<div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Jan 28, 2013 at 11:45 PM, Owen DeLong <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:owen@delong.com" target="_blank">owen@delong.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div style="word-wrap:break-word"><div class="gmail_quote"><div></div></div><div><div class="im"><div><br></div></div>Perhaps, though I will say I have seen the wifi network get saturated at AfriNIC conferences.</div><div>
<div class="im"><br></div></div></div></blockquote><div>Now AFRINIC conferences is an example that does not apply to many as you don't get that much bandwidth organisations in this region. <br> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<div style="word-wrap:break-word"><div> and anything north of about 200 is virtually unusable at 5Ghz.</div><div><br></div></div></blockquote><div>Who runs 200 users on 5ghz by the way ;)<br></div></div></blockquote><div>
<br></div></div>I run lots of users on 5Ghz. Almost all Apple products (iPhone being the notable exception) have</div><div>5Ghz capability.</div><div><div><br></div></div></div></blockquote><div>Considering the limited range, fewer standards, and limited supported access devices all which increases cost of implementation. Most in my region don't use 5ghz for access devices, hence it was kinda strange to me ;)<br>
<br></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div></div>I'm not sure what you mean. 2.4Ghz has 802.11b/g/n and anyone using current technology is using n, nobody still uses b, do they?</div></div></blockquote><div><br>But a lot still uses G<br>
<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div style="word-wrap:break-word"><div>5Ghz has 802.11a/n and while hardly anyone uses 802.11a, 802.11n is quite popular and vastly superior to 2.4Ghz 802.11n.</div>
<div><br></div><div>In terms of range, the shorter range is an advantage when dealing with dense populations. In areas of low population density,</div><div>5Ghz actually travels as well and in some cases better than 2.4Ghz. For example, 5Ghz will penetrate stucco walls better than</div>
<div>2.4Ghz because the chicken wire used to support the stucco is often smaller than 1/4 wavelength at 23cm, but not at 12cm.</div><div><br></div></div></blockquote><div style="word-wrap:break-word">Yeah but we've got bricks/concrete walls ;-)<br>
<br><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex" class="gmail_quote"><div>So, depending on your circumstances, you can actually get better distance performance from 5Ghz. Further, 5Ghz has a much tighter fresnel zone with directional antennas, so you can gain much better advantages on line-of-sight point to point</div>
<div>links.</div></blockquote><div><br></div></div><div>Yeah hence the reason why its mostly used for point to point/ long distance connectivity<br> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div style="word-wrap:break-word"><div></div><div>Most modern access points of any quality in my region these days are dual-band. More and more, what is the term we're using now... photabtops are coming with dual-band radios as well.</div>
</div></blockquote><div> </div><div>Actually i am curious to really know about this photabtops (google does not even about of it)<br> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div style="word-wrap:break-word"><div><br></div><div>At least in the US, there is virtually no difference in cost between 2.4, 5, or dual-band any more.</div><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><div><br></div></font></span></div>
</blockquote><div>Yeah overall the environment can matter a lot<br> <br>Cheers!<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div style="word-wrap:break-word">
<span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><div></div><div>Owen</div><div><br></div></font></span></div></blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>------------------------------------------------------------------------<br>
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