Department of redundancy department?
On 1/26/17 6:55 PM, Mike Hammett wrote: > Crown is just the latest in a series of fiber-related acquisitions Crown > has done. > > > > ----- > Mike Hammett > > Intelligent Computing Solutions <http://www.ics-il.com/> > <https://www.facebook.com/ICSIL><https://plus.google.com/+IntelligentComputingSolutionsDeKalb><https://www.linkedin.com/company/intelligent-computing-solutions><https://twitter.com/ICSIL> > > Midwest Internet Exchange <http://www.midwest-ix.com/> > <https://www.facebook.com/mdwestix><https://www.linkedin.com/company/midwest-internet-exchange><https://twitter.com/mdwestix> > > The Brothers WISP <http://www.thebrotherswisp.com/> > <https://www.facebook.com/thebrotherswisp><https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXSdfxQv7SpoRQYNyLwntZg> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > *From: *"Faisal Imtiaz" <fai...@snappytelecom.net> > *To: *"WISPA General List" <wireless@wispa.org> > *Sent: *Thursday, January 26, 2017 8:40:46 AM > *Subject: *Re: [WISPA] What my spies are talking about > > > > Just to add to that.... > > a) Take all what Brian said below, and add to it the fact that, in many > cities they are very quietly installing Micro-Pops, every few blocks, > fiber feed (essentially replacing street light poles with, poles which > are light poles and micropops). > > b) The noise and developments in LTE-U > > c) The very strange, over-priced acquisition of FPL-Fibernet by Crown Castle > > d) Relatively quite conversion, installation of GPON system on every > building that ATT had a Metro Ethernet presence in. > > e) Hype and noise about Gigabit fiber delivery, installation of fiber > based service in select areas, ATT Conversion of their select IFTL > neighborhoods to Gigabit fiber.. > > f) The rumblings about Cable Co's moving over the Docsis 3 > > Granted that this is not ubiquitous across the nation.. but I can see > the competitive service providers could easily be starved out by the > choke hold on being able to deliver/buy/have access to fat pipe > especially in the middle mile. > > I think in most major metro areas the perceived minimum base level of > service offering is going to hit high triple digit numbers in terms of > bandwidth i.e. 200meg,300meg,500meg etc... we are already seeing > customer expectations / perceptions around 100meg. > > Regards > > > Faisal Imtiaz > Snappy Internet & Telecom > 7266 SW 48 Street > Miami, FL 33155 > Tel: 305 663 5518 x 232 > > Help-desk: (305)663-5518 Option 2 or Email: supp...@snappytelecom.net > > ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Brian Webster" <i...@wirelessmapping.com> >> To: "WISPA General List" <wireless@wispa.org> >> Sent: Wednesday, January 25, 2017 11:46:38 PM >> Subject: Re: [WISPA] What my spies are talking about > >> Remember, Verizon bought XO Communications. XO has 24 GHz and 39 GHz >> spectrum over most of the country, so now Verizon owns that spectrum. They >> seem to be taking the same approach Windstream and Google are for last > mile >> connectivity, but Verizon owns the spectrum. Windstream is leasing > spectrum >> in these same bands from Straightpath (http://straightpath39.com/) and >> Google is looking to build in 70 and 80 GHz with E-Band licenses. All of >> the sudden the WISP industry looks good enough for the big boys to do it >> too. Cambridge Networks has PTMP radios for these bands already, 600 > meg per >> sector. Hang them on the fiber at the pole and create a very small > cell type >> system. This will work great for backhaul on their Pico cellular network >> expansion for LTE/Cellular as well as a good tool for FTTH and Business >> class circuits. >> >> http://cbnl.com/vectastar-600 >> >> http://cbnl.com/vectastar-platform-introduction >> >> >> Thank You, >> Brian Webster >> www.wirelessmapping.com >> www.Broadband-Mapping.com >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On >> Behalf Of Fred Goldstein >> Sent: Wednesday, January 25, 2017 3:19 PM >> To: wireless@wispa.org >> Subject: Re: [WISPA] What my spies are talking about >> >> On 1/25/2017 11:58 AM, Marco Coelho wrote: >>> Some of my friends at Verizon are talking a major shift in their Fiber >>> Deployment. >>> They have decided Fiber to the Home is non practical. They have >>> adopted a fiber to the pedestal scheme with the last part of the >>> connectivity being wireless to the home. Details on bands used have >>> not been provided, but that is apparently their new model. They have >>> sold their copper plant in Texas to Frontier as a part of this plan. >>> Interesting times. >> >> That's right. FiOS is basically over, for new builds. Too expensive. > It is >> mostly down to some FTTPR (fiber to the press release). They told Boston >> that they would build FiOS there. Lots of good press last year. >> But they actually had built out some neighborhoods about a decade ago, and >> simply not activated it. So now they're activating it and claiming it's a >> new build. But in the meantime they are planning massive densification of >> their wireless capacity, using street light poles, and basically just >> building fiber to the pole. They've told this to Wall Street; they haven't >> made it clear to the locals. >> >> While 4G meant LTE, 5G apparently just means "whatever we do after > deploying >> LTE, because 5 comes after 4". >> >> ATT has this "IP transition" plan which doesn't have much to do with IP. >> It basically means they're abandoning most of the copper, updating some >> short loops to U-Verse, and putting in a lot more wireless to replace the >> copper. It's not fiber speed but it's cheap. Both AT&T and Verizon are > very >> very interested in 3.5 GHz CBRS, as well as millimeter wave for where that >> works. You may recall that a few months ago, AT&T announced a plan to put >> millimeter wave backhaul on top of utility poles, beaming pole to pole >> (about half a mile), and using the electrical wires as a sort of waveguide >> to help the signal. >> >> >> -- >> Fred R. Goldstein k1io fred "at" interisle.net >> Interisle Consulting Group >> +1 617 795 2701 >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wireless mailing list >> Wireless@wispa.org >> http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > _______________________________________________ > Wireless mailing list > Wireless@wispa.org > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > > > _______________________________________________ > Wireless mailing list > Wireless@wispa.org > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > _______________________________________________ Wireless mailing list Wireless@wispa.org http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless
