I have several reasons that I liked Skypilot in particular. For one thing, the sectorized omni approach meant I could use 1 unit to cover 360 degrees. Secondly, the smart antenna approach giving it 44db EIRP on the AP side. Third, the automatic redundancy, and fourth, the fact that 1 piece of equipment on the tower replaces: redundant backhauls, ethernet switches, lots of sector panels, etc. It can be installed by 1 climber in probably less than 30 minutes. Nothing else I've found has close to these features.
BelAir mentions it can be used for cellular backhaul - is it really capable of what it claims to be able to do? Is there a non-mesh endpoint unit that can be used, or am I forced to use a Belair unit on clients that want voice T1s? I just can't see Wi-Fi being able to handle 10 or 20 simultaneous calls - and the backhaul radios aren't unlicensed Wimax - just 802.11a. So maybe I need to go to Alvarion VL - but I wonder if they live up to their VOIP call claims on their tech sheets - Canopy Advantage couldn't in my testing, at 2.5 miles with 1 CPE on it it fell on its face... On Sun, 11 Nov 2007 12:08:59 -0600, Drew Lentz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Before jumping into the mesh space, I would look at all the technology > that is out there, from 1st generation up to the current 4/5 > generation. There's a ton of great equipment out there. Strix, > Arrowspan, Go Networks, etc. > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> I haven't heard much about Skypilot out there on WISPA. I'm considering > an >> equipment upgrade soon, and I did get ONE real world WISP last year who > was >> using it with very good success who loves it. The idea of adding > bandwidth >> with another gateway, etc. But how much bandwidth in a given area can > that >> system really work with before interference becomes an issue - or can > each >> new gateway actually use a different frequency? >> >> Also in terms of VOIP - if I use IAX2 / Asterisk to run VOIP, how much >> capacity can I expect per gateway, simultaneously. >> >> Thanks >> >> >> >> >> > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> WISPA Wants You! Join today! >> http://signup.wispa.org/ >> > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org >> >> Subscribe/Unsubscribe: >> http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless >> >> Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ >> >> >> > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > WISPA Wants You! Join today! > http://signup.wispa.org/ > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
