sonnybadbutt
join:2001-05-11
Elizabethtown, KY | Freq.
If they can do 20 or 30 miles hops the frequency can't be that high. As higher the frequency goes more the rain fade and most of these links are a couple of miles at best at higher frequency. So rain fade shouldn't be a problem. |
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keyboard5684
join:2001-08-01
Youngsville, PA
 ·Teliax VOIP
 ·WestPAnet Inc.
 ·WestPAnet Inc. CA..
| A good engineer knows it is going to rain, snow, fog, whatever and would plan for it. I have set up 20 mile links with towers at 105ft using Proxim gear. Make sure you compensate for the rain fade and other problems and it is fine.
This is really old news. Wireless links like this have been used for decades. |
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rawgerz
In Debt we trust
Premium
join:2004-10-03
Grove City, PA
 ·Verizon Online DSL
·Sprint Mobile Broa..
| Wow, I hate to guess what they used to cost back then!
Looks like 60 GHz starts at $14,000 and 74 Ghz is $45,000!!  And I thought the 8K units were a lot
I don't know if that is per link, or radio but it's still helluva expensive! I really don't think Sprint can afford that right now..
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You can't make all the people happy all of the time. But it should be common sense to shoot for the majority. |
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yabos
join:2003-02-16
Ingersoll, ON | reply to sonnybadbutt
I used to have TV over MMDS which was about 2.5 GHz. That NEVER went out at all even in the heaviest of snow and rain. The TV link was at least 20KM. My damn satellite goes out all the time but of course is 10GHz or something. |
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patcat88
join:2002-04-05
Jamaica, NY | What happened to your MMDS? |
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yabos
join:2003-02-16
Ingersoll, ON
| said by patcat88  :What happened to your MMDS? I couldn't get HD from the provider so I had to switch to satellite. |
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mc3
join:2000-08-06
Lake Mary, FL | reply to rawgerz
If sprint can come up with $40,000,000,000 to buy Nextel, I don't think $45,000 per location to get return on their WiMAX investment for backhaul will phase them. |
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