WiFI on utility poles

Thu Sep 10 15:50:27 UTC 2015

OPM, as in Other People's Money?  If that's what you meant I don't think
that's an accurate description since AFAIK Comcast didn't get any CAF money.

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On Thu, Sep 10, 2015 at 11:46 AM, Mike Hammett <nanog at ics-il.net> wrote:

> I wish IEEE would natively support smaller channels as that's what's
> needed most of the time. Interference would be so much less.
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> If there's opportunity for Comcast to work with the WISP community on
> channel selection to avoid mutual destruction, then great.
>
> That said, the cable company's efforts scream of OPM.
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> ----- Original Message -----
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> From: "Jared Mauch" <jared at puck.nether.net>
> To: "Mike Hammett" <nanog at ics-il.net>
> Cc: "Jason Livingood" <Jason_Livingood at cable.comcast.com>, "Corey
> Petrulich" <Corey_Petrulich at cable.comcast.com>, "Kenneth Falkenstein" <
> Ken_Falkenstein at Cable.Comcast.com>, "NANOG mailing list" <nanog at nanog.org>
> Sent: Thursday, September 10, 2015 9:52:59 AM
> Subject: Re: WiFI on utility poles
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> > On Sep 10, 2015, at 9:00 AM, Mike Hammett <nanog at ics-il.net> wrote:
> >
> > 5 GHz noise levels affecting people whose primary means of Internet
> access is via fixed wireless .
> >
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> This is a huge deal for those people like myself that depend on fixed
> wireless for access at home because there is no broadband available despite
> incentives given by cities and states and the federal government.
>
> The local WISPs are good at coordinating access in these ISM bands amongst
> themselves but when someone appears with a SSID without doing a peek at the
> spectrum (note: not a site survey, but actual spectrum view w/ waterfall,
> as site survey only checks for the channel width that the client radio is
> configured for, not al the 10, 15, 8, 30mhz wide variants).
>
> It’s just poor practice to show up and break something else because you
> can’t be bothered to notice the interference or noise floor you created. I
> suspect the hardware that Comcast is using doesn’t notice this interference
> or adjacent channel issues. With the FCC aiming to let cell carriers also
> clog the 5ghz ISM band it’s only going to get worse.
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> - Jared
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