Re: [WISPA] 900MHz band

2018-06-21 Thread Seth Mattinen
On 6/21/18 12:57, Steve Barnes wrote: > Now they are claiming that 10MHz channel width in the 900MHz ISM band is > Illegal.  That the channel width is to be no larger than 8MHz. I have > read all kinds of ISM docs from the FCC and I see no mention of max > channel widths.  They made mention of t

Re: [WISPA] Network Neutrality talking points

2017-12-16 Thread Seth Mattinen
On 12/16/17 9:39 AM, Vance Shipley wrote: > > Sure they did. What would you do if a "customer" (from your perspective) > said to you that they were special and you shouldn't charge them anything? > > A) you would ignore them, or B) you would give them a price. Either way > it's your choice, at

Re: [WISPA] Net neutrality & bandwidth providers

2017-12-15 Thread Seth Mattinen
On 12/15/17 09:40, Josh Luthman wrote: > Do you not have a DMCA contact?  I get these things daily and I have a > pretty small customer count with a geographic that I would suspect is > minimally using Bittorrent. > Not daily, no. Maybe once or twice a month for me. ~Seth

Re: [WISPA] Net neutrality & bandwidth providers

2017-12-15 Thread Seth Mattinen
On 12/13/17 9:04 AM, Rory Conaway wrote: > I want to be able to throttle torrent users. Beyond that, I don't think it > will affect us much in areas of high-competition. I don't really see torrents as a major thing anymore, not like what it used to be anyway. __

Re: [WISPA] Net neutrality & bandwidth providers

2017-12-12 Thread Seth Mattinen
On 12/10/17 2:44 PM, Chadwick Wachs wrote: > What are the current thoughts on the effects of net neutrality being > over turned on our bandwidth providers? I understand how the cable and > DSL companies may react but as a small WISP, I've been thinking this > will have little impact on us and ou

Re: [WISPA] CBRS Spectrum - PLEASE DO THIS TODAY, TOMORROW, and every day next week. It's time to ACT to save CBRS spectrum

2017-12-06 Thread Seth Mattinen
On 12/6/17 15:37, Jan Van Kort wrote: > I use that now, where does CBRS get tied to 3.6 equipment?  I read the > fcc blurb on cbrs and they didn't cover 3.6, only mentioned cb radios > and 40 channels.  Didn't know anybody still used that stuff, grew out of > that 40 years ago. That's Citizens

Re: [WISPA] CBRS Spectrum - PLEASE DO THIS TODAY, TOMORROW, and every day next week. It's time to ACT to save CBRS spectrum

2017-12-06 Thread Seth Mattinen
On 12/6/17 6:25 AM, Matt Hoppes wrote: > Do you really think this is going to do anything though? It's very easy > to post something like this on Facebook, but I feel like it really > doesn't have any actual affect. No, posting to Facebook does not help. Use Twitter to call out the relevant pa

Re: [WISPA] Looking for opinions on a proposal for PTMP in 6Ghz Part 101 spectrum

2017-06-08 Thread Seth Mattinen
On 6/8/17 16:35, Mitch wrote: > I here protect existing...What about new PtP priority over PtMP?? New 6GHz licensed links must be continued to be allowed in my opinion, even if it requires shutdown for someone's multipoint. ~Seth ___ Wireless mailing

Re: [WISPA] Looking for opinions on a proposal for PTMP in 6Ghz Part 101 spectrum

2017-06-07 Thread Seth Mattinen
On 6/7/17 11:44, David Jones wrote: > If its to be part 15 how will the 6ghz be protected? don't we now have > problems in the DFS from people who don't know or don't care? I still want to able to coordinate new part 101 6GHz links. That band should not be removed from the box of tools WISPs ha

Re: [WISPA] Looking for opinions on a proposal for PTMP in 6Ghz Part 101 spectrum

2017-06-07 Thread Seth Mattinen
On 6/7/17 11:23, Mark Radabaugh wrote: > What are you proposing replace unlicensed spectrum with? > > CBRS? I don’t think you are going to like the results. Straight up > licensed auctions? Do you really have the money to compete with the big 4 > in that? > > I’m not sure what WISPA is su

Re: [WISPA] Looking for opinions on a proposal for PTMP in 6Ghz Part 101 spectrum

2017-06-05 Thread Seth Mattinen
On 6/5/17 09:13, Chuck Hogg wrote: > I think so long as we protect existing uses of 6GHz, I'd be open to more > unlicensed spectrum. Future use of 6GHz as it's currently used should also be protected. ~Seth ___ Wireless mailing list Wireless@wispa.org

Re: [WISPA] Looking for opinions on a proposal for PTMP in 6Ghz Part 101 spectrum

2017-06-05 Thread Seth Mattinen
On 6/5/17 09:10, mike.l...@gmail.com wrote: > Another "lightly licensed" MAY work. But just another extension of > part-15 would be a cluster f*ck. Lightly licensed NN was a joke and should not be repeated. ~Seth ___ Wireless mailing list Wireless@wis

