WiFI on utility poles

Thu Sep 10 16:03:18 UTC 2015

And the same guys (NCTA) complain about LTE-U - how dangerous it is for
their s/business/WiFi

http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2015/08/verizon-and-t-mobile-join-forces-in-fight-for-wi-fi-airwaves/

On Thu, Sep 10, 2015 at 8:00 AM, Scott Helms <khelms at zcorum.com> wrote:

> This sounds like a hypothetical complaint, AFAIK none of the members of the
> CableWiFi consortium are deploying APs outside of their footprint.  Since
> most of the APs use a cable modem for their backhaul it's not really
> feasible to be without at least one broadband option (the cable MSO) and be
> impaired by the CableWiFi APs.
>
> Now, there is one potential exception to this I'm aware of which is
> Comcast's Xfinity on Campus service, but I'd expect the number of colleges
> they're servicing that aren't already getting cable broadband service to
> approach zero.
>
>
> http://www.philly.com/philly/business/20150909_Comcast_streams_onto_college_campuses.html
>
> https://xfinityoncampus.com/login
>
>
> Having said all of that, I'd agree that a good radio resource management
> approach would benefit all of us, including the CableWiFi guys.
>
> http://www.cablelabs.com/wi-fi-radio-resource-management-rrm/
>
>
> Scott Helms
> Vice President of Technology
> ZCorum
> (678) 507-5000
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>
> On Thu, Sep 10, 2015 at 10:52 AM, Jared Mauch <jared at puck.nether.net>
> wrote:
>
> >
> > > 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 .
> > >
> >
> > 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.
> >
> > - Jared
>

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Yury.