Dear Mike, You miss the point and possibly so does Josh. Because an AP can deliver "x" amount of throughput during a speed test between two location does not mean that the same AP can deliver that amount of throughput to all the customers simultaneously. The AP's throughput is shared between all of the end-users. When the AP maxes out, some (possibly all) of those end-users must slow down. Some WISPs do not understand this and thus they end up over-promising throughput and disappointing their customers. WISPs need to understand this or they will fail in this business and give other WISPs a black eye in the process. Nobody is getting beat up here; this has nothing to do with personalities. It has everything to do with the physics of data communications behavior. Everybody needs to understand the true limits of their system.
Why is this? Because the "air" is a shared medium. Throughput delivery takes real-world time in intervals we call "time-slots". You can only carry so much throughput during one time-slot. There area only so many time-slots (fractions of a second) in each second. This is why throughput is limited. Only so many users can be on one AP at the same time if they are requesting a large amount of the available AP throughput. A lightly-loaded system may appear to be able to deliver max throughput simultaneously to those few customers but when the AP is heavily loaded with users who are vying for a lot of throughput simultaneously then most of them will need to slow down because not everyone will get all the time slots they need to carry the high throughput (ex: video streaming) levels that they are requesting. Don't make this personal; that simply detracts from the very real technical limits that a successful WISP must understand in order to succeed and survive. jack Mike Hammett wrote: > I didn't get that at all. > > It seems as though when anyone on this list suggests going faster than 2 > megabits, they get beat up. Sorry, Charlie, BA-II was outdated long ago. > > > ----- > Mike Hammett > Intelligent Computing Solutions > http://www.ics-il.com > > > > > From: Jack Unger > Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2008 6:55 PM > To: WISPA General List > Subject: Re: [WISPA] Article > > > So how many of your customers can you serve 26 Mb to SIMULTANEOUSLY from the > same AP? It sounds like you are saying that you can serve all of them 26 Mb > simultaneously. > > Josh Luthman wrote: > Each customer has an MT - capable of 26mbps to their home. Each tower has a > Redline to it, throughput as high as the key purchased (54 megs). > > Josh Luthman > Office: 937-552-2340 > Direct: 937-552-2343 > 1100 Wayne St > Suite 1337 > Troy, OH 45373 > > Those who don't understand Wireless are condemned to reinvent it, poorly. > --- Henry Spencer > > > On Wed, Dec 3, 2008 at 4:53 PM, Jack Unger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Josh Luthman wrote: > > My 5.8 customers can do 10+ megs... > > The estimated throughput on the MTs is 30 to 31 megs. Real bandwidth tests > show 26 megs. > > > So do you deploy one MT for each customer or do you share that 26 Mb > between all of your customers on that one access point? > > Josh Luthman > Office: 937-552-2340 > Direct: 937-552-2343 > 1100 Wayne St > Suite 1337 > Troy, OH 45373 > > Those who don't understand Wireless are condemned to reinvent it, poorly. > --- Henry Spencer > > > On Wed, Dec 3, 2008 at 3:40 PM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > And which telco is this going to bail out? Money from Congress to > industry = pay off Unions for votes. > > We will never, ever, ever, ever qualify. > > Another headliner article I read on this will redefine "broadband" as over > 10 Meg. > > Nothing like disqualifying almost the entire WISP industry... > > > > > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > <insert witty tagline here> > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Rick Harnish" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "'WISPA General List'" <wireless@wispa.org> <wireless@wispa.org> > Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2008 11:20 AM > Subject: Re: [WISPA] Article > > > > > Jeff, > > Just to let you know, I am in Washington DC this week participating in > > > the > > > events below. WISPA has signed on as a supporter of the Call to Action > > > to > > > define the Nationwide Broadband Strategy. It was great to see all the > players of the Broadband Industry working together to attempt to bring > > > the > > > US back up to the top of the Broadband Access ladder. It will be a busy > three months while this strategy is defined and presented to the Obama > Administration. > > Respectfully, > > Rick Harnish > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>] On > Behalf Of Jeff Broadwick > Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2008 1:21 PM > To: 'WISPA General List' > Subject: [WISPA] Article > > > > > http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/12/02/AR2008120203 > > 164_pf.html > > New Coalition Drawing Up Nationwide Broadband Access Strategy > > By Cecilia Kang > Washington Post Staff Writer > Wednesday, December 3, 2008; D03 > > President-elect Barack Obama has said getting affordable high-speed > Internet > service to every American home would create jobs, fuel economic growth > > > and > > > spark innovation. Yesterday, representatives from technology and > telecommunications companies, labor unions and public interest groups > frequently at odds with one another agreed to provide the next president > with a roadmap for how to accomplish those goals. > > That map could include tax breaks, low-interest loans, subsidies and > public-private partnerships to encourage more investments in upgrading > > > and > > > building out high-speed networks, representatives from Google, AT&T and > public interest group Free Press said during a panel discussion on > broadband > policy that also served as a coming-out party for their newly formed > coalition. > > The details of how to meet those goals still must be worked out by the > group, whose aim is to bring more affordable high-speed Internet access > > > to > > > every consumer. > > Many of the group members have been at odds with each other on whether > > > the > > > government should set limits on how much spectrum a company can hold, the > use of unlicensed devices on fallow broadcast airwaves and net > neutrality -- > the notion that network operators should be prevented from blocking or > slowing Internet traffic. The formation of the group is an effort to move > beyond their differences. > > "The coalition is a positive in that it demonstrates we agree that we > > > have > > > a > broadband problem, which not everyone was willing to admit to two years > ago," said Ben Scott, policy director at Free Press and a member of the > group. "The key is whether we'll see this group produce policy solutions > that will require difficult choices." > > At stake is the nation's ability to compete technologically and > economically, the group said. The United States has dropped from the top > 10 > nations for broadband access, speeds and price in the last several years. > The coalition is pushing for a federal plan that would provide access to > high-speed Internet service, much as the government did with electricity, > roads and phone service. > > Obama famously used the Internet for outreach during his campaign and > received 370,000 donations online. He's proposed using blogs, social > networking tools and community Web pages known as wikis to connect > citizens > to government agencies. And Obama has argued for massive upgrades to > technology infrastructure such as high-speed, or broadband, Internet. > > So far the coalition's plans to increase broadband usage mirrors Obama's > plan, but there could be disagreement over deployment, analysts said. > > Communications Workers of America President Larry Cohen said the union > supports a proposal by Sen. John D. Rockefeller IV (D-W.Va.) to increase > definitions for broadband to 10 megabits per second for downloads by > > > 2010. > > > The current definition for broadband speed in the United States is 768 > kilobits per second downstream, which is far below standards in many > > > other > > > nations. > > Achieving that goal at prices acceptable to consumers, however, would be > expensive for telecom and cable network operators. Some in the coalition > could push for laws that would achieve lower prices and higher speeds > through more wireless and telecom competitors, but that could cause > further > disagreement among members, Scott said. > > Some have already suggested requesting funds from the federal economic > stimulus plan for broadband deployment. Yesterday, an aide to House > Speaker > Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said Pelosi was in favor of that idea. > > AT&T chief lobbyist Jim Cicconi said the company has moved closer to the > view of public interest groups and Google that the Web should be open for > all users without discrimination of technology and content on their > network. > But unlike Free Press and consumer groups, AT&T opposes new laws or rules > on > net neutrality, saying Federal Communications Commission rules are > sufficient, and any violation should be handled on a case-by-case basis. > > "There will be significant outstanding debates that will be very tough > > > and > > > there will still be daylight between the groups on many, many issues," > said > Rebecca Arbogast, an analyst at investment firm Stifel Nicolaus. 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