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Comments on news posted 2011-12-23 15:11:01: After years of analysis and sometimes silly and heated debate, the FCC has given the green light to the first white space broadband device. ..

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treich
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Only problem is it can only go upto 4meg for wifi

The only problem with this WSBD it can only go upto 4meg for wifi so it might not be good for wisp's. Because the future everything will be broadband heavy requiring 3+ meg download.
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Nice PR piece

Karl must be reading from Genachowski's script. I give it about a month before it turns into another BPL gimmick.

This will fail too. Just wait.

And by the way, "White Space broadband uses the unlicensed spectrum freed by the transition to digital television" is incorrect. It shoves more unlicensed noise into an already crowded band that Julius fully intends to make even more crowded.

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Re: Only problem is it can only go upto 4meg for wifi

Expect to see gear with faster speeds faster than 4mbps.
binkleym
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Would love to try it!

My parents live in a valley where they can't get DSL, cable, 3g/4g. All the other wireless technologies are pure line-of-site. I'd love to see what kind of bridge I can set up between them and me over 145-225 MHz. That has the potential to be some chocolate-covered awesome. Any idea what they'll cost?

treich
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Re: Only problem is it can only go upto 4meg for wifi

I would say other 2 years before you see that it happen because that happen to the wimax 3.65Ghz system.

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4 actual mbps or likely 3?, seems like it would be fine for low-level internet users a la dsl

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Re: Would love to try it!

I would love to give this a try also. I would be able to get a TWC connection less then a mile away from me and bridge it over to me. I see people complaining about it being slow but 3mbps could do wonders to rural communities.

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Re: Only problem is it can only go upto 4meg for wifi

I think this is for low bandwidth communications over moderate distances, probably not line of site either.

treich
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Again like I said in the future this will not work since everything will be broadband heavy because of all the stuff is in the works and stuff.
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Re: Would love to try it!

If I could get 3mb all the time 24/7 i'm in cause on 3g i'm lucky if I get 100 kbps on average.
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If it's line-of-site, why wait? There are existing point-to-point wireless bridges. They aren't terribly expensive (~$1,000) and they'll easily bridge several miles at 100Mbps full duplex. A quick Google revealed this possibility: »www.gridconnect.com

I'll bet more searching would find something even cheaper.

If you are technically inclined, you could also get by on the cheap by using high power 802.11 devices coupled with high-gain, directional antennas. Check out this site for high power equipment: »www.engeniustech.com

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Line of site is whats kicking my ass right now due to the terrain. I think this new device that just got approved doesnt need LOS. Thanks for the links, ill look into them.

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Antenna size?

My main concern is the antenna size for the longer VHF wavelength.

When people speculated about using the lower VHF for cellular I envisioned a cell phone with a 32" whip.

I should note that many of the OTA broadcasters moved their DVB back down to VHF after the transition. In my area, at least the upper VHF, channel 9 to 13 is used for DVB in addition to several on UHF. When I first started watching OTA DVB, I only needed a UHF antenna. There's no such thing as an HD antenna or digital antenna as most probably know.
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How long before every city has it?

How long before every cities has it.?
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Re: Would love to try it!

Check out their 900mhz bridge. It might do the trick. It doesn't need LOS. The lower frequency will penetrate obstacles. It still won't go through a bluff/mountain but it might bounce around a few hills.
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Re: Antenna size?

said by Davesworld:

My main concern is the antenna size for the longer VHF wavelength.

When people speculated about using the lower VHF for cellular I envisioned a cell phone with a 32" whip.

I should note that many of the OTA broadcasters moved their DVB back down to VHF after the transition. In my area, at least the upper VHF, channel 9 to 13 is used for DVB in addition to several on UHF. When I first started watching OTA DVB, I only needed a UHF antenna. There's no such thing as an HD antenna or digital antenna as most probably know.

VHF for digital is prone to interference. Espeically low-VHF which is why so few use it. Those that do are trying to get on UHF. hi-VHF isn't much better. Hi-VHF can get interfence from 2nd harmonics so if you have some strong FM stations in your area that can effect hi-VHF channels.
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Pointless

If the FCC takes away channels 31-51 where are these whitespaces going to be? Also I can see some idiot using a channel currently used by TV in my area beause it's not listed in some database.
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I see trouble

Frequency Bands (factory selectable)

MHz 145 to 225
MHz 210 to 470
MHz 470 to 930

Consdiering verizon and at&t owns much of the spectrum from 698-930 I think they'll have a bit of an issue with this thing potentially causing interference. These deices might have permission to run in the TV spectrum but that ends at 698. So why did they FCC approve a device that runs higher than that?

