Instead of support costs, have a revenue stream. Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 On Jun 2, 2016 12:03 AM, "Sterling Jacobson" <sterl...@avative.net> wrote:
> Hmmm, 90 percent take rate on a fiber network for the 844E sounds tempting. > > > > I still haven’t heard back on pricing on a few things like this from my > Calix rep. > > I think they were waiting for me to commit to 100’s of units, lol! > > > > My current solution is to tell them to go buy themselves something nice > for their router, like a $170 Asus or Netgear Nighthawk. > > