[LINK] Ubiquiti´s totally disruptive 24Ghz unlicensed "AirFiber" looks awesome

[Tom Worthington]

On 08/01/13 15:48, Fernando Cassia wrote:

> Creating point-to-point links of up to 1.5 gigabits, up to 13km (8
> miles) ... with a single-piece device which can be installed by a
> single person ...

Judging from the diagrams provided, the AirFiber unit has large and 
small parabolic antennas (presumably large for receiving), plus the 
electronics in the one housing: 
http://dl.ubnt.com/datasheets/airfiber/airFiber_DS.pdf

The unit is not very big at 649 x 426 x 303 mm, but at 10.5 kg it may be 
too heavy to simply bolt onto the average domestic TV mast.

But how many of these units could be serviced from one central tower, 
before mutual interference degrades the signal?

CSIRO were working on something similar with Ngara, but this was to use 
the radio spectrum freed up by the move to digital TV: 
http://www.csiro.au/Outcomes/ICT-and-Services/Broadband-to-the-bush.aspx


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