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    The 5G race will soon begin xD

    in General Topics

    Posted

    it has been for years.  Multi-gigabit optical isn't a new technology.  Microwave wise, I can practically run 2 gigabit (with line of site) for under $10000 with my eyes closed.  That's not a new technology either.  The low price is new, though.

    Yes, the price has dropped from 40k to 5K, which to me signals that its time for commercial communication.

    The 5G race will soon begin xD

    in General Topics

    Posted

    Old news.  It won't work.  In order to fit enough antennas into the device, they had to use too high a frequency to be practical.  Attenuation in building materials and even in foliage would make it useless without line of sight.  It's not "5G", it's just a new transmission method.  Referring to it as 5G was just a way to get people to read the article.  LTE has a LOT of headroom left in it for expansion within the spec (hence its name), so don't expect it to be replaced for many years.

    But 5th generation back haul is ready.

    EON Wireless & FTTH provider

    in General Topics

    Posted

    I would think the FCC is the least of your worries.  I would be more concernned with the likes of the cable and other providers.  Too bad you cannot combine with google to advance the backhaul and the tech sooner.  I would love to have a connection that doesnot cost an arm and a leg to use in OC.

     

    There is no physical barrier which blocks Eon/Sprint/Google from joining. And what a powerful trio that would be.

    EON Wireless & FTTH provider

    in General Topics

    Posted

    Hate to let everyone down on this thread, but those spectrum licenses are for

    1. "Light licensed" 3.65GHz. I forget the name of the WiMAX provider that used this spectrum and then went belly-up, taking a lot of BTOP or equivalent funding with them. Was a few years ago. The spectrum itself isn't bad, but there isn't much of it, it's effectively fixed-only (speaking from indirect experience from a telephone co-op that deployed in the band) and you don't have it all to yourself. A license costs under $200 for 10 years nationwide, though you can't operate in 3.65 "Exclusion Zones" around a number of large cities.
    2. Unlicensed 900MHz. This one's a minefield, because the majority of smart meters run in this band. As do a number of existing wireless service providers (WISPs). And, again, not much spectrum there.

    Can you run an actual mobile network on either band? All signs point to no...the closest thing you can do is something like Clearwire's desktop modem: a relatively high-powered, self-installed device.

     

    Am I saying that this is all a bad idea? Well, no...it's being done to some extent by a ton of WISPs out there. Heck, if I wasn't so busy writing software I'd execute on what's been a dream of mine since high school. But it's no panacea. Unless I'm missing some secret sauce that William knows and I don't (like hardware that's nearly as cost-effective as Ubiquiti gear but much more performant...or almost as performant and in a much smaller form factor).

     

    Oh, and you aren't going to find LTE in either of those bands. The LTE airlink is way too fragile to perform well with any level of interference that can't be managed tightly (aka you must have full-on licensed spectrum). For what it's worth, if you could convince Globalstar to let you rent TLPS from them, you could run TD-LTE on that. But none of us here have the money to do that for more than a few days.

     

    Lastly, if you're doing fixed wireless, 5.x GHz or MV-DDS spectrum (~12GHz) is preferable to lower bands, due to the capacity available. MV-DDS is actually available in a few (rural) areas on reasonable licensing terms, though most of it is owned by...you guessed it...Dish. 5.x is the same spectrum that 802.11ac routers ramp up on, so it'll get more cluttered as time goes on. But it'll still be usable for high-bandwidth PtMP fixed wireless for awhile yet, and you can actually compete with the lower end of cable on a speed basis. And it's a heck of a lot cheaper to deploy than LTE (the equipment as well as the licenses) or fiber.

     

    I'm sure we both know a thing or two.  You are right, 3.6 Ghz licences are inexpensive, the licence costs would total a little over 14 million dollars on a national deployment; Which is relatively cheap given the 5 billion dollar price tags associated with many previous spectrum acquisitions.  Saying that Lte will never work over 900 or 3.6 is very easy, call it LTE or not it; high speed transmission works.  The FCC has not slit my throat yet, in fact they have been pleasant to deal with. 

    EON Wireless & FTTH provider

    in General Topics

    Posted

    @mobilesolutions

     

    Is it possible that the 900MHZ that Sprint has can be interoperable with your 900Mhz?

