Wi-Fi killer?

99.5% isn't bad considering that Telkom's standard SLA is 99%. Where have Telkom, Vodacom, MTN been in the past 5 years? They have also had the licensed spectrum and haven't offered a commercial service such as the one that Broadlink is offering.

New operators should be welcomed in the market first, then let the market decide before shooting them down.
 
From other people's experience with Broadlink, their uptime target is way out of their ability to achieve.
Besides, this is a WBS owned initiative, I wouldn't trust them as far as I can throw their fixed-wireless device.
 
ermm, WUG's are something completely different. It does'nt offer internet so can never be used for bussiness.
WISP's will unfortunately have a gap to fill in SA's broadband void.
 
voipnow said:
Can anyone give some info an laser based long range data links. Who ( brand ) makes them Unlike any radio ( read WiFi or WiMax ) it wont be affected by interference.
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Litigation when little johnny goes blind from climbing the avo tree to fetch his frisbee :p
 
voipnow said:
Can anyone give some info an laser based long range data links. Who ( brand ) makes them Unlike any radio ( read WiFi or WiMax ) it wont be affected by interference.
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do a search on "laser optics" - the advantage is independence from frequency issues but line of sight is a major restriction
 
Well well well... I got a price through a major 1st tear Internet Provider for a 2MB Broadlink connection from Westville in Durban to the South Coast. just over 60km. The problem was that they didn't reach that far. I said that they could use OUR high sights... They wanted to charge me more per High Sight, than the entire link up to that point... which also was more than getting ATM from Telkom.
 
voipnow said:
Can anyone give some info an laser based long range data links. Who ( brand ) makes them Unlike any radio ( read WiFi or WiMax ) it wont be affected by interference.
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running a gigbit laser link between two buildings about 1k apart. look for a company called loophold.
 
vodacom3g said:
Vegetation? Birds, insects nesting? Wind, sunlight?
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erm i forgot about that, when there is thick mist the kind you cant see twenty meters in front of you, the signal does kind of go away.well it's bad twenty stories up. i still think up the power on the laser link and it will burn a hole trough the mist :D or birds :p
 
The WiFi nets will start to self-regulate and set up sponsored organising bodies - much like other industries where the price of not cooperating outweighed that of doing so.

As beamforming, other directional techniques and spread spectrum technologies become more commonplace, this will only become easier.
 
Here in Toti, we have discovered that one WiFi Operator has a habit of setting up AP's in close range of one of our AP's, and he gives it the same SSID, and sends out an over powered signal. Result is that our system then is battling to operate due to the simulcast.

Myself and a few local operators have gotten together and we are starting an initiative called the Value Added Wireless Networks or VAWN. The idea is to develop a business model for any Value Added Wireless Network that operates on public bands. So far we are also looking at including Triple Play... If you are interested to find out more then send me a private message...
 
The ideal area to deploy Free Space Optic is less than 2000 m. It can be deployed further but will only be effective in very good weather conditions.

A site survey should be done before installing a FSO link as this will determine the effective range of a link. A link on the highveld will work much further than a link at the coast, so do the homework.

Full duplex speeds from 25 Mbps - 1 Gbps can be obtained. Unregulated technology and free from RF interference.

There is a local companyb that manufactures FSO in SA. Check Redlinesa.com
 
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