Re: [AFMUG] Grail or Gauntlet? ...or Maybe Just Powerpointware?

2015-02-23 Thread Gino Villarini
...@veloxinetbroadband.commailto:j.mcke...@veloxinetbroadband.com Reply-To: af@afmug.commailto:af@afmug.com af@afmug.commailto:af@afmug.com Date: Monday, February 23, 2015 at 4:01 AM To: af@afmug.commailto:af@afmug.com af@afmug.commailto:af@afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Grail or Gauntlet? ...or Maybe Just

Re: [AFMUG] Grail or Gauntlet? ...or Maybe Just Powerpointware?

2015-02-23 Thread Josh Reynolds
*From: *Josh Reynolds j...@spitwspots.com *To: *af@afmug.com *Sent: *Monday, February 23, 2015 1:19:51 AM *Subject: *Re: [AFMUG] Grail or Gauntlet? ...or Maybe Just Powerpointware? Sensitivity does not change the power level of the received signal. -- Josh Reynolds CIO

Re: [AFMUG] Grail or Gauntlet? ...or Maybe Just Powerpointware?

2015-02-23 Thread Mike Hammett
] Grail or Gauntlet? ...or Maybe Just Powerpointware? Sensitivity does not change the power level of the received signal. -- Josh Reynolds CIO, SPITwSPOTS www.spitwspots.com On 02/22/2015 08:42 PM, Patrick Leary wrote: ...also, seriously. You any like it's even possible to compute a link budget

Re: [AFMUG] Grail or Gauntlet? ...or Maybe Just Powerpointware?

2015-02-23 Thread Mike Hammett
Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com - Original Message - From: Josh Reynolds j...@spitwspots.com To: af@afmug.com Sent: Monday, February 23, 2015 5:43:41 AM Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Grail or Gauntlet? ...or Maybe Just Powerpointware? Deviates from the point. The question remains

Re: [AFMUG] Grail or Gauntlet? ...or Maybe Just Powerpointware?

2015-02-23 Thread Josh Reynolds
mailto:j...@spitwspots.com *To: *af@afmug.com mailto:af@afmug.com *Sent: *Monday, February 23, 2015 5:43:41 AM *Subject: *Re: [AFMUG] Grail or Gauntlet? ...or Maybe Just Powerpointware? Deviates from the point. The question remains -- was something different between the two

Re: [AFMUG] Grail or Gauntlet? ...or Maybe Just Powerpointware?

2015-02-23 Thread Mike Hammett
http://www.ics-il.com - Original Message - From: Patrick Leary patrickleary.af...@gmail.com To: af@afmug.com Sent: Monday, February 23, 2015 7:40:11 AM Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Grail or Gauntlet? ...or Maybe Just Powerpointware? That's exactly what I'm trying to say, except

Re: [AFMUG] Grail or Gauntlet? ...or Maybe Just Powerpointware?

2015-02-23 Thread Patrick Leary
/ICSIL -- *From: *Josh Reynolds j...@spitwspots.com *To: *af@afmug.com *Sent: *Monday, February 23, 2015 5:43:41 AM *Subject: *Re: [AFMUG] Grail or Gauntlet? ...or Maybe Just Powerpointware? Deviates from the point. The question remains -- was something different

Re: [AFMUG] Grail or Gauntlet? ...or Maybe Just Powerpointware?

2015-02-23 Thread Gino Villarini
-il.net Reply-To: af@afmug.commailto:af@afmug.com af@afmug.commailto:af@afmug.com Date: Monday, February 23, 2015 at 8:15 AM To: af@afmug.commailto:af@afmug.com af@afmug.commailto:af@afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Grail or Gauntlet? ...or Maybe Just Powerpointware? No, it's a very important part

Re: [AFMUG] Grail or Gauntlet? ...or Maybe Just Powerpointware?

2015-02-23 Thread Adam Moffett
mailto:j...@spitwspots.com *To: *af@afmug.com mailto:af@afmug.com *Sent: *Monday, February 23, 2015 5:43:41 AM *Subject: *Re: [AFMUG] Grail or Gauntlet? ...or Maybe Just Powerpointware? Deviates from the point. The question remains -- was something different between the two setups

Re: [AFMUG] Grail or Gauntlet? ...or Maybe Just Powerpointware?

2015-02-23 Thread That One Guy
, 2015 at 4:01 AM To: af@afmug.com af@afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Grail or Gauntlet? ...or Maybe Just Powerpointware? I think RF levels is the key phrase here - a bit of wordsmithing :) On Monday, February 23, 2015, Josh Reynolds j...@spitwspots.com wrote: Sensitivity does not change

Re: [AFMUG] Grail or Gauntlet? ...or Maybe Just Powerpointware?