Re: [WISPA] Looking for opinions on a proposal for PTMP in 6Ghz Part 101 spectrum

2017-06-05 Thread Seth Mattinen
On 6/5/17 8:04 AM, Mark Radabaugh wrote: > > Read it again. PTP links are protected in 6Ghz, and would continue to be > protected. Not yet determined (and this is a very long process) is how new > PTP links would be established. > > WISPA’s long standing and continuing policy is to advocate

Re: [WISPA] Looking for opinions on a proposal for PTMP in 6Ghz Part 101 spectrum

2017-06-05 Thread Seth Mattinen
On 6/5/17 4:04 AM, Mark Radabaugh wrote: > > It’s curious that you would give up access to potentially >1000Mhz of > clean mid-band spectrum because you don’t want your competitors using > it. Given the current limited amount of spectrum available for PTMP > use how do you propose to serve th

Re: [WISPA] Looking for opinions on a proposal for PTMP in 6Ghz Part 101 spectrum

2017-06-04 Thread Seth Mattinen
On 6/2/17 2:12 PM, Mark Radabaugh wrote: > I’m interested in opinions on how important 6Ghz PTP links are to the > membership and for those who use them if there would be significant > opposition to using the spectrum for Point to Multipoint. I think that if the history of behavior with unlicen

Re: [WISPA] Looking for opinions on a proposal for PTMP in 6Ghz Part 101 spectrum

2017-06-04 Thread Seth Mattinen
On 6/4/17 2:00 PM, Keefe John wrote: > Count me in. The channel sizes available in 6 GHz don't allow enough > bandwidth for current applications. I hardly see 6 GHz PCNs anymore. 60MHz channels are still serviceable. ~Seth ___ Wireless mailing list

Re: [WISPA] Cambium 450, 450m, and epmp in 5.X GHz Comparison

2017-03-21 Thread Seth Mattinen
On 3/21/17 09:44, Marco Coelho wrote: > I understand that, but sm on the rear of a panel can interfere with it > if there is freq overlap. Set the SM Receive Target Level to whatever is appropriate. ~Seth ___ Wireless mailing list Wireless@wispa.org ht

Re: [WISPA] Cambium 450, 450m, and epmp in 5.X GHz Comparison

2017-03-21 Thread Seth Mattinen
On 3/21/17 09:31, Marco Coelho wrote: > Those using the 450m, are you having to put anything behind the to > increase the F/B ratio instead of physical separation? > The sectors hearing each other isn't really an issue with GPS sync since they will all TX at the same time. ~Seth ___

Re: [WISPA] Static IP Pricing

2017-02-02 Thread Seth Mattinen
On 2/2/17 7:33 AM, Colton Conor wrote: > Let me ask this a different way. If I ran out of IP space today, and had > to go buy a /24 for someone how much would that cost on the open market? Probably $4k for a /24. ~Seth ___ Wireless mailing list Wireless

Re: [WISPA] Static IP Pricing

2017-02-02 Thread Seth Mattinen
On 2/2/17 7:13 AM, Colton Conor wrote: > So a /26 has 64 total IPs, but only 62 are useable. So you are saying > you would charge $5 - $10 per IP times 62 IPs? The cost of their statics > would then cost more than the actual service? Consider the value of how many other individual customers you c

Re: [WISPA] Issues turning up Cambium 820S

2017-01-29 Thread Seth Mattinen
On 1/29/17 11:42 AM, Christian Palecek wrote: > Could be a bad odu, trasmit power failing is somewhat common, we've had > two ptp 820S fail in the past two years, different reasons. Submit a > ticket. They'll have you power cycle, replace all the cabling, try > direct dc wire, replace the power a

Re: [WISPA] Issues turning up Cambium 820S

2017-01-29 Thread Seth Mattinen
On 1/29/17 9:46 AM, Gino Villarini wrote: > Turned off adaptive power, no avail > > Using MRMC script of 260 mbps > > Nothing getting flagged in license page If you were out of license the background goes yellow and it alerts you every time you click on something. It's extremely obvious. ___

Re: [WISPA] Issues turning up Cambium 820S

2017-01-29 Thread Seth Mattinen
On 1/29/17 2:38 AM, Gino Villarini wrote: > This is what I have > > Platform -> Manager -> Interface Manager Check for admin up. Did you check the stickers to make sure you didn't get shipped two of the same unit instead of a high/low pair? I don't know if the UI would let you configure the fr

Re: [WISPA] crimper that crimps ground drain wire

2017-01-24 Thread Seth Mattinen
On 1/24/17 09:24, Marco Coelho wrote: > Are there any cat5/6/7 crimpers out there that also crimp the drain wire > for the shielded cat 5 lines? It would save us a lot of time soldering > the drain wires. > I use a DIN crimper. ~Seth ___ Wireless mail

Re: [WISPA] Going Rate for Smaller Structures

2017-01-11 Thread Seth Mattinen
On 1/11/17 15:56, Tim wrote: > Free internet > Warranty on all equipment > > Would not do a per sub. The trust factor is to high risk. > > How do you guys handle people that have been poisoned by what cell companies pay? Like if someone says they need at least $2,500/mo from you because that's

Re: [WISPA] 3.65 Precedence

2016-12-27 Thread Seth Mattinen
On 12/27/16 18:36, Mike Hammett wrote: > I also have a feeling that there's a non-zero number of people that > won't give a shit and will run whatever they want whenever they want. You're right, of course, but I was trying to be optimistic. I do wish the FCC would go out and nuke those people.

