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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=218062018-10122006><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>Hi Nick</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=218062018-10122006><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=218062018-10122006><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>We had a switch installation in Spain which used
exclusively below solution.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=218062018-10122006><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>Accordingly to the customer, UK guys came over, installed
few base stations (and I am talking the full works here including the
towers on top</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=218062018-10122006><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>of the hills), collected thousands of euros and
left.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=218062018-10122006><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=218062018-10122006><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>Since then, the stability of the wireless network was, well
to put it mildly, not up to any acceptable commercial
standard.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=218062018-10122006><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>I have personally experienced: (lets get to tower, it needs
rebooting) :) and customers calling complaining about QoS (while barely able to
hear them)</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=218062018-10122006><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>Customer also had since then deployed another wireless
solution, and had not a single issue. Works perfectly.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=218062018-10122006><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>I am not trying to start flames here... just need
facts.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=218062018-10122006><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>Why would that be the case? Why would a mesh network not
perform?</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=218062018-10122006><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>What factors does it get influenced by?
Etc...</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
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color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
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color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=218062018-10122006><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>Regards,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
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color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=218062018-10122006><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>Senad</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> asterisk-biz-bounces@lists.digium.com
[mailto:asterisk-biz-bounces@lists.digium.com] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Nick
Stein<BR><B>Sent:</B> 10 December 2006 18:09<BR><B>To:</B>
asterisk-biz@lists.digium.com<BR><B>Subject:</B> [asterisk-biz] ITU - Amazing
Finds<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">If you want open source for mobile
ad hoc networks (manets), you might try looking at <A
href="http://www.olsrd.org/">http://www.olsrd.org</A><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">I have been following them for a few
years and the software is maturing nicely. Since source is available, you
can cross compile and put it on a WRT54G or other linux router with asterisk
also installed on the router. It is based on the IEEE OLSR standard. One
of the more popular installs is <A
href="http://freifunk.net/">http://freifunk.net/</A> from <st1:country-region
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Germany</st1:place></st1:country-region>.
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Also <a href=”<A
href="http://www.locustworld.com/">http://www.locustworld.com/</A>“>Locustworld</a>
has a pretty good product that is used commercially quite
widely.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">That being said, I still like the
meshcom solution as it layers two fairly stable technologies for what looks like
a nice robust solution.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">From a business perspective, and
that is what this list is about, getting into mesh is another world from
ip-telephony. Mesh is probably as complicated as sip and iax. I find
the concept of a manet running sip to be quite exciting. But there are
still many technical issues that I have not been able to
resolve.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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<LI class=MsoNormal style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1"><FONT face=Arial
size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">How do you manage QOS
on uncertain bandwidth?<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT>
<LI class=MsoNormal style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1"><FONT face=Arial
size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">How do you manage
DIDs on temporary nodes?<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT>
<LI class=MsoNormal style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1"><FONT face=Arial
size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">How do you manage
your sip.conf for extensions that may float in and
out?<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT> </LI></OL>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Nick
Stein<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV></BODY></HTML>