.com> dwh...@converge-tech.com From: Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] On Behalf Of Eric Kuhnke Sent: Wednesday, October 5, 2016 12:14 PM To: af@afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Siklu Distance ha ha, maybe in ITU rain zone A (arabian desert) and with 60cm dishes, and allowing for "uptime" in nines to include QPSK modulation at very low data rates during rain events... There is a big difference between marketing materials and production reality with five nines 80 GHz. On Wed, Oct 5, 2016 at 10:22 AM, Jason McKemie <j.mcke...@veloxinetbroadband.com <mailto:j.mcke...@veloxinetbroadband.com> > wrote: I received an email from Siklu saying their equipment could offer gigabit speeds at 8+ miles. This seems dishonest at best. I guess they didn't say where the link had to be located to get this distance... --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus