Re: Microwave link capacity

[Mike Hammett <nanog () ics-il net>]

You might be better served with the lists over at wispa.org. Not saying the people here don't have the answers, but 
that's what those guys do. 




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----- Original Message -----

From: "Jean-Francois Mezei" <jfmezei_nanog () vaxination ca> 
To: Nanog () nanog org 
Sent: Monday, April 4, 2016 12:28:41 PM 
Subject: Microwave link capacity 


In a context of providing rural communities with modern broadband. 

Reading some tells me that Microwave links can be raised to 1gbps. How 
common is that ? 

I assume that cell phone towers have modern microwave links (when not 
directly on fibre). What sort of capacity would typically be provided ? 

And in the case of a remote village/town served by microwave originally 
designed to handle just phone calls, how difficult/expensive is it to 
upgrade to 1gbps or higher capacity ? Just a change of radio ? or radio 
and antenna, keeping only the tower ? 

(keeping spectrum acquisition out of discussion as that is a whole other 
ball game).