Re: [nznog] More 'public park' broadband wireless spectrum released

You will find that the MED separated the GURL point to multipoint and FIXED. The 5.8Ghz @ 200Watts EiRP is still covered under the GURL -Fixed as per June 2004 as seen here http://www.rsm.govt.nz/licensing/gurls/gurl-fixed.html Also good to have the 57 - 64 GHz band opened up so we can get some more 1.25GigBps FD links in service and hopefully soon to be followed by a definition of use for the 80GHz spectrum as well.. New Spectrum = new link capacity and options. But then I am biased on both counts. Regards Ian Hastie LINKIT Ph +64 (0)21 75-5465 Fx +64 (0)4 905-5465 Skype: ian_hastie_mob PO Box 1661 Paraparaumu NEW ZEALAND www.linkit.co.nz Flexible Access Networks Disclaimer: The information in this email (including attachments) is confidential and may be legally privileged. If an addressing or transmission error has misdirected this email, please notify the author by replying to this email and destroy the message. If you are not the intended recipient, any use, disclosure, copying or distribution is prohibited and may be unlawful -----Original Message----- From: Paul Horak [mailto:paul(a)netsmart.co.nz] Sent: Friday, 6 April 2007 1:14 p.m. To: Blair Harrison Cc: nznog(a)list.waikato.ac.nz Subject: Re: [nznog]More 'public park' broadband wireless spectrum released That's not how I understand it, the new GURL notice stats that: * The Radiocommunications Regulations (General User Radio Licence for Short Range Devices) Notice 2004 dated 6th day of December 2004 and published in the New Zealand Gazette, 9 December 2004, No. 160, page 3976, is revoked. * Notwithstanding the revocation of a notice under subsection (1), every transmitter compliant with the requirements of that notice on the commencement date of this notice is deemed to be compliant with the requirements of this notice. I think this was the notice that allowed higher output power at 5Ghz. So I'm pretty sure it means that existing high powered 5Ghz links can stay, but no new ones are allowed - max. output power is now 4W at 5Ghz. Cheers, Paul On 6 Apr 2007 at 1:09, Blair Harrison wrote:

On 4/5/07, Paul Horak wrote: 1W is good for 3 or 4km in perfect conditions, I'm guessing most WISPs need to cover larger areas than this. The max output power at 5.8Ghz

also

appears to have been reduced - it is now max. 4W (good for about 5 or 6km). So presumably much of the gear WISPs have been using won't be allowed anymore e.g. Trango's with dishes, etc. This might be good

news

for WISPs operating small metro networks, but it is bad news for

anyone

covering large rural areas. Basically, operating a reasonable size

WISP has

just got a lot more expensive.

Cheers,

Paul

No, the 4W/200W PTP maximum power hasn't changed as far as I'm aware.

http://www.rsm.govt.nz/licensing/frl/information.html still shows 4W and

200W max on 5.8Ghz.

5.4Ghz not on that page yet it seems.

The whole point of opening 5.4Ghz is for lower power short range communications, in crowded metro centres where currently there is a lot of contention for 2.4Ghz and 5.8Ghz spectrum. More mini POPs, covering shorter distances. This is not going to help in the instances of needing to cover 6-10KM and further ranges, for which 5.8Ghz/2.4Ghz is still much more suited.

Cheers, Blair

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