Re: [WISPA] 3.65 Precedence

2016-12-27 Thread Seth Mattinen
On 12/27/16 16:50, Stuart Pierce wrote: > I set forth the point at a get together with the FCC in Gettysburg a few > years back that I thought it was a waste of time to register the CPE's. > The base station already spews forth the frequency in a certain direction > anyway. > > That's when I realiz

Re: [WISPA] 3.65 Precedence

2016-12-27 Thread Seth Mattinen
On 12/27/16 13:35, Fred Goldstein wrote: > > Since you have the license, you are entitled to put up more devices, > just not as Incumbent. So what you might want to do is pull the FCC's > ULS records in that area to see what registered devices the existing > WISPs have in the area you're looking to

Re: [WISPA] 3.65 Ghz License

2016-11-18 Thread Seth Mattinen
On 11/18/16 08:09, Chadwick Wachs wrote: > We are considering the purchase of a 3.65 license from an existing > license holder who is not using it. We would be using it for a handful > of backhauls to get off of crowded 5GHz space. However, I'm not sure if > this is a smart move (buying a 3.65 lic

Re: [WISPA] routing issues

2016-10-21 Thread Seth Mattinen
On 10/21/16 09:55, Marco Coelho wrote: > > Going through cogent, in the last two weeks I've had networks drop at > cogent including paypal today. I've heard the DDOS noise, but have > never seen paypal taken down. Any input? > PayPal (paypal.com) isn't down but Dyn's DNS is. eBay (ebay.com) on

Re: [WISPA] WISPA Webpage is down

2016-09-27 Thread Seth Mattinen
On 9/27/16 14:27, Tim Way wrote: > That's ok I interactively harness dynamic clouds In order to globally enable mission-critical web services. ___ Wireless mailing list Wireless@wispa.org http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless

Re: [WISPA] Shielding FM noise with conduit?

2016-09-08 Thread Seth Mattinen
On 9/8/16 6:41 PM, Shawn C. Peppers wrote: > Yes. The fm noise is induced into the power cable and hits the netonix > power circuit and goes to sh*t. > > This is pointed out in detail on the netonix forum. > Has anyone tried putting a DC-DC converter in front of it? Although that would kinda ne

Re: [WISPA] Shielding FM noise with conduit?

2016-09-08 Thread Seth Mattinen
On 9/8/16 6:34 PM, Jon Langeler wrote: > Was the Netonix in a metal enclosure? Wasn't the problem that it's picking up the FM noise from the DC input i.e. the copper cable running up the tower? ~Seth ___ Wireless mailing list Wireless@wispa.org http:/

Re: [WISPA] Shielding FM noise with conduit?

2016-09-08 Thread Seth Mattinen
On 9/8/16 6:02 PM, Chadwick Wachs wrote: > With two new FM stations moving onto the tower I am on, I need to solve > the FM noise problem once and for all. I've been using Ferrites on each > end of the Ethernet cable and its been pretty successful but I need to > add a couple more antennas so I am

Re: [WISPA] Big Guns align behind 3.5 ghz CBRS LTE

2016-08-25 Thread Seth Mattinen
On 8/25/16 2:12 AM, Gino Villarini wrote: > It worries mee that there are no other comments within this list… lack > of vision? Waiting to see what happens with equipment. IMO the current LTE stuff targeted at WISPs in 3.65 hasn't been too exciting yet. NLOS happens to be irrelevant to me and I

Re: [WISPA] High-Rise Building Rooftop Grounding

2016-08-22 Thread Seth Mattinen
On 8/22/16 08:27, Sean Heskett wrote: > FYI Structural steel is not a proper electrical ground > I wouldn't say that. Here's some pictures: http://ecmweb.com/code-basics/grounding-and-bonding-part-3-3 And 2014 changes: http://www.necconnect.org/resources/2014nec_changes_article250/ ~Seth

Re: [WISPA] DNS Name Resolver for WISP

2016-07-06 Thread Seth Mattinen
On 7/6/16 08:36, Justin Wilson wrote: > +1 to both Adam and Mike’s responses. > > Don’t hand out someone else’s DNS. Spin up your own DNS, use root hints, > and life is happy. I said this before here or somewhere else, but knowing how to do a DNS resolver is one of the most basic things you shou