Hi RALPH! ryan On Dec 30, 2009, at 5:14 PM, Ralph wrote:
> 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, [email protected] 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 <[email protected]> >> Date: Wed, 30 Dec 2009 20:05:50 >> To: WISPA General List<[email protected]> >> Cc: WISPA General List<[email protected]> >> 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 <[email protected]> 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: [email protected] >>> >>> 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: [email protected] >> >> 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: [email protected] >> >> 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: [email protected] > > 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: [email protected] Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
