Re: [AFMUG] Not going to qork

2021-12-27 Thread Bill Prince
But then, we always knew that. Didn't we? Cells with a 500' radius. Yah, sure. That's gonna work. -- bp part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com On Mon, Dec 27, 2021 at 6:10 AM Jaime Solorza wrote: > > > https://www.sdxcentral.com/articles/news/verizons-5g-mmwave-network-has-a-tree-problem/2021/12/ > -- >

Re: [AFMUG] Chinese OTDR

2021-12-27 Thread Josh Luthman
We have a Chinese OTDR. Seems just fine so far... Josh Luthman 24/7 Help Desk: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 On Sun, Dec 26, 2021 at 9:55 PM Jason McKemie < j.mcke...@veloxinetbroadband.com> wrote: > I know a few of you are using Chinese splicers, do

Re: [AFMUG] Not going to qork

2021-12-27 Thread Josh Luthman
So...the problem that WISPs have had for 20 years? Man it's beyond disappointing how stupid people are. Josh Luthman 24/7 Help Desk: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 On Mon, Dec 27, 2021 at 10:13 AM Bill Prince wrote: > But then, we always knew that. D

Re: [AFMUG] Not going to qork

2021-12-27 Thread Jaime Solorza
Exactly...you can't fool mother naah, physics.. On Mon, Dec 27, 2021, 8:13 AM Bill Prince wrote: > But then, we always knew that. Didn't we? > > Cells with a 500' radius. Yah, sure. That's gonna work. > > -- > bp > part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com > > > On Mon, Dec 27, 2021 at 6:10 AM Jaime Solorz

Re: [AFMUG] Not going to qork

2021-12-27 Thread Chuck McCown via AF
With signs telling you which way to face and how to hold your phone. Sent from my iPhone > On Dec 27, 2021, at 8:11 AM, Bill Prince wrote: > >  > But then, we always knew that. Didn't we? > > Cells with a 500' radius. Yah, sure. That's gonna work. > > -- > bp > part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com >

Re: [AFMUG] Not going to qork

2021-12-27 Thread Chuck McCown via AF
I have told people for years it is nothing more than marketing. Sent from my iPhone > On Dec 27, 2021, at 8:28 AM, Jaime Solorza wrote: > >  > Exactly...you can't fool mother naah, physics.. > >> On Mon, Dec 27, 2021, 8:13 AM Bill Prince wrote: >> But then, we always knew that. Didn't we

Re: [AFMUG] Chinese OTDR

2021-12-27 Thread Jason McKemie
What model are you using? Where did you get it? On Monday, December 27, 2021, Josh Luthman wrote: > We have a Chinese OTDR. Seems just fine so far... > > Josh Luthman > 24/7 Help Desk: 937-552-2340 > Direct: 937-552-2343 > 1100 Wayne St >

Re: [AFMUG] Chinese OTDR

2021-12-27 Thread Josh Luthman
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B06Y22JKHX/ref=pe_2640190_232586610_TE_dp_i1 The splicer from Speedwolf was trash for us. We couldn't get a good burn and had so much loss we couldn't get customers <2600 feet away. Josh Luthman 24/7 Help Desk: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337

[AFMUG] Anybody here have a tandem semi-truck near Atlanta that's sitting idle right now?

2021-12-27 Thread can...@believewireless.net
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[AFMUG] OT: Anybody here have a tandem semi-truck near Atlanta that's sitting idle right now?

2021-12-27 Thread can...@believewireless.net
Forgot to add OT to the front... sorry. -- AF mailing list AF@af.afmug.com http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com

Re: [AFMUG] Not going to qork

2021-12-27 Thread Robert
Sounds like it was very expensive marketing, but that's what is going to happen when you have that kind of cash flow and are in a frequency bind.. On 12/27/21 7:45 AM, Chuck McCown via AF wrote: I have told people for years it is nothing more than marketing. Sent from my iPhone On Dec 27, 202

Re: [AFMUG] Not going to qork

2021-12-27 Thread Chuck McCown via AF
It did result in greater cell tower density being fed by fiber. They told city regulators it was needed for 5G so they let them do thing they have never allowed before. From: Robert Sent: Monday, December 27, 2021 10:34 AM To: af@af.afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Not going to qork Sounds l

Re: [AFMUG] Not going to qork

2021-12-27 Thread Mathew Howard
Well, that's shocking! Who could have possibly predicted that? On Mon, Dec 27, 2021 at 12:26 PM Chuck McCown via AF wrote: > It did result in greater cell tower density being fed by fiber. They told > city regulators it was needed for 5G so they let them do thing they have > never allowed befor

Re: [AFMUG] Not going to qork

2021-12-27 Thread Jaime Solorza
Epiphany!!! Set up fixed high speed links to business with outdoor antennas..forget mobile.. On Mon, Dec 27, 2021, 11:26 AM Chuck McCown via AF wrote: > It did result in greater cell tower density being fed by fiber. They told > city regulators it was needed for 5G so they let them do thing the

Re: [AFMUG] Not going to qork

2021-12-27 Thread Chuck McCown via AF
Yes, and that is about the only thing 5G will actually work for. Mobile mm wave is a joke. From: Jaime Solorza Sent: Monday, December 27, 2021 2:47 PM To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Not going to qork Epiphany!!! Set up fixed high speed links to business with outdo

Re: [AFMUG] Not going to qork

2021-12-27 Thread Mathew Howard
I imagine mobile mm wave has some use in a few, very limited, situations. It's probably realistic in stadiums and that kind of thing, where you have thousands of people in a relatively small, open area. On Mon, Dec 27, 2021 at 4:18 PM Chuck McCown via AF wrote: > Yes, and that is about the only

Re: [AFMUG] Not going to qork

2021-12-27 Thread Jan-GAMs
I was all jazzed about the hi-throughput capacity those things offered until I realized the short range, then I couldn't stop laughing at what a huge investment vs ROI I'd never see. On 12/27/21 07:45, Chuck McCown via AF wrote: I have told people for years it is nothing more than marketing.

Re: [AFMUG] Anybody here have a tandem semi-truck near Atlanta that's sitting idle right now?

2021-12-27 Thread Steve Jones
this isnt a backpage ad is it? On Mon, Dec 27, 2021 at 11:28 AM can...@believewireless.net < p...@believewireless.net> wrote: > > -- > AF mailing list > AF@af.afmug.com > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > -- AF mailing list AF@af.afmug.com http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinf

Re: [AFMUG] Not going to qork

2021-12-27 Thread Chuck McCown via AF
I read a review of one of the first systems. Don’t recall the city but it was an NFL city. The reviewer had to maintain eye contact with the base station and had to turn their body just right and hold the phone just right. Absolutely nothing could come between the phone and base station. F

Re: [AFMUG] Not going to qork

2021-12-27 Thread Jaime Solorza
Now that's line of sight in the strictest sense...remember the early laser links? On Mon, Dec 27, 2021, 5:16 PM Chuck McCown via AF wrote: > I read a review of one of the first systems. Don’t recall the city but it > was an NFL city. The reviewer had to maintain eye contact with the base > sta