2.4 GHz Unlicensed PTMP

• Frequency is saturated and unusable in most areas for WISps

 

2.5 GHz Licensed PTMP

• Best choice for penetration, non line of sight (NLOS)
• Best performance due to no interference
• Hardest license to get, sprint has most of it locked down
• Work with a broker to explore the options like Spect Spectrum http://selectspectrum.com/Contact_Us.html
• The only guy I knew there left and I have not worked with them lately so this will be a cold call for you

 

3.65 GHz License lite

• Nationwide licenses not being issued by FCC
• Better than 5 GHz for NLOS
• Available product lines utilizing LTE technology with best NLOS up to 3 miles in foliage
• Licenses must be bought from existing holders, through brokers like Spect Spectrum http://selectspectrum.com/Contact_Us.html
• I would not consider any product on 3.65 that was not LTE and I would not consider any LTE product unless it was Baicells.  We don't deploy Huawei or Telrad for WISP LTE, ask us why. 

 

5 GHz Unlicensed PTMP and Backhauls PTP

LOS only

• More spectrum than 3 GHz
• Good performance with TDMA gear from Ubiquiti, best bang for the buck
• Low cost of entry, fast ROI
• Using for backhauls, while financially attractive,  significantly reduces available spectrum for PTMP so advise against using for backhaul

 

11 GHz & 18 GHz Licensed Backhauls PTP

• Affordable, about $8k per link
• Licenses are easily obtained
• Great throughput, high reliability

 

24 Ghz Backhauls PTP

• Unlicensed
• High throughput
• Suffer from possible rain fade so reliability is an issue on longer links
• Low cost