airFiber

Sat Mar 31 00:37:49 UTC 2012

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On Mar 29, 2012, at 2:01 PM, "Nick Olsen" <nick at flhsi.com> wrote:

> It will need perfect line of site. And won't deal with NLOS like most 2/5 
> ghz gear can. It's 24ghz.
> 
> They claim 15Km. Maybe in the desert.
> 
> In any climate with rain, Like our's here in Florida even 2 miles is going 
> to be a stretch as 24ghz will rain fade easy. A great application for this 
> would be like between two buildings requiring highspeed backhaul. (Were 
> talking roof-top to roof-top of maybe a few thousand feet or more between 
> them.
> 
> Nick Olsen
> Network Operations (855) FLSPEED  x106
> 
> ----------------------------------------
> From: "Drew Weaver" <drew.weaver at thenap.com>
> Sent: Thursday, March 29, 2012 1:27 PM
> To: "Jared Mauch" <jared at puck.nether.net>, "Eugen Leitl" <eugen at leitl.org>
> Subject: RE: airFiber
> 
> I've read that it requires perfect line of sight, which makes it sometimes 
> tricky.
> 
> Thanks,
> -Drew
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jared Mauch [mailto:jared at puck.nether.net] 
> Sent: Thursday, March 29, 2012 12:45 PM
> To: Eugen Leitl
> Cc: NANOG list
> Subject: Re: airFiber
> 
> On Thu, Mar 29, 2012 at 06:34:21PM +0200, Eugen Leitl wrote:
>> 
>> Claim: 1.4 GBit/s over up to 13 km, 24 GHZ, @3 kUSD/link price point.
>> 
>> http://www.ubnt.com/airfiber
> 
> Yeah, I got this note the other day.  I am very interested in hearing about 
> folks experience with this hardware once it ships.
> 
> I almost posted it in the last-mile thread.  Even compared to other 
> hardware in the space the price-performance of it for the bitrate is 
> amazing.
> 
> I also recommend watching the video they posted:
> 
> http://www.ubnt.com/themes/ubiquiti/air-fiber-video.html
> 
> You are leaving out that it's an unlicensed band, so you can use this to 
> have a decent backhaul to your house just by rigging it yourself on each 
> end.
> 
> - Jared
> 
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