My first tower in 2003 had one of those Alvarion APs.  Split system IDU/ODU 
with a 2.4 omni.  Didn’t survive the first lightning storm, even though we had 
the coax lightning protectors.  Ironic because one of the advantages of running 
IF frequency + DC power over coax to the ODU was supposed to be lightning 
survivability.  We also had 6 x Trango 5830 APs and those survived.

 

We never hooked up any customers off the Alvarion system but I must have had at 
least one CPE radio because I remember driving around doing surveys from the 
van.  At the time we were part of a groups of WISPs that could install 
customers off each others towers and split the revenue, one of the requirements 
was to have at least one of the Alvarion APs.

 

From: AF <af-boun...@af.afmug.com> On Behalf Of Steve Jones
Sent: Tuesday, December 3, 2024 2:37 PM
To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group <af@af.afmug.com>
Subject: Re: [AFMUG] our last canopy customer has cancelled

 

Im not sure what he was happy about, Im not  a junker, but apparently they had 
value

 

 

The alvarion gear was really lucrative for him I remember. the housing was some 
valuable grade aluminum if the paint was off. I assume h ended up burning the 
paint off or something, but he drove all that direct to a smelter i remember 
him saying, and that wal like 150 miles away. that was like 6 or 700 radios. 
That pile hurt feelings because it wasnt til the end we had got those 
subscribers down to like 700 bucks a piece. That was a million dollar pile with 
the APs

 

 

On Tue, Dec 3, 2024 at 2:06 PM Ken Hohhof <khoh...@kwom.com 
<mailto:khoh...@kwom.com> > wrote:

Aluminum cases?

 

From: AF <af-boun...@af.afmug.com <mailto:af-boun...@af.afmug.com> > On Behalf 
Of Steve Jones
Sent: Tuesday, December 3, 2024 1:15 PM
To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group <af@af.afmug.com <mailto:af@af.afmug.com> >
Subject: Re: [AFMUG] our last canopy customer has cancelled

 

our 320s went out in a scrappers truck, hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of 
them. He was really happy

 

On Tue, Dec 3, 2024 at 12:43 PM Dev <d...@logicalwebhost.com 
<mailto:d...@logicalwebhost.com> > wrote:

Anyone know what I’d get for a box of PMP 320’s? A big box :) 

 

On Dec 3, 2024, at 10:32 AM, Ken Hohhof <khoh...@kwom.com 
<mailto:khoh...@kwom.com> > wrote:

 

We should put them on eBay at full MSRP.

 

From: AF <af-boun...@af.afmug.com <mailto:af-boun...@af.afmug.com> > On Behalf 
Of CBB - Jay Fuller
Sent: Tuesday, December 3, 2024 12:07 PM
To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group <af@af.afmug.com <mailto:af@af.afmug.com> >
Subject: Re: [AFMUG] our last canopy customer has cancelled

 

 

I think I have one new in a box too.  Might donate it to a museum or something 
:)

 

----- Original Message ----- 

From: Steve Jones <mailto:thatoneguyst...@gmail.com> 

To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group <mailto:af@af.afmug.com> 

Sent: Tuesday, December 3, 2024 11:23 AM

Subject: Re: [AFMUG] our last canopy customer has cancelled

 

we still have like 3 900mhz customers across 2 APs that wont die and cant be 
otherwize converted. Those FSK radios are resilient 

 

Hell, we have one 2.4.fhss Alvarion BreezeAccessII in the air serving one 
customer 1.2mbps. We dont even have the tools to do the RG58 cable on those 
anymore. the customer is happy, and we told him 10 years ago we can only serve 
him til his radio or the AP die. they just wont die

 

On Mon, Dec 2, 2024 at 11:33 AM Ken Hohhof <khoh...@kwom.com 
<mailto:khoh...@kwom.com> > wrote:

Yesterday going through spare SMs I found a NIB 900 MHz PMP100 SM.  I suspect 
we have a few used ones around along with Yagis, but this one was still in the 
box, never deployed.  Oh, well.

 

From: AF <af-boun...@af.afmug.com <mailto:af-boun...@af.afmug.com> > On Behalf 
Of CBB - Jay Fuller
Sent: Monday, December 2, 2024 11:24 AM
To: af@af.afmug.com <mailto:af@af.afmug.com> 
Subject: [AFMUG] our last canopy customer has cancelled

 

 

been a great 20 year ride.  our last 900 mhz pmp100 customer cancelled today.  
fiber has overbuilt most of our

orig coverage area.  they were customers since 2013.  still on a 3 meg plan.

 

 

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