'Anti-authority' tech rebels take on ISPs, connect NYC with cheap Wi-Fi

Re:'Anti-authority' tech rebels take on ISPs, connect NYC wi... by walrus01 on Wednesday May 02, 2018 @04:53PM (#16981064)

Considering the 5100 to 5850 MHz band noise floor in metro NYC, it's a minor miracle that outdoor, roof mounted, PtMP 802.11ac based systems work at all. (Or Cambium PMP450i in the same bands, etc).

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Re:'Anti-authority' tech rebels take on ISPs, connect NYC wi... by nycmesh on Wednesday May 02, 2018 @06:14PM (#16981618)

Yes the noise floor is bad, but we get about a 2 mile range which covers a huge amount of people in Manhattan. The Ubiquiti sector antennas use TDMA so it is not standard 802.11ac.

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Re:'Anti-authority' tech rebels take on ISPs, connect NYC wi... by ybloviator on Thursday May 03, 2018 @01:07PM (#16987723)

Screenshot of a UBNT p2mp at 2 miles in Manhattan please. The dashboard will show the distance. Please post.

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Re:'Anti-authority' tech rebels take on ISPs, connect NYC wi... by nycmesh on Thursday May 03, 2018 @04:28PM (#16989609)

https://nycmesh.net/panorama/1.7miles.png

That's a LiteBeam Gen1 installed in the east village on 5th St connected to 375 Pearl St downtown. The gen1 actually has a stronger signal than the gen2, so this is a bit better than our usual connection.

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