Hard to tell, noise floor is noise floor which keeps creeping up - we all
know things work better when its quiet. This used to worry me a lot when I
saw it coming, but then I realized it was already there and I had no idea
until I just happened to scan on some radios (I don't usually install the
stuff). I'm not worried any more, if its not one thing it will be another
any way. Thats what gives us the edge every day, flexibility. We will
work around it, we always do.
I figure a high gain antenna on a tower with a good directional CPE will
continue to work fine. Their omni low gain antenna can't compete with a
20-30db directional one. Still sucks though, you drive down the street and
see one after another running 5Ghz just knowing there probably isn't 3
connections in the whole city to them....
Scott Carullo
Technical Operations
855-FLSPEED x102
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From: "Matt Hoppes" <mhop...@indigowireless.com>
Sent: Thursday, November 14, 2013 6:43 PM
To: "sc...@brevardwireless.com" <sc...@brevardwireless.com>, "WISPA General
List" <wireless@wispa.org>
Cc: "WISPA General List" <wireless@wispa.org>
Subject: Re: [WISPA] Comcast asking FCC for more 5GHz spectrum.
Are you seeing any impact from them?
On Nov 14, 2013, at 18:03, "Scott Carullo" <sc...@brevardwireless.com>
wrote:
Yeah, won't matter either way with a 5Ghz AP on every street corner.
Already seeing that in our areas.... do a wireless scan and you see 354
5Ghz APs now in addition to the 2Ghz ones (they run dual band APs now).
Scott Carullo
Technical Operations
855-FLSPEED x102
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From: "Bret Clark" <bcl...@spectraaccess.com>
Sent: Thursday, November 14, 2013 5:49 PM
To: wireless@wispa.org
Subject: Re: [WISPA] Comcast asking FCC for more 5GHz spectrum.
What could go wrong with Comcast taking up yet more 5GHz of
spectrum...[/sarcasm off]
On 11/14/2013 01:40 PM, ralph wrote:
I hope the links at the bottom come through.
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Comcast needs the FCC to open up the 5 GHz spectrum band to
power next-generation Wi-Fi services that could allow it to
deliver wireless broadband at speeds of up to 1 Gbps, SVP of
Business Development Tom Nagel testified at a House Energy
and Commerce hearing on Wednesday.
Nagel disclosed in his prepared testimony that Comcast has
expanded the number of Wi-Fi access points for Xfinity
high-speed Internet customers to 350,000. The nation's largest
cable MSO also began deploying wireless gateways from Cisco
earlier this year that Comcast has said may be able to power
millions of neighborhood hotspots.
While Comcast already is already using the 5 GHz band, Nagel
said it needs more of the unlicensed spectrum to meet demand
from subscribers for Wi-Fi. It faces potential opposition from
Toyota and other automobile manufacturers who want to use
the 5 GHz band to deliver next-generation connected car
applications, including applications that would warn drivers of
collision threats.
Toyota principal researcher John Kenney raised concerns about
possible interference from Wi-Fi services at Wednesday's
hearing. "We have been actively engaged with the Wi-Fi
community and other stakeholders who are exploring possible
sharing solutions that will alleviate any risk of harmful
interference from unlicensed devices. But we're not there yet
and it's going to take a bit more time to see if we can get
there," Kenney said in his prepared testimony.
For more:
- see Nagel's prepared testimony (.pdf)
- see Kenney's prepared testimony (.pdf)
- see Comcast blog post
- Broadcasting & Cable has this story
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