2015-02-23 Thread Ken Hohhof
: That One Guy Sent: Monday, February 23, 2015 8:28 AM To: af@afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Grail or Gauntlet? ...or Maybe Just Powerpointware? This is reminiscent of that aggressive bald cambium sales rep, insulting customers and making huge promises, I wonder what he does now. On Mon, Feb 23

Re: [AFMUG] Grail or Gauntlet? ...or Maybe Just Powerpointware?

2015-02-23 Thread That One Guy
like Mays and Ron Popeil . I don’t know, I was always a sucker for Ron Popeil. Wait, there’s more. *From:* That One Guy thatoneguyst...@gmail.com *Sent:* Monday, February 23, 2015 8:28 AM *To:* af@afmug.com *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Grail or Gauntlet? ...or Maybe Just Powerpointware

Re: [AFMUG] Grail or Gauntlet? ...or Maybe Just Powerpointware?

2015-02-23 Thread Patrick Leary
, February 23, 2015 at 4:01 AM To: af@afmug.com af@afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Grail or Gauntlet? ...or Maybe Just Powerpointware? I think RF levels is the key phrase here - a bit of wordsmithing :) On Monday, February 23, 2015, Josh Reynolds j...@spitwspots.com wrote: Sensitivity does

Re: [AFMUG] Grail or Gauntlet? ...or Maybe Just Powerpointware?

2015-02-23 Thread Patrick Leary
a sucker for Ron Popeil. Wait, there’s more. *From:* That One Guy thatoneguyst...@gmail.com *Sent:* Monday, February 23, 2015 8:28 AM *To:* af@afmug.com *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Grail or Gauntlet? ...or Maybe Just Powerpointware? This is reminiscent of that aggressive bald cambium sales rep

Re: [AFMUG] Grail or Gauntlet? ...or Maybe Just Powerpointware?

2015-02-23 Thread Jason McKemie
I think RF levels is the key phrase here - a bit of wordsmithing :) On Monday, February 23, 2015, Josh Reynolds j...@spitwspots.com wrote: Sensitivity does not change the power level of the received signal. -- Josh Reynolds CIO, SPITwSPOTSwww.spitwspots.com On 02/22/2015 08:42 PM,

Re: [AFMUG] Grail or Gauntlet? ...or Maybe Just Powerpointware?

2015-02-22 Thread Mike Hammett
://www.ics-il.com From: Bill Prince part15...@gmail.com To: af@afmug.com Sent: Saturday, February 21, 2015 10:06:12 AM Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Grail or Gauntlet? ...or Maybe Just Powerpointware? At 100 watts per BTS, how is the power conveyed up the tower? That is way too much power for any kind

Re: [AFMUG] Grail or Gauntlet? ...or Maybe Just Powerpointware?

2015-02-22 Thread Jaime Solorza
, February 21, 2015 10:06:12 AM *Subject: *Re: [AFMUG] Grail or Gauntlet? ...or Maybe Just Powerpointware? At 100 watts per BTS, how is the power conveyed up the tower? That is way too much power for any kind of POE, so there must be some special kind of cabling required? Likewise, there must

Re: [AFMUG] Grail or Gauntlet? ...or Maybe Just Powerpointware?

2015-02-22 Thread Steve D
I remember former employers who got sold on canopy 900 doing 40 miles, 7 meg, through trees! Yeah -Steve D On Sat, Feb 21, 2015 at 5:41 PM, Bill Prince part15...@gmail.com wrote: The issue was the implied inclusiveness. That is the way it was sold. Maybe it could do 70 Mbps.

Re: [AFMUG] Grail or Gauntlet? ...or Maybe Just Powerpointware?

2015-02-22 Thread Patrick Leary
That's easy. dB re power is only part of the basic math formula Adam. The other half of the elementary equation is sensitivity. On Feb 22, 2015 10:37 PM, Adam Moffett dmmoff...@gmail.com wrote: I read that quote before Patrick, and I am forced to wonder if that individual was in the United

Re: [AFMUG] Grail or Gauntlet? ...or Maybe Just Powerpointware?

2015-02-22 Thread Patrick Leary
...also, seriously. You any like it's even possible to compute a link budget without accounting for sensitivity, MIMO scheme etc. Thinking dBm and dBi are the only numbers in the equation has me wondering how experienced you are Adam. You do realize don't you it's impossible to understand link

Re: [AFMUG] Grail or Gauntlet? ...or Maybe Just Powerpointware?

2015-02-22 Thread TJ Trout
Rf level is rf level. TX power + antenna gain - path loss + antenna gain I think Adam makes a good point. If both systems were making legal eirp on the same path, the signals should be the same. Unless I'm inexperienced too? Maybe this telrad stuff is just too complicated for us silly wisps.

