And the same guys (NCTA) complain about LTE-U - how dangerous it is for their s/business/WiFi
http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2015/08/verizon-and-t-mobile-join-forces-in-fight-for-wi-fi-airwaves/ On Thu, Sep 10, 2015 at 8:00 AM, Scott Helms <khe...@zcorum.com> wrote: > This sounds like a hypothetical complaint, AFAIK none of the members of the > CableWiFi consortium are deploying APs outside of their footprint. Since > most of the APs use a cable modem for their backhaul it's not really > feasible to be without at least one broadband option (the cable MSO) and be > impaired by the CableWiFi APs. > > Now, there is one potential exception to this I'm aware of which is > Comcast's Xfinity on Campus service, but I'd expect the number of colleges > they're servicing that aren't already getting cable broadband service to > approach zero. > > > http://www.philly.com/philly/business/20150909_Comcast_streams_onto_college_campuses.html > > https://xfinityoncampus.com/login > > > Having said all of that, I'd agree that a good radio resource management > approach would benefit all of us, including the CableWiFi guys. > > http://www.cablelabs.com/wi-fi-radio-resource-management-rrm/ > > > Scott Helms > Vice President of Technology > ZCorum > (678) 507-5000 > -------------------------------- > http://twitter.com/kscotthelms > -------------------------------- > > On Thu, Sep 10, 2015 at 10:52 AM, Jared Mauch <ja...@puck.nether.net> > wrote: > > > > > > On Sep 10, 2015, at 9:00 AM, Mike Hammett <na...@ics-il.net> wrote: > > > > > > 5 GHz noise levels affecting people whose primary means of Internet > > access is via fixed wireless . > > > > > > > This is a huge deal for those people like myself that depend on fixed > > wireless for access at home because there is no broadband available > despite > > incentives given by cities and states and the federal government. > > > > The local WISPs are good at coordinating access in these ISM bands > amongst > > themselves but when someone appears with a SSID without doing a peek at > the > > spectrum (note: not a site survey, but actual spectrum view w/ waterfall, > > as site survey only checks for the channel width that the client radio is > > configured for, not al the 10, 15, 8, 30mhz wide variants). > > > > It’s just poor practice to show up and break something else because you > > can’t be bothered to notice the interference or noise floor you > created. I > > suspect the hardware that Comcast is using doesn’t notice this > interference > > or adjacent channel issues. With the FCC aiming to let cell carriers > also > > clog the 5ghz ISM band it’s only going to get worse. > > > > - Jared > -- Best regards, Yury.