We have something like 20% of our Wimax customers converted to LTE.
Throughput is better in most cases. Latency is about half.
nLOS success is usually similar to Wimax, but we've had a few surprises.
Some CPE actually got worse, but they were generally fixable with
antenna adjustment. Apparently due to layer1 differences they may
respond differently to nearby objects. One specific thing i can think
of is if you have the CPE mounted on the side of the house such that it
looks the long way down the house.....Wimax doesn't seem to care about
having the house next to your path, but LTE did not like that (SNR went
from 25 to 5 in one such case). In another case, the path turned out to
be just barely through dirt. It was clipping the edge of the hill.
Wimax worked with a marginally acceptable signal, but LTE had no
connection at all. I think that was the only one we lost.....and really
with dirt in the way I'm sure we would have eventually had a problem
with the Wimax too.
I like Telrad's Breezeview software. They're going to add some TR-69
support in the next release so Breezeview can be the configuration
server for your CPE, and I'm really looking forward to that.
My only complaint is that there are still some bugs that I can't live
with. It has been getting better with each software release, so I feel
like we're getting closer to victory.
I really really wish the Telrad equipment supported SNMP. I understand
the technical benefits of NetConf and TR-69, but SNMP software is
cheap/free whereas right now software for TR-69 and NetConf are both
$$$. Ultimately I think they're on a path to getting us good data via
Breezeview, which will collect a blend of data from the Base Station and
the CPE, and what we're paying for Breezeview is not as much as we would
pay for a TR-69 ACS and an NMS supporting NetConf. I still wish there
was SNMP....but I think we'll get along with Breezeview.
The LTE only UE (Telrad 8000) is better than any of the Wimax CPE I've
seen...and somehow it's also cheaper.
Anyway, LTE is a viable alternative to Wimax. You will pay more for it
than you did for Wimax regardless of who the vendor is. There is also a
learning curve....there's a different set of terminology for everything
and more acronyms than you can shake a stick at.
------ Original Message ------
From: "SmarterBroadband" <li...@sbb.net>
To: af@afmug.com
Sent: 4/7/2017 3:09:47 PM
Subject: Re: [AFMUG] 3.65 Wimax
Like you we use Telrad WiMAX. It has been good for us. We will also
transition to LTE soon.
From: Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] On Behalf Of Adam Moffett
Sent: Friday, April 7, 2017 11:14 AM
To:af@afmug.com
Subject: Re: [AFMUG] 3.65 Wimax
We still have it, yes. Transitioning to LTE.
If you like-hated wimax, then you'll like-hate LTE even more.
If you loved Wimax, then I don't think we can be friends.
------ Original Message ------
From: "Philip Rankin" <wireless...@gmail.com>
To: "af" <af@afmug.com>
Sent: 4/7/2017 1:56:26 PM
Subject: [AFMUG] 3.65 Wimax
Is anyone still operating 3.65 Wimax?
Has any other technology/wireless protocol come along that can compete
with Wimax's superior nLos capability? At any other bands? I have no
interest in 900.
Thanks in advance for any feedback!
--
Philip J. Rankin
Wireless Telecommunications Services
PO Box 24
Pittsburg, KS 66762