We have successfuly used ubiquiti nano and power stations as injection radios for numerous tripod and cisco mesh systems. No problems. Of course I have used canopy for it too- no real difference in the end performance.
Would not use Mikrotik for any RF due to our desire to stay legal. On Dec 30, 2009, at 7:05 PM, Charles Wu <c...@cticonnect.com> wrote: > I find these comparisons of products like Ubiquiti / Mikrotik vs. > Motorola / WiMAX products to be somewhat unrealistic -- it seems to > me that it's like comparing something that's hypothetical and "looks > good on paper" and "hoping" that it will actually work > > Here's my question; sure, on paper, the new Ubiquiti WHATEVER will > give me a Gazillion Mbps with Beamforming and everything for $10 -- > but has anyone actually made this stuff work and scaled it into a > profitable business? > > Many of the WISPs that I've talked to who gone down this path have > had to upgrade / replace / retool their networks due to the fact > that these systems don't scale > > The one WISP that I know using Ubiquiti / Mikrotik with several > thousand customers is only using them as endpoints on a Bel-Air > Network Mesh infrastructure that they spent almost $1 million > building out > > It reminds me of the Asterisk vs. Broadsoft / Metaswitch VoIP > debates from a couple of years back -- sure, Asterisk was "free" > while a Broadsoft platform had an entry cost of $250k, but I know of > tons of Broadsoft providers who support tens of thousands of > customers for hosted PBX, and the only guy I know doing it on > Asterisk ended up spending over $500k hiring a custom programming > team in Russia to rebuild the system for him from scratch (he was > joking to me that in hindsight, it would've been cheaper and a lot > easier to just buy a Broadsoft) > > I would like to be proven wrong here...so shoot =) > > -Charles > > > > --- > --- > --- > --- > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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/
