Matt, I appreciate your perspective, but I've already read through the archives and with Wimax technology what was valid yesterday might not be valid today. I'm not interested in a holy war, we are certainly going to deploy Wimax in the near future, I just want to set expectations properly before we are mounting the gear on the tower, and reading marketing info from Alverion/Tranzeo/Aperto certainly doesn't help clear up the differences and advantages to the technology.
Regards Michael Baird > Those of us operators who actually have experience in the field with > the gear tend to avoid posting to threads about WiMAX because the > threads quickly devolve. I suggest you read the archives of this > mailing list. To summarize though; operators who use WiMAX like it and > think the technology is actually different and better than what else > is out there. The people who don't use WiMAX think it is overpriced > and not particularly interesting. > > -Matt > > On Apr 22, 2009, at 1:41 PM, Charles Wyble wrote: > > >> I'm looking for more operational experience and end user experience. >> Certainly good technology contributes to that, but that isn't my >> primary >> goal. >> >> >> Michael Baird wrote: >> >>> It was interesting, but I was hoping for some more first hand >>> experience >>> reporting. Essentially the only explanation for improved range was a >>> lower noise floor, which isn't a wimax thing, but a 3.65 thing. I >>> think >>> a lot of the 802.16d/e talk is market speak, I'm trying to get >>> through >>> that and establish technical reasons why one or the other is >>> superior. >>> >>> Regards >>> Michael Baird >>> >>>> So the recent thread on Wimax was quite interesting. I need to >>>> read up >>>> on the different technologies involved. I believe that a fixed >>>> deployment is sufficient for many many many needs and markets >>>> (wireless >>>> local loop if you will). If people want mobility/end user wireless >>>> they >>>> can hang an 802.11 AP off the ethernet port of whatever CPE. Wimax >>>> directly to the end device doesn't make much sense to me, in most >>>> markets and use cases. Obviously if you are supporting a highly >>>> mobile >>>> workforce (say public sector type stuff) then it makes a lot more >>>> sense. >>>> >>>> It got me thinking... if one was a new WISP entering an >>>> un(der)served >>>> market, it seems that it would not make sense to deploy standard >>>> 802.11 >>>> gear, but rather Wimax gear in 3650Mhz. Is this an accurate >>>> assessment? >>>> >>>> One particular area that I'm targeting, doesn't have any broadband >>>> available (other then 3g from Verzion). So they would need to >>>> purchase >>>> CPE anyway, and it wouldn't be anything they could get from Best Buy >>>> (DSL or Cable modem). >>>> >>>> I'm in the process of negotiating access to the excluded areas (in >>>> Southern California), but it's been slow going. Once I gain access >>>> it >>>> will open up many areas to some sorely needed competition. >>>> >>>> So who are the vendors in this space worth considering? >>>> What are peoples experiences with the sales process (both pre and >>>> post >>>> sales engineering) >>>> etc etc. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>> 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/ >> > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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/
