That's one way to avoid pole attachment fees! LOL. What is Comcast trying to accomplish with these?
Matt Hoppes Director of Information Technology Indigo Wireless +1 (570) 723-7312 On 11/15/13, 9:26 AM, Zach Mann wrote: > He's talking about these... (see attached) > > > On Fri, Nov 15, 2013 at 8:01 AM, Scott Carullo > <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > I'm not talking about the ones in peoples homes, I'm talking about > the ones the cable carrier hangs on the lines outside runing through > the city on every corner.... clear LOS to every tower around. > > Scott Carullo > Technical Operations > 855-FLSPEED x102 > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > *From*: "Brian Webster" <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> > *Sent*: Friday, November 15, 2013 8:24 AM > *To*: "WISPA General List" <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> > *Subject*: Re: [WISPA] Comcast asking FCC for more 5GHz spectrum. > > One good thing about the higher bands and the noise floor is that > free space loss works to your advantage. That being that a 5 GHz > indoor Omni home AP router signal will fall off as an interference > source as a much shorter distance than a 2.4 GHz device will. The > laws of physics work in your favor. > > Thank You, > > Brian Webster > > www.wirelessmapping.com <http://www.wirelessmapping.com> > > www.Broadband-Mapping.com <http://www.Broadband-Mapping.com> > > *From:*[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]> > [mailto:[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>] *On Behalf Of *Scott Carullo > *Sent:* Thursday, November 14, 2013 6:52 PM > *To:* Matt Hoppes; [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>; WISPA General List > *Subject:* Re: [WISPA] Comcast asking FCC for more 5GHz spectrum. > > 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 > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > *From*: "Matt Hoppes" <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> > *Sent*: Thursday, November 14, 2013 6:43 PM > *To*: "[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>" > <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>>, > "WISPA General List" <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> > *Cc*: "WISPA General List" <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> > *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" > <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> 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 > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > *From*: "Bret Clark" <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> > *Sent*: Thursday, November 14, 2013 5:49 PM > *To*: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > *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. > > --------------------------------------------------------------- > > 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 > > <http://links.mkt1985.com/ctt?kn=207&ms=NzE0MjgxOQS2&r=NDc2MTk4ODcyMzcS1&b=0&j=MTc5NzA2OTg3S0&mt=2&rj=MTc5NzA2OTg3S0&rt=0> > (.pdf) > - see Kenney's prepared testimony > > <http://links.mkt1985.com/ctt?kn=187&ms=NzE0MjgxOQS2&r=NDc2MTk4ODcyMzcS1&b=0&j=MTc5NzA2OTg3S0&mt=2&rj=MTc5NzA2OTg3S0&rt=0> > (.pdf) > - see Comcast blog post > > <http://links.mkt1985.com/ctt?kn=118&ms=NzE0MjgxOQS2&r=NDc2MTk4ODcyMzcS1&b=0&j=MTc5NzA2OTg3S0&mt=2&rj=MTc5NzA2OTg3S0&rt=0> > - /Broadcasting & Cable/ has this story > > <http://links.mkt1985.com/ctt?kn=190&ms=NzE0MjgxOQS2&r=NDc2MTk4ODcyMzcS1&b=0&j=MTc5NzA2OTg3S0&mt=2&rj=MTc5NzA2OTg3S0&rt=0> > > _______________________________________________ > Wireless mailing list > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > > > _______________________________________________ > Wireless mailing list > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Wireless mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > _______________________________________________ Wireless mailing list [email protected] http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless
