On 2016-04-07 08:28, Bryan Fields wrote: > Microwave has it's place, but the 20 mile, >1gb links are marketing more than > anything.
So existing long distance links to reach rural communities are not good candidates to upgrade from old microwave that handles just phone to something that can serve broadband for the town ? If existing towers are further apart than what is realistic for higher capacity links, then upgrading would involve new towers at which point, the economics might point to fibre.
