I agree to an extent, however there are some cases where I think it makes sense. For a platform that's a few $k, totally agree. But some of these high end systems support a ton of telco/celco derived features that are not part of the standard transport feature set we care about and that we'll never use and I don't want to have to pay for the development and support costs for these features. Things like e-sync, incredibly complex QoS mechanisms, blah blah are expensive to develop and I can see charging extra for it for the limited uptake instead of rolling that cost into all sales.
On the other hand, having to pay for a speed key to go faster than 10Mbps or use ACM is frustrating. In an ideal world we wouldn't have to deal with this, but as a product develops and has a long life cycle, these kinds of things are going to happen. On Wed, Oct 29, 2014 at 3:05 PM, Peter Kranz via Af <af@afmug.com> wrote: > Nothing is more rage inducing than the term software license > > Sent from my portable confuser > >> On Oct 29, 2014, at 11:43 AM, Caleb Knauer via Af <af@afmug.com> wrote: >> >> There are a large number of possible software licenses available for >> these platforms that can really move the price around. Some are >> needed, others unlikely for most of our applications. Hard to compare >> like for like without a side by side BOM comparison. >> >>> On Wed, Oct 29, 2014 at 2:10 PM, Bill Prince via Af <af@afmug.com> wrote: >>> That's my current understanding. >>> >>> I wouldn't be surprised if there are some unmentioned caveats. >>> >>> bp >>> >>>> On 10/29/2014 10:05 AM, Peter Kranz via Af wrote: >>>> >>>> A question on your list: >>>> >>>>>> Cambium PTP820c with 80mhz channels, 1024QAM(~$23k) >>>>>> Ceragon IP20c, 60mhz channels, 2048QAM (I think this is about $35k?) >>>> >>>> These are the same radios right? So I assume the PTP820c can do 2048QAM as >>>> well..? but it sounds like its being offered for a lower price than the >>>> Ceragon variant? >>>> >>>> Peter Kranz >>>> Founder/CEO - Unwired Ltd >>>> www.UnwiredLtd.com >>>> Desk: 510-868-1614 x100 >>>> Mobile: 510-207-0000 >>>> pkr...@unwiredltd.com >>>
