Greetings All, Call me biased but why would you want to make your Access Delivery layer an Open standard to be hacked played with and mucked around? CPE connections, Yes Access Layer NO Yes there is a lower cost User connection requirement for a community network hence Wifi makes good sense for the public / cost sensitive users. Also why compromise your access delivery layer and still have the ability to offer some high speed stable business connections as part of your network model? Any comments on this logic appreciated Real Community networks require as simple and scaleable solution as possible, yet still be modular and not need rocket scientists to keep it going. I would agree the all in one routing and Multi band per unit offered by the MK units is fantastic BUT who is going to be there 24/7 to keep it going. Too many WISP's put their hearts and soles into building the network and get trapped into never having a holiday there after because they are only ones who know how it works. This single factor imposes a limitation on the operators growth because they need to have more expertise on hand to keep it going and growing. 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: Tim Price [mailto:tim(a)thepacific.net] Sent: Friday, 19 January 2007 3:56 p.m. To: 'Jack Pivac'; nznog(a)list.waikato.ac.nz Subject: Re: [nznog] WISP Technology - Trango? Also check out this: http://www.mikrotik.com/wireless.php#ptm Regards Tim Price thepacific.net Ltd -----Original Message----- From: Jack Pivac [mailto:email(a)delphinus.co.nz] Sent: Friday, 19 January 2007 3:12 p.m. To: nznog(a)list.waikato.ac.nz Subject: [nznog] WISP Technology - Trango? Hi all, Currently planning on setting up a community wireless project in South Taranaki. Range is looking to be up to 10km from the AP's. At the moment I'm looking at using Trango Radio Units [1] and was after thoughts/comments on this choice... Cheers, Jack [1] http://www.trangobroadband.com/ _______________________________________________ NZNOG mailing list NZNOG(a)list.waikato.ac.nz http://list.waikato.ac.nz/mailman/listinfo/nznog _______________________________________________ NZNOG mailing list NZNOG(a)list.waikato.ac.nz http://list.waikato.ac.nz/mailman/listinfo/nznog