     

    Can I work for your company?

    smr900mhz.png

     

    If i moved down to 902 it could be 896-926 all used for Sprint/Eon.  I know there is some low end noise in 902-904 & 926-928; but given the legal power limits within the ISM band an encrypted network will still operate through low interference in those sections.  

    EON Wireless & FTTH provider

    in General Topics

    Posted

    Central Valley of California is in dire need of competition if you ever think of expanding over here as Google is not thanks to the "red tape". The various counties are extremely efficient and the cities are a hit and miss but far, far better than those in the bay area or major metros like socal. 

     

    Maybe start with West Sacramento, Yolo County, or Sacramento county... 'wink wink'

    I was born in San Fran, careful now.  Sac town, Redding, Trinity county, all of Cali.  Give it time, I want wireless EVERYWHERE.

     

     

    That's neat. You're gonna' be the next Clearwire.

     

    Will you form roaming agreements with Sprint? I'd like that. Not with T-Mo, not with VZW, and definitely not with AT&T.

     

    You're on our side right? With unlimited roaming, right?? *wink, wink*

     

    Will you be LTE only? Will you implement VoLTE for Sprint use on the 900Mhz freq.?

    If i had a roaming agreement with Sprint, I would not be in disapproval of trialing VoLte over 900.  An unlimited hotspot? I smell throttling.  The options are manicured data speeds with a cap or unlimited with throttling.  If we left the network's traffic controls untouched unlimited it could get us by for a while, but eventually with full saturation we would be back to square 1. 

     

    *edit, not square 1.  Realistically, in an unlimited and untouched (network IP Qos disabled) full unlimited environment with an MSSTDMA setup you will still have a fast connection, but you would be pushed back in the que of any available sector until your slot arrives. It could be 32ms, it could be 250ms.  The biggest difference between a cap and unlimited is the average speed you will see running if your a type who runs the speedtest.net application; which many of us are quite fond of.   

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    EON Wireless & FTTH provider

    in General Topics

    What will Sprint do with Clearwire now that it owns it?

    in WiMax

    Posted

    Providing affordable fixed services is an integral part of a BRS spectrum license. I don't see why you call it expensive, a piece of Cellular 850 or even PCS is far more valuable.The entire point of the 2500/2600 block is that it is easy to use for high capacity fixed broadband services. Mobile use was never part of the equation until Sprint was granted an exception for Xohm WiMAX, although they (and Clearwire) were required to provide fixed services at prices relatively competitive with wired connections. This requirement has not been removed, so I do expect to see an affordable fixed solutions in the near future.

    The solution is relatively inexpensive.. Considering the alternative (s)

     

    -Will-

    What will Sprint do with Clearwire now that it owns it?

    in WiMax

    Posted

    I would like to see a 5 Mbps fixed service on 2.5 only.  I think that is a reasonable basic broadband for home for someone who is not data intensive and doesn't want to deal with wired ISPs.

     

    Not likely, that spectrum was too expensive for affordable home use.  I would be embarrassed for a client to receive less than 8mbps. 

    -Will-

    Has anyone else had service issues that make your service mostly unusable?

    in Network, Network Vision/LTE Deployment

    Posted

    So it is live then, thats disappointing. My sister still drops down to 3G regularly at our house and LTE maxes out at 4mbps. I was hoping the site still wasn't live yet.

    Its live at my Mom's house, LTE is not usable maybe down tilt related? And its live at my GFs house, LTE maxes at 7mbps but will fail the upload portion every sigle time. Signal strength is about -108dbm

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    What will Sprint do with Clearwire now that it owns it?

    in WiMax

    Posted

    I like the throttle + top off idea- that way there are no surprise bills at the end of the month. If the throttle ends up being just 100kbps, then it probably wouldn't be necessary to force a subscriber to a higher tier. At that speed their extra usage couldn't exceed 1GB/day even if they used the throttled speed 24/7. However, no one likes being throttled so I'm sure if you encourage them to move to a higher tier when they hit their high-speed cap, many will. I'd also assume that something like the 20 plan + a 30GB top off would cost a bit more than the 50 plan, so you'd make more from people who end up doing that anyway.

