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

5 Apr 2007

      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:
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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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