Thanks Ralph. Yeah not looking to pass commercial traffic on this, I 
just didn't know anything about 4.9 and wanted to get some feedback, 
etc., from people just like yourself. Thank you for your response, and 
the others, too.


On 8/26/2010 22:35, Ralph wrote:
> So are you going to be doing some municipal video surveillance or something
> for the Fire or Police department?
> The 4.9 band is PUBLIC SAFETY only. I have deployed a lot of it in my area
> on surveillance projects for the PD and some at the University of Georgia
> (for their PD).
> It all has to be licensed and as was said by someone else before it CANNOT
> be used for regular ISP stuff.
>
> That said, I was not impressed with the performance. There seemed to be a
> lot of interference and I ended up only using 4 links and they were all
> about 2 blocks in length. There's not a lot of certified equipment out there
> (don't even THINK about Mikrotik) and what is there is expensive.
>
> My 2 cents worth from an actual user  :-)
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On
> Behalf Of Steven McGehee
> Sent: Thursday, August 26, 2010 9:30 PM
> To: WISPA General List
> Subject: [WISPA] Seeking 4.9Ghz Advice
>
>    Hey guys,
>
> We may be getting into some 4.9Ghz deployments soon and I thought I
> would check with you guys to see what sort of tips and 'gotchas' you may
> know of if you currently are operating in 4.9. We are having a meeting
> soon with the local municipality to see how we can work together to get
> this potentially going for the benefit of everyone in the community.
> Please feel free to email me directly if you'd prefer with any advice or
> tips in working with the local government, what equipment you recommend,
> maybe legal advice, etc.
>
> I know that's vague, but I hope it's specific enough as well :) .. thanks.
>
> -Steven
>
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