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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">+1 for the Mikrotik RBSXTLTE, I have one attached to my TV antenna mast at home (backup link) which I have speed tested at 63mbit down
/ 23mbit up on Telstra (admittedly I am about 800m away from the tower with reasonably clear LOS).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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search tool is helpful here [0]).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<a href="http://web.acma.gov.au/pls/radcom/assignment_range.search">http://web.acma.gov.au/pls/radcom/assignment_range.search</a>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext">From:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext"> AusNOG [mailto:ausnog-bounces@lists.ausnog.net]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Matt Perkins<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, 1 July 2016 10:17 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> ausnog@lists.ausnog.net<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [AusNOG] 4G LTE bridges<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">These work very well. <br>
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<a href="http://shop.duxtel.com.au/product_info.php?products_id=402">http://shop.duxtel.com.au/product_info.php?products_id=402</a><br>
<a href="http://routerboard.com/RBSXTLTE3-7">http://routerboard.com/RBSXTLTE3-7</a><br>
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Matt.<br>
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On 1/07/2016 10:12 AM, Jay Dixon wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Can anyone recommend a good 4G bridge for use in an enterprise environment?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I'm after something along the lines of the Cradlepoint <a href="https://cradlepoint.com/products/arc-cba850">
ARC-CBA850</a> but trying to avoid using an external USB modem, i just seem to be struggling to find something that supports the Australian specific LTE bands.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">planning to use it purely just as a basic bridge - the smarts of failover/routing/security etc will be handled by something else (likely an SRX), currently have a Telstra contract so interested in those bands specifically but would be nice
to support voda/optus LTE if there's something that will do all the bands.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">three questions really...<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"> - does anyone use anything similar they can recommend?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"> - has anyone used one of the cradlepoint ones in AU and had a good experience with it?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"> - am I just chasing a dead end, and will using a USB Sierra Aircard be fine anyway?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">thanks!<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"> -Jay<o:p></o:p></p>
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