rawgerz
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| who designs these networks?
If these networks are using low to the ground structures like light poles, it's NO wonder why coverage is so bad!
Theres a reason why they make 300 foot cell towers, and why they're used!
And since any off the shelf hardware can be used, the problems just keep growing.
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patcat88
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Jamaica, NY
| said by rawgerz  :If these networks are using low to the ground structures like light poles, it's NO wonder why coverage is so bad! Theres a reason why they make 300 foot cell towers, and why they're used! And since any off the shelf hardware can be used, the problems just keep growing. Raising the height wont work. Then it will be further from the laptops, and the AP wont hear laptops. Plus then the signal will go further and interfere with another AP on the network. |
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RadioDoc
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Unless you're in the sticks, you won't see any 300 foot cell towers...
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rawgerz
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with a sector antenna and enough downtilt, sure it's going to be better than omni antennas.
But still, wifi is not well suited, or practical for a network this size.
How anyone in NYC can use wifi is beyond me, with that many APs that you stated above, the interference has to make it completely worthless.
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patcat88
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Jamaica, NY
| I will say, apt buildings and such, decrease outside signals, and in most apartments, its near-LOS to the AP. Concrete floors decrease signal enough to make some room for a AP in a apt on floor below/above. Also most apts have have heavy thick walls, so that also blocks signal (making it easier for AP to transmit). I would bet on the near-LOS factor. |
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