We are looking at a new area to expand out network that has a lot more tree cover than our current footprint. We are thinking with the combination of CBRS and LTE, that we might be able to offer better coverage than with traditional fixed wireless options. We have started conversations with the following vendors, wondering if anyone has any hands on experience with any of them and what their impressions were: Blinq Airspan Baicells Ericsson
The Ericsson equipment is in a class by itself price wise, but the others are similarly priced, and somewhere around double the price of PMP 450 stuff. Normally we would add more tower sites for better coverage, but this project will need to be done before the end of the year and building towers isn't an option. We have good enough spread on the towers that we think we can do this with PMP 450 APs, but are thinking we'd get even better coverage out of LTE. Any opinions on the reliability and the manageability of the four vendors above? Sorry for such an open ended question, but not sure what to ask to be more specific. We know that we will have the LTE stuff to deal with like access to an EPC and so on, so not so much worried about that as more the manufacturers themselves. Baicells concerns us as they may get lumped in with Huawei. Thoughts? Regards, David Coudron
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