I am just making a prediction. I believe those with infrastructure in the air and the ground will be deploying these micro-cell platforms like crazy. Will you? Do you now? Scriv
On Fri, Jan 27, 2012 at 9:23 AM, Roger Howard <g5inter...@gmail.com> wrote: > Fiber to the AP? Why not just do an 802.11ac gigabit backhaul link to > the AP with the new Ubiquiti "revolutionary" radio? :) > > On Fri, Jan 27, 2012 at 6:21 AM, Mike Hammett <wispawirel...@ics-il.net> > wrote: >> Fiber to the AP is a great idea and the only way we will be able to meet >> customer demand. Within 1 year I don't think I'll have any towers that >> are more than 1 hop from fiber, with many directly on fiber. >> >> ----- >> Mike Hammett >> Intelligent Computing Solutions >> http://www.ics-il.com >> >> >> >> On 1/26/2012 10:22 PM, John Scrivner wrote: >>> Here are my predictions based partly upon the acquisitions we have >>> seen of Atheros by Qualcomm and now this latest play into Wifi by >>> otherwise generally licensed zealots of the mobile world: >>> >>> The large mobile carrier equipment companies will supply Wifi >>> solutions to the national players who will then build Wifi micro-cell >>> infrastructure out using this commodity priced platform. Then these >>> same equipment makers will develop a "New and Improved" line of >>> pico-base LTE boxes at a better margin than the Wifi-only APs but much >>> less than their LTE macro-base equivalents. Cellcos, cablecos, etc. >>> will then replace their Wifi-only micro-cell APs with dual mode Wifi >>> and LTE pico-bases to enable the benefits of Wifi and cellular both >>> while removing the disadvantages from either platform for their needs. >>> >>> I believe that this move will enable the melding of fixed and mobile >>> wireless broadband enabling WISPs to finally get into this dual game. >>> Those best positioned to take advantage of this will be fiber to the >>> home operators who are also WISPs who will then build out "Fiber to >>> the Access Point" and deliver the "Last 1000 feet" wirelessly to their >>> customers. With an infrastructure model like this ISPs can deliver the >>> capacity needed for customers to supply voice, video and data while >>> eliminating one of the terribly expensive parts of the FTTH platform >>> invoking the drops to the homes. >>> >>> I predict we'll see all this come to pass by 2017-18. We'll see how >>> clear my crystal ball is in a few years. I hope you guys will remember >>> this then and be sure to pull it up and make fun of me for being so >>> far off....or not! :-) >>> John Scrivner >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> On Thu, Jan 26, 2012 at 11:00 AM, Jack Unger<jun...@ask-wi.com> wrote: >>>> In a sure sign that the cellular industry is getting serious about Wi-Fi, >>>> telecom networking giant Ericsson is buying BelAir Networks, adding its >>>> high-performance outdoor hotspot technology to its portfolio, sources told >>>> GigaOM. The deal could signal a big shift in the mindset of the big >>>> wireless >>>> vendors, which have always favored their own specialized and expensive >>>> cellular technologies to meet growing mobile data demand rather than more >>>> generic but much cheaper Wi-Fi tech... >>>> >>>> <http://gigaom.com/broadband/ericsson-pursuing-wi-fi-with-belair-networks-buy/> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Jack Unger - President, Ask-Wi.Com, Inc. >>>> Author (2003) - "Deploying License-Free Wireless Wide-Area Networks" >>>> Serving the WISP Community since 1993 >>>> www.ask-wi.com 818-227-4220 jun...@ask-wi.com >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>> WISPA Wants You! 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