And even then, there is not much spectrum in 3.65. It still don't penetrate trees as well as 2.4 GHz as well. ----------------------------------------------------------- Dennis Burgess, Mikrotik Certified Trainer Link Technologies, Inc -- Mikrotik & WISP Support Services Office: 314-735-0270 Website: http://www.linktechs.net LIVE On-Line Mikrotik Training - Author of "Learn RouterOS" -----Original Message----- From: Bret Clark [mailto:bclark@spectraaccess.com] Sent: Thursday, June 17, 2010 9:00 AM To: nanog@nanog.org Subject: Re: Future of WiMax On 06/17/2010 09:46 AM, Dennis Burgess wrote:
Lots of my clients (Wireless ISPs) have looked into deploying it, however the costs are well over 20 times the cost of a unlicensed system per access point.
Yeah...that is really the crux of the problem. Every WISP I know would switch over in a heartbeat if the upfront cost was the same as deploying many well know 5.8GHz systems. Battling with interference in the 5.8GHz can be tough at times, at least with the 3.65GHz range there is some control over frequency use, but even so, dealing with frequency use in 5.8GHz is worth it for the cost savings.