The Brothers WISP 193 - RIP Matt Hardy, State of Wireless, Tachyon 60Ghz

We are chatting about the state of wireless with the Scottish and Missouri mafia. *Sponsors* Your Add here :) */Sponsors* Topics Covered The return of The Brothers WISP after a long break. How the Northeast WISP / Scottish WISP community formed and grew. Remembering Matt Hardy and his impact on the industry. What changed in fixed wireless over the last four years. Ubiquiti Wave: early issues, improvements, limitations, and supply roblems. UISP as a monitoring tool versus a CRM. Splinks, Sonar, Powercode, and other WISP management platforms. Cambium deployments and moving away from older AirMax networks. Tarana G1 performance, power requirements, spectrum reuse, latency, and real-world speeds. Using 60 GHz with backup paths, OSPF, BFD, and carrier drop. Monitoring backup links and the difficulty of knowing when secondary paths fail. MikroTik’s role in routing, 60 GHz, LTE/5G backup, and outdoor wireless. TP-Link Aginet routers, TR-069 provisioning, GenieACS, and remote CPE management. The shift toward fiber and hybrid wireless-to-fiber deployments. Why 6 GHz could be a major opportunity for WISPs. The missing low-cost replacement for small Ubiquiti AirMax micropop deployments. Tachyon’s 60 GHz gear and why it has Andrew excited. Guest Links and Contact Info Mentioned Conor / Converged Rural Broadband: crb.scot Conor email: [email protected] Ali / Commswest: commswest.co.uk Rob / WiFi Scotland: wifiscotland.co.uk Bill: [email protected] Andrew Kaiser: Find him in the Little Brothers WISP Slack and WISP-related Facebook groups. The Brothers WISP Patreon: patreon.com/brotherswisp Greg’s site: gregsowell.com Join the patron-only Slack at   / thebrotherswisp   Contact us at contactus (at) thebrotherswisp.com   / thebrotherswisp   http://TheBrothersWISP.com YouTube Chapters 00:00 The Brothers WISP returns 00:43 Meet Bill and the Scottish WISP crew 01:12 Rob explains how the community grew 01:40 Conor joins the chaos 02:12 Ali introduces himself 02:38 Andrew Kaiser joins from Missouri 03:30 No sponsors, but a tribute to Matt Hardy 06:29 Catching up on four years of wireless changes 07:32 A short history of Scottish WISP deployments 09:23 Ubiquiti Wave, MicroTik 60 GHz, and UISP frustrations 09:56 WISP CRMs: Splinks, Sonar, Powercode, and Azotel 12:35 Cambium’s role in Scottish wireless networks 13:41 Moving customers from AirMax to Tarana, Wave, and Cambium 14:06 Ubiquiti Wave point-to-multipoint performance 16:20 Conor’s Tarana deployment story 18:41 Tarana power requirements and off-grid challenges 20:16 Tarana non-line-of-sight realities 22:47 Real-world Tarana speeds and customer packages 23:53 Tarana latency and fixed-frame tradeoffs 25:54 Migrating towers between vendors 28:52 Running fiber up towers and using bi-directional SFPs 30:30 Wave backhaul with Tarana backup, OSPF, and BFD 32:27 How carrier drop works on Ubiquiti Wave 33:18 The problem with monitoring backup links 35:40 Rob’s OSPF monitoring and route analysis ideas 37:31 Is MicroTik still relevant in wireless? 38:40 MicroTik 60 GHz, LTE, and out-of-band use cases 41:48 MicroTik CPE pricing versus TP-Link 42:35 TP-Link Aginet routers and remote provisioning 45:35 TP-Link management, Omada, TAUC, and TR-069 47:05 The painful learning curve of TR-069 and GenieACS 49:08 Firmware bugs, provisioning failures, and automation pain 52:22 What’s next for WISPs? 52:37 Fiber as the future 53:33 Why 6 GHz could be a game changer 56:06 Customer pricing and the economics of licensed links 57:30 Six GHz as backhaul for hybrid fiber/wireless builds 59:00 The missing low-cost modern AP for micropops 61:30 Ubiquiti LTU, AirMax AX, and missed opportunities 63:14 Ubiquiti’s shift toward UniFi and prosumer gear 64:03 Ubiquiti’s abandoned products and customer skepticism 65:00 Tachyon as a bright spot in new wireless hardware 66:01 Tachyon 60 GHz APs, clients, and lenses 68:53 Possible CCTV and municipal wireless use cases 70:00 Tachyon versus MicroTik and Ubiquiti Wave 71:02 Tachyon, SAF Technica, and OEM hardware discussion 72:29 Guest contact information 75:24 World Cup visitors, American buffets, ranch dressing, and Irn-Bru 76:22 Closing remarks