airFiber

Thu Mar 29 17:58:36 UTC 2012

They are taking pre-orders now for a (hopefully) June delivery.  I'm
at a conference now and got the rundown yesterday from Ubiquiti.  This
product was designed completely from the ground up by the former
Motorola Canopy 100 team.  It -should- deliver ~700mbit in both
directions @ full duplex.  Note that 24ghz is very susceptible to
"rain fade" and should be used in caution in certain climates,
especially at longer distances approaching 10+km.  Anyhow, check the
video out on ubnt.com for an introduction and technical overview -
it's worth watching.

Josh

On Thu, Mar 29, 2012 at 1:30 PM, Phil Regnauld <regnauld at nsrc.org> wrote:
> Drew Weaver (drew.weaver) writes:
>> I've read that it requires perfect line of sight, which makes it sometimes tricky.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> -Drew
>
>        Define perfect line of sight ? How is this different from any other wireless
>        link and the associated Fresnel zone ?
>
>        http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fresnel_zone
>
>        Even 100 Mbit/s wireless equipment (which ubqt also happens to make great
>        gear for, at 800 USD / link) will need unobstructed view of the remote
>        point - and it's not all or nothing, the performance will degrade.
>
>        Cheers,
>        Phil
>
>