Re: [AFMUG] Grail or Gauntlet? ...or Maybe Just Powerpointware?

2015-02-22 Thread Adam Moffett
I read that quote before Patrick, and I am forced to wonder if that individual was in the United States and running at the correct (legal) power level. And I wonder if he was comparing the naked 10dbi SM to a 15dbi wimax CPE. You could definitely get 10db more by turning up the tx power all

Re: [AFMUG] Grail or Gauntlet? ...or Maybe Just Powerpointware?

2015-02-21 Thread Rory Conaway
] On Behalf Of Jaime Solorza Sent: Saturday, February 21, 2015 11:54 AM To: Animal Farm Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Grail or Gauntlet? ...or Maybe Just Powerpointware? They had a microcell vs macrocell seminar at show but I was in Phoenix Contact training off site in 20 words or less what is difference

Re: [AFMUG] Grail or Gauntlet? ...or Maybe Just Powerpointware?

2015-02-21 Thread Bill Prince
The issue was the implied inclusiveness. That is the way it was sold. Maybe it could do 70 Mbps. Maybe it could go 70 miles. Maybe it could support 70 PMP customers. But it could not do all 3 at the same time. Whatcha want Bunky; 70 Mbps, 70 miles, or 70 PMP customers? Pick one. bp

Re: [AFMUG] Grail or Gauntlet? ...or Maybe Just Powerpointware?

2015-02-21 Thread Patrick Leary
@afmug.com *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Grail or Gauntlet? ...or Maybe Just Powerpointware? That just me drinking the Koolaid and believing it Jason. I do though think the latency ding Moto users have always done is a red herring. I've never in my entire career had an actual operator using my gear

Re: [AFMUG] Grail or Gauntlet? ...or Maybe Just Powerpointware?

2015-02-21 Thread Jason McKemie
Ok, with all due respect, this is BS (and I'm not talking about Base Station either). With some of the new gear that Ubiquiti has and Mimosa is releasing, I could get more bandwidth and lower latency to the end user at a lower price - this is what WISPs have excelled at for many years. I'm sure

Re: [AFMUG] Grail or Gauntlet? ...or Maybe Just Powerpointware?

2015-02-21 Thread Patrick Leary
Meant to say between his Telrad gear and his UBNT links. On Sat, Feb 21, 2015 at 1:40 PM, Patrick Leary patrickleary.af...@gmail.com wrote: That just me drinking the Koolaid and believing it Jason. I do though think the latency ding Moto users have always done is a red herring. I've never in

Re: [AFMUG] Grail or Gauntlet? ...or Maybe Just Powerpointware?

2015-02-21 Thread Patrick Leary
That just me drinking the Koolaid and believing it Jason. I do though think the latency ding Moto users have always done is a red herring. I've never in my entire career had an actual operator using my gear telling latency caused them problems. The issue is really jitter, and we do better than

Re: [AFMUG] Grail or Gauntlet? ...or Maybe Just Powerpointware?

2015-02-21 Thread Patrick Leary
Here is Daniel Moore quote from when he first fired up his new gear: We deployed two Compacts this week, different towers. Our first two installations were completed tonight on Tower 1, here are the results--- The first- customer is aprox 6 miles from the base station. Behind a small hill.

Re: [AFMUG] Grail or Gauntlet? ...or Maybe Just Powerpointware?

2015-02-21 Thread Jason McKemie
The more I do wireless, the more I prefer the microcell model. Telrad's equipment certainly seems like something you would use in a macrocell-type setup, if for no other reason than price. I've seen much more consistent jitter when using Ubiquiti in a microcell vs macrocell application. On Sat,

Re: [AFMUG] Grail or Gauntlet? ...or Maybe Just Powerpointware?

2015-02-21 Thread That One Guy
So the solution to the price points and the legitimate concerns of smaller operators is not to address them directly, but rather to insult prospective customers? I understand, a customer concerned about cost is likely not going to be a good long term prospect when selling a higher ended product

Re: [AFMUG] Grail or Gauntlet? ...or Maybe Just Powerpointware?

2015-02-21 Thread Ryan Ray
Assuming we did have the fiber what would be an accurate number for everything needed to hang a bts. Earlier in your comments you said about $275 per cpe? Sent while mobile On Feb 21, 2015, at 5:07 AM, Patrick Leary patrickleary.af...@gmail.com wrote: Neighborhood style micro pop would

Re: [AFMUG] Grail or Gauntlet? ...or Maybe Just Powerpointware?

