Cost of labor is too high until our automation gets better. Amazon, Google, and others are working really hard on that aspect.
China also has a natural abundance of rare earth metals, which are used to make high level electronic components. On Sat, Mar 19, 2016 at 7:20 PM, Jason McKemie < [email protected]> wrote: > That confuses me. I understand having to penny pinch on lower and maybe > mid end gear, you'd think they could make the more expensive stuff here > though. > > On Saturday, March 19, 2016, Josh Reynolds <[email protected]> wrote: > >> And even companies like Calix, Juniper, Cisco, HP etc... All made in >> China. >> >> There has been some production lately at small scale in Canada and >> Mexico, but I haven't seen anything significant. >> On Mar 19, 2016 6:43 PM, "Ken Hohhof" <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> They make a point of saying there is no government ownership. The >>> founder previously was some high level LTE manager at Huawei. >>> >>> It’s not like there are any US companies making LTE gear. >>> >>> >>> *From:* Rory Conaway >>> *Sent:* Saturday, March 19, 2016 6:20 PM >>> *To:* [email protected] >>> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Baicells Interview >>> >>> >>> If there is a Huawei connection, we won’t touch it, simple as that. >>> Huawei is both a thief and an arm of the Chinese government. >>> >>> >>> >>> Rory >>> >>> >>> >>> *From:* Af [mailto:[email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Mathew Howard >>> *Sent:* Saturday, March 19, 2016 4:03 PM >>> *To:* af >>> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Baicells Interview >>> >>> >>> >>> I'm assuming that $1/month is for some kind of cloud based EPC.... you >>> can most likely buy your own instead, but that seems to be one of the more >>> costly parts of doing LTE. >>> >>> >>> >>> On Sat, Mar 19, 2016 at 5:38 PM, Jason McKemie < >>> [email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Good interview. A couple things I'm wondering / concerned about >>> though. First of all, what's with the $1/month/CPE? I realize it isn't a >>> ton of money, just seems like an expense that shouldn't be there. Also, >>> I'm a little wary of the Huawei tie-in - although I haven't researched the >>> specific "fellow" that they're talking about. >>> >>> >>> >>> On Fri, Mar 18, 2016 at 9:26 AM, Mike Hammett <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-5vNs0roFK4 >>> >>> >>> >>> ----- >>> Mike Hammett >>> Intelligent Computing Solutions <http://www.ics-il.com/> >>> <https://www.facebook.com/ICSIL> >>> <https://plus.google.com/+IntelligentComputingSolutionsDeKalb> >>> <https://www.linkedin.com/company/intelligent-computing-solutions> >>> <https://twitter.com/ICSIL> >>> Midwest Internet Exchange <http://www.midwest-ix.com/> >>> <https://www.facebook.com/mdwestix> >>> <https://www.linkedin.com/company/midwest-internet-exchange> >>> <https://twitter.com/mdwestix> >>> The Brothers WISP <http://www.thebrotherswisp.com/> >>> <https://www.facebook.com/thebrotherswisp> >>> >>> >>> <https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXSdfxQv7SpoRQYNyLwntZg> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>