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There's probably stipulations on it's usage. (certain situations/Geographic areas/very specialized device).
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Re: Only problem is it can only go upto 4meg for wifi

said by treich:

The only problem with this WSBD it can only go upto 4meg for wifi so it might not be good for wisp's. Because the future everything will be broadband heavy requiring 3+ meg download.

This is the 1st generation stuff. Carlson Wireless already has a TVWS device that will go up to 12 megs in a single channel. Start bonding multiple channels together and the speed will increase quickly, especially if the FCC allows them to use the full channel width on overlapping channels.

treich
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But again it probably take 2 years before the public like us wisp can even use the space just like how the wimax took forever to get released to wisp's. So I would say its going to be a dead technology just like how BPL was.

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Re: Antenna size?

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said by Davesworld:

My main concern is the antenna size for the longer VHF wavelength.

When people speculated about using the lower VHF for cellular I envisioned a cell phone with a 32" whip.

I should note that many of the OTA broadcasters moved their DVB back down to VHF after the transition. In my area, at least the upper VHF, channel 9 to 13 is used for DVB in addition to several on UHF. When I first started watching OTA DVB, I only needed a UHF antenna. There's no such thing as an HD antenna or digital antenna as most probably know.

VHF for digital is prone to interference. Espeically low-VHF which is why so few use it. Those that do are trying to get on UHF. hi-VHF isn't much better. Hi-VHF can get interfence from 2nd harmonics so if you have some strong FM stations in your area that can effect hi-VHF channels.

We do have some strong FM stations here. All our TV and FM towers are all over the place in the Puget Sound Area. Interesting though is that the second harmonic you stated would indeed fall somehwere in high VHF from a given frequency in the 20mhz FM band. I know when we're talking millions of watts of FM transmitter power a second harmonic can indeed be strong as well. I actually liked it when all DVB here was UHF.
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Re: I see trouble

I like the idea of digital packet repeater nets.. kind of like CB for computers (maybe even a portable plug-in for tablets?!?)... chat, video conf., and file share with the neighborhood and even share the internet as well (either with specific users or the entire net). If several dozen users multiplexed their internet speeds, that would be quite fast, but somewhat slower ping times. WIFI/WIMAX never really achieved this kind of consumer friendly utilization. It's not just verizon licenses... there are all kinds of first responders on 400mhz including police frequencies-- which are.. for the time being.. still analog.

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Re: Only problem is it can only go upto 4meg for wifi

said by treich:

The only problem with this WSBD it can only go upto 4meg for wifi so it might not be good for wisp's. Because the future everything will be broadband heavy requiring 3+ meg download.

Good for those stuck with satellite but not much more.
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Re: Would love to try it!

said by bcltoys:

If I could get 3mb all the time 24/7 i'm in cause on 3g i'm lucky if I get 100 kbps on average.

sounds like you're on cricket broadband.

treich
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Re: Only problem is it can only go upto 4meg for wifi

people will still be on satellite there buddy because I can see this will be a dead technology just like how the bpl was.
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White spaces

Guys, the gear they are releasing, and it's usage is for commercial applications. You wouldn't be purchasing this stuff for trivial links for your home or neighbors. We are talking big money to buy it in most cases. Or big enough you wouldn't pay for it.

Also, If I am not mistaken, the gear has integrated channel assignment via a nationwide database. You can't just pick whatever channel you want to use if I understand correctly. The gear does it for you to make sure you don't interfere with a licensed user.

It is not typical WiFi.
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Re: Would love to try it!

Nope Verizon/Millenicom.

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I don't think that's much of a radio

It looks like something thrown together to show progress at CES. It's a black box SDR, which needs a host PC to configure and probably to operate in any advanced digital manner. Depending on the applications running on the host computer it can be any of a number of Advanced Wireless doodads.

My cure for people who want broadband and can't get it due to geographic isolation stands; move.
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Re: White spaces

said by gunther_01:

Also, If I am not mistaken, the gear has integrated channel assignment via a nationwide database. You can't just pick whatever channel you want to use if I understand correctly. The gear does it for you to make sure you don't interfere with a licensed user.

My point is I've seen the data bases and they are off. They fail to list most of the nashville TV channels in my area. Yes they are weak but many people can get them in with some effort. Since they are weak to begin with it wouldn't take much for this device to cause interference if someone uses a TV channel that didn't appear in the database but in fact does exist.
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