Go ahead and live the dream then, but please don't homebuild your own gear and deploy it in any of my markets. We prefer certified products.
On Dec 30, 2009, at 8:10 PM, e...@wisp-router.com wrote: > You can use MikroTik and be legal. > > Anyone say any different either don't understand the rules or > checked the approved certs or is just spreading FUD. > > /Eje > Sent via BlackBerry from T-Mobile > > -----Original Message----- > From: Ralph <ralphli...@bsrg.org> > Date: Wed, 30 Dec 2009 20:05:50 > To: WISPA General List<wireless@wispa.org> > Cc: WISPA General List<wireless@wispa.org> > Subject: Re: [WISPA] Wimax gear > > 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/ > > > --- > --- > --- > --- > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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/
