NTL: 8" x 8" white thin plastic box on roof

[John Brown]

We live in a 'multi unit residency' (i.e. flats) in London. Previously
NTL had said that broadband (and Digital TV) was not available to
residents here, in common with many other flats.

They have now informed us that they wish to conduct a trial on our
building. This will involve them installing an 8" x 8" white thin
plastic box on our roof. The roof height is higher than any other
buildings in the area.

Has anyone any idea what this is? It is a transceiver of some sort?
Is anyone familiar with this?

Thanks for any input!

[trev]

"John Brown" <luck...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:d842be76.01090...@posting.google.com...

NTL are about to trial broadband wireless in parts of london

[David Entwistle]

In article <d842be76.01090...@posting.google.com>, John Brown
<luck...@hotmail.com> writes

ntl is to trial its wireless broadband internet service. The technology
will use its 10GHz national license to transmit data point-to-multipoint
to homes via a wireless access module (WAM). The WAM is about the size
of a dinner plate and sits on the side of a building and interfaces
directly to conventional DOCSIS modems, enabling the service to benefit
developments such as voice over IP.

See the following site for details about the trial

http://www.ntl.com/locales/gb/en/wham/

See the following site for additional information about the technology.

http://www.ogierelectronics.com/Newspage1.html
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David Entwistle

[David Entwistle]

In article <u7nlV4AZ...@d-entwistle.fsnet.co.uk>, David Entwistle
<da...@d-entwistle.demon.co.uk> writes

>
>See the following site for additional information about the technology.
>
>http://www.ogierelectronics.com/Newspage1.html

and

http://www.ogierelectronics.com/broadband.html

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David Entwistle

[John Brown]

Thanks for that information.

Is a separate Wireless Module required for each subscriber? For
example, say there are 20 residents, does each resident require their
own module to be mounted on the building or would a number of
residents share the same module? If they share the same module would
this affect throughput?

[David Entwistle]

In article <d842be76.0109...@posting.google.com>, John Brown
<luck...@hotmail.com> writes

John,

Reading Ogier's 'Broadband Wireless Options' page, both configurations
appear to be possible, but I'm afraid I don't know what ntl plan to
offer in this respect. Describing the effect on performance of a multi-
user installation, the Ogier site states that there is 'no loss of
capability from that available in a completely stand alone system'.

My guess would be that it would be ntl's preference that WAMs be shared
between multiple users in one building. This will present less of a
planning issue and be a less costly option, for ntl, than having one
wireless access module per customer. I could be wrong though.

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David Entwistle