We have 25 sites processing. Pain in the neck to buy, but well worth it, (our pain was mainly due to migrating a project with data that isnt ours into our company account, site count took a while to clarify, plus i mumble) It really sucks because we have some of our sites in on a project that we did. there been a ton of times now that 2 of 3 visible sites are done but we dont have the third. Picked up another ex customer today with it. they left because of performance issues after they put on a metal roof. like most, they came back, we didnt want to replicate the isue. turns out the other side of the house has a spot to a different site from a post in the yard. We never even looked at that site due to assumed obstructions, we wouldnt have walked the yard. I think we are at 4 verified recoveries with it. one more and as long as those customers (who wouldnt have been customers otherwise) stay with us, CnHeat is effectively free. I like free.
Now im really interested in LIDAR and refreshing the data. I think the refresh could be very affordable on the WISP budget, assuming the WISP finds value in the tool. We know our territory, so for the most part, refreshing the data wouldnt require the entire territory to be surveyed, just areas of change. people need to quit cutting down old growth trees and putting up decorative trees. I see value in efficiency. I try to be a good steward of spectrum, I had radios without ATPC. Having a good link at full EIRP is not and good as having a good link at less than EIRP. We all stop at good link. New site, new customers, and service customers will almost all be in the most efficient location. This lowers my noise floor in the long run (from myself at least) and if more people around me operate with a tool similar, they impact me less. i will be so efficient by next year that my network will become self aware and eventually edge the human component out... nt really, but Ill be fighting a whole lot less variable. No if there were a tool that could predict multi path/ reflectivity reliably it would be great. We do have one customer we actually have a spring radio and a fall radio installed, they switch power supplies the day the field across from them i harvested and then switch back in the spring when performance degrades, it was cheaper to do this than to keep rolling trucks. Im hoping when their location is plotted I can identify something that eliminates the need for this
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