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02/7/2011

Best Practice Tip #1 - Troubleshoot…. Not Re-Boot 

Customers can help support themselves when their system is experiencing problems or is not functioning at all.

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12/20/2010

Unintended Interference Issues 

One of our maintenance contract customers was having problems with their slightly dated link. It would cease to function occasionally, and it would not come back, or even be accessible until we reset it.

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10/8/2010

The Need for Precise Alignment of Microwave Systems and Rooftop Management 

Not long after installing a microwave for a large insurance company, I was back to service the link.

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09/24/2010

The Need for Rooftop Management 

The Field Operations technicians were in the office for our customary Monday morning company meeting when a call came in from a customer reporting that the licensed radio link for a local hospital was down

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07/30/2010

Frequency Hopping Can be GOOD 

A customer in a noisy environment (radio frequency noise, that is) asked for a performance evaluation. It seemed to them that their microwave links were slowing, and this was found to be true. Analysis revealed that the issue was interference.

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07/16/2010

SideBand's Consulting Ability to "Fix" Links Installed by another Vendor. 

In August 2009 SideBand Systems was contracted to evaluate and troubleshoot a microwave link sold and installed by a competitor. The link had been dropping for 9 weeks before we were called.

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06/17/2010

Benefits of Microwave vs. Fiber or Leased Lines 

During my 29 years in the microwave/wireless business (6 years in manufacturing and 23 years in the field), Enterprise clients have discovered the benefits of using a microwave radio link to get from point A to point B instead of fiber or leased lines. 

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