2015-02-21 Thread Patrick Leary
Ryan, that should be the very worst case on the CPE and that's all in (no caps of course), except for the cable. It even includes the mount bracket, as shown circled here: [image: Inline image 1] On Sat, Feb 21, 2015 at 12:26 PM, Ryan Ray ryan...@gmail.com wrote: Assuming we did have the fiber

Re: [AFMUG] Grail or Gauntlet? ...or Maybe Just Powerpointware?

2015-02-21 Thread Jaime Solorza
They had a microcell vs macrocell seminar at show but I was in Phoenix Contact training off site in 20 words or less what is difference? Jaime Solorza Wireless Systems Architect 915-861-1390 On Sat, Feb 21, 2015 at 11:50 AM, Jason McKemie j.mcke...@veloxinetbroadband.com wrote: The more I

Re: [AFMUG] Grail or Gauntlet? ...or Maybe Just Powerpointware?

2015-02-21 Thread Mike Hammett
...@veloxinetbroadband.com To: af@afmug.com Sent: Saturday, February 21, 2015 12:31:04 PM Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Grail or Gauntlet? ...or Maybe Just Powerpointware? Ok, with all due respect, this is BS (and I'm not talking about Base Station either). With some of the new gear that Ubiquiti has

Re: [AFMUG] Grail or Gauntlet? ...or Maybe Just Powerpointware?

2015-02-21 Thread Patrick Leary
] Grail or Gauntlet? ...or Maybe Just Powerpointware? Ok, with all due respect, this is BS (and I'm not talking about Base Station either). With some of the new gear that Ubiquiti has and Mimosa is releasing, I could get more bandwidth and lower latency to the end user at a lower price

Re: [AFMUG] Grail or Gauntlet? ...or Maybe Just Powerpointware?

2015-02-21 Thread Patrick Leary
No one is saying f'off but you. I responding to your disbelief. I'm never going to convince everyone, nor will we ever be a fit for everyone, nor do we want everyone. Right now we are attracting a pretty good crowd, mostly consisting of long time Cambium users. And I mean major WISPs; lots of

Re: [AFMUG] Grail or Gauntlet? ...or Maybe Just Powerpointware?

2015-02-21 Thread Jason McKemie
Moving the AP closer to the user vs. trying to serve customers further out from a central site. The microcell model works a lot better than macrocell when it comes to unlicensed IMO. There are also many different levels of micro and macro cells. On Sat, Feb 21, 2015 at 12:54 PM, Jaime Solorza

Re: [AFMUG] Grail or Gauntlet? ...or Maybe Just Powerpointware?

2015-02-21 Thread Patrick Leary
Here are the jitter quotes I was looking fro from Daniel Moore: There is a higher latency on the WiMAX platform. With LTE we see an average of 20 ms added vs 40-60 ms with WiMAX. That said- the latency jitter is much more stable than our WIFI gear. Almost no jitter on both WiMAX and LTE. With

Re: [AFMUG] Grail or Gauntlet? ...or Maybe Just Powerpointware?

2015-02-21 Thread Stefan Englhardt
...@gmail.com To: Animal Farm af@afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Grail or Gauntlet? ...or Maybe Just Powerpointware? Message-ID: caewy7_s_z9k0moj+drulhacf-w0x4npp8mtneptoiwgd7uf...@mail.gmail.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 They had a microcell vs macrocell seminar at show

Re: [AFMUG] Grail or Gauntlet? ...or Maybe Just Powerpointware?

2015-02-21 Thread TJ Trout
Solorza losguyswirel...@gmail.com To: Animal Farm af@afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Grail or Gauntlet? ...or Maybe Just Powerpointware? Message-ID: caewy7_s_z9k0moj+drulhacf-w0x4npp8mtneptoiwgd7uf...@mail.gmail.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 They had a microcell vs

Re: [AFMUG] Grail or Gauntlet? ...or Maybe Just Powerpointware?

2015-02-21 Thread Patrick Leary
.html -- Message: 2 Date: Sat, 21 Feb 2015 11:54:04 -0700 From: Jaime Solorza losguyswirel...@gmail.com To: Animal Farm af@afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Grail or Gauntlet? ...or Maybe Just Powerpointware? Message-ID: caewy7_s_z9k0moj

Re: [AFMUG] Grail or Gauntlet? ...or Maybe Just Powerpointware?

2015-02-21 Thread Patrick Leary
: Jaime Solorza losguyswirel...@gmail.com To: Animal Farm af@afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Grail or Gauntlet? ...or Maybe Just Powerpointware? Message-ID: caewy7_s_z9k0moj+drulhacf-w0x4npp8mtneptoiwgd7uf...@mail.gmail.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 They had