Location: My farmhouse located somewhere deep inside the Western Ghats, Karnataka.
ISP: BSNL Bharat Airfiber.
Plan: Rs.1506 incl taxes for 100mb/s 750GB per month. 2mb/s post FUP.
Tower AP: Ubiquiti Rocket PRISM 5AC Gen2 (5GHz) with AirMax Sector antennas in PtMP mode.
Home CPE: Ubiquiti Litebeam 5AC Gen2 with D-Link Cat 6 cable. The CPE is presently tied to a jackfruit tree and does not have Line of sight with the tower.
Air Distance from BSNL tower to CPE: Around 750 meters.
Wi-Fi Router: Linksys E5600 Gigabit Wi-Fi Router on 5GHz band without any modifications (default settings).
Computer: Apple MacBook Air running on macOS Big Sur & Safari 14.
The whole thing works beautifully without any drama!. Works in heavy rain & foggy weather too. Very cost-effective and trouble-free compared to FTTH. CPE costed me Rs.7000 + Cat 6 cable Rs.20 per meter (CPE to home) + Installation & BSNL security deposits around Rs.2000 + Linksys E5600 Wi-Fi router Rs.3499 in Amazon.
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