Some Friday photos
Some tower photos and wireless equipment installs. Cambium 450 gear, jirous dish, mimosa 11ghz backhaul.
Three Spacelink Satellites just floating
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-7200885/SpaceX-loses-control-three-Starlink-internet-satellites-just-WEEKS-launch.html SpaceX has lost contact with three satellites in its new Starlink orbiting network, with the errant craft now destined to fall out of orbit and burn up in the atmosphere. Granted, they launched 60 satellites and only three have …
Vermont RFP for Broadband
The Department of Public Service of Vermont issued an RFP that will study the feasibility of the state’s electric companies providing broadband service
WaveDivision capital buys some frontier assets
https://www.seattletimes.com/business/northwest-broadband-investors-buy-regional-frontier-communications-assets-serving-350000-customers/
FCC and their view of broadband
It seems the FCC is getting some pushback on its picture of broadband access in the United States. Much of the article centers around Form 477 and the inaccuracies being found in it. https://www.theverge.com/2019/5/30/18644726/fcc-broadband-report-high-speed-rural-statistics-reactions
Broadband in Warren County Indiana Study
If you would like to have access to this 22-page study on broadband in Warren County Indiana please contact [email protected] for details.
The Changing RF landscape for WISPs
So why all this focus on 5GHZ and why are people forgetting about 2.4?
xISP news From Washington
https://www.techspot.com/news/79863-fcc-promises-roll-out-improved-broadband-over-106000.html Back in January of 2018, FCC Chairman Ajit Pai announced a proposal that could have allocated over $500 million toward the development of rural broadband internet lines. At the time, Pai said that closing the “digital divide” between rural …
26 states have laws against municipal broadband
https://broadbandnow.com/report/municipal-broadband-roadblocks/ There are now 26 states with laws on the books that either roadblock or ban outright municipally-owned broadband networks
AT&T 5G”e” Indianapolis
iPhone X while sitting in traffic on the west side of Indy. https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.macrumors.com/2019/04/22/sprint-att-5ge-lawsuit-settled/amp/