New minimum speed for US broadband connections

Baldur Norddahl baldur.norddahl at gmail.com
Thu Jun 3 16:18:58 UTC 2021


On Thu, Jun 3, 2021 at 2:40 PM Forrest Christian (List Account) <
lists at packetflux.com> wrote:

> I think you're really out of touch with what is going on in the WISP space.
>
> See the following product as an example:
>
>
> https://www.cambiumnetworks.com/products/pmp-450/5-ghz-pmp-450m-fixed-wireless-access-point/
> 14x14 beam-steering Massive Multi-User MIMO.   This is able to talk, in
> the same channel, at the same time, to up to 7 endpoints using both
> vertical and horizontal polarities at the same time.      Total throughput
> per 40Mhz channel: 1.2Gb/s per AP.
>
> Because of the TDMA synchronization, you can actually hang two of these on
> the same tower front to back using the same channel.   So 2.4Gb/s per
> Frequency.  And there are dozens of channels available at this point.
>
>
But isn't that just proving my point? If you can do 2,4 Gbps per frequency,
why are the WISPs whining about a 100 Mbps requirement?!

Regards,

Baldur
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