     

    On second thought, a user on the lowest 5GB plan could use well beyond what they paid for even with a 100kbps throttle if they hit their cap early enough... assuming they don't top off, I'd probably use an unadvertised buffer (10-20% beyond the initial allowance) to determine whether or not to move that user to a higher tier. For example, if a 5GB plan subscriber uses in excess of 6GB (1GB throttled) three times, then they'd have to move to the 20 plan.

     

    Yes for example the 50GB plan $32.99/month is about $12 cheaper than a 20GB plan plus 30GB ala carte.

    If a sub hits their 5GB cap day 6 of 30 and doesn't top off or move up in tiers they can continue to use 100kbps for the entire duration of the billing cycle if they so choose.

     

    Each site will be able to move around 10 Terabytes [TB] of data daily so I think individual capacity will not be an issue.

    Has anyone else had service issues that make your service mostly unusable?

    in Network, Network Vision/LTE Deployment

    Posted

    I've traveled to Chicago IL, Ann Arbor MI, Detroit MI, Tulsa OK.  The service has ranged from almost working to unusable (Data and Voice).  I know if I hold out this will all be better in the long run.  I actually have no choice for anyone else as I refuse to be an AT&T customer ever again.

     

    Dropped calls left and right all last week while I was in Michigan.

     

    Anyone else have this experience?

     

    /b

    In Tulsa I have intermittent issues, most likely this is because the city is under heavy progress right now & we are reaching a critical mass situation, It will take completion of the fill in sites to relieve the stress placed on the current upgraded sites.  

     

    In Norman i cannot make calls or texts inside of the campus buildings, it will take 800MHz to relieve that issue.  On the Turner back and forth to Tulsa I cannot maintain a call in any duration above 5 minutes, site spacing seems to be 1 mile too wide to maintain ubiquitous coverage needed for voice calls. I always drop then have to redial which is frustrating when driving. We have folks on our plan who use their lines strictly for business, I am not sure we will be renewing with Sprint on October 1st; which to me is disheartening. 

    I'm surprised you said service was unusable in Tulsa and Chicago. In Tulsa you will see LTE most of the time (albeit a lower signal strength in my part of town (south tulsa)) and Chicago is a mature market which should have LTE and 1x800 almost everywhere.

    I have issues in T-town right now, I did find it particularly refreshing at 91 Yale yesterday when i pulled 35mbps off that site.  

    What will Sprint do with Clearwire now that it owns it?

    in WiMax

    Posted

    I think it's great that you've decided to forgo overage fees on the lower usage plans, but what if someone who is already on the 150 plan consistently uses, say, 200GB? When you contact them individually, are you saying you think the network will have enough capacity that you could just ask them to pay a bit more monthly for that usage, or would you have to ask them to find another provider? I suppose some of that is dependent on how many subscribers (and thus spare capacity) you end up having, but I am curious if you'll be adopting a wait-and-see approach with that or take action from the beginning to throttle the extra usage or suspend service.

     

     

    Capacity shouldn't be much of an issue, backhaul will be sufficient to support multiple home fiber connections.  If a site is overburdened  by wireless customers they will not see so much of a slowdown in throughput; they will just have a longer wait time to get through the ''que.''  For example on an unloaded sector you may be able to pull 60/60 with a 10ms ping, and on an overloaded sector you may pull 22/15 with a 100ms ping.  To the customer that difference is not so noticeable for normal internet usage, even streaming.  Back to your question, with my thought process at this time I had planned to provide some form of notification to the customer when they reach 80-90% of their monthly usage.  When you do exceed your data plan, be it 20GB or 150GB you will not be hard capped and shut off; however you will be throttled down to a speed that only allows you to communicate in emergencies (100kbps).  I have though that we could offer "Top off" data points that would allow you to keep using your connection at a high speed and this would be available to all tiers.  So you exceed 150GB & you add 40GB in top off points to keep yourself in action for the remainder of the month.  Keep in mind if you are a customer that is in constant excess of 150GB you will be one of the first that I'll try to push to a fixed fiber connection for your home.  Heavy data users on fiber, lighter users on wireless & everyone has plenty of speed to go around.  I won't charge your arms and legs off, I'm a practical/ethical guy & I have strong views about the importance of affordable reliable internet access. 

    -Will-

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