Why only 85Mbps? I figured they'd do a full 100. On Mon, Nov 23, 2009 at 2:16 PM, Bret Clark <bcl...@spectraaccess.com> wrote: > Has it run through heavy rain yet, wonder how much rain affectst the > attenuation. > > On Mon, 2009-11-23 at 12:01 -0700, Matt Larsen - Lists wrote: > >> Just installed a Ligowave 24ghz unlicensed backhaul radio to take the >> place of a 100meg fiber loop. >> >> We are going 2.97 miles with the 2' dishes. -65 signal on both sides >> and it has tested out at 85meg of capacity in both directions. >> >> Very happy with it so far. The software and management interface is >> very comprehensive and has some interesting features in it, including a >> "constellation" feature that gives an approximation of what the OFDM >> signals look like. This unit has the ability to use a voltmeter for >> the signal strength peaking, and my climber highly recommends using that >> instead of trying to call out signal strengths. That made it a lot >> easier to peak in. >> >> Climber also says that the mounting hardware looks great, but is >> actually pretty crappy when it is on the tower. It is not very >> fine-grained in its adjustment capabilities - at least that is the >> politically correct way to put it. >> >> The complete link was in the $8000 neighborhood. The fiber link was >> costing $500/month, so it won't take very long for this to pay for itself. >> >> Matt Larsen >> vistabeam.com >> >> >> >> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> 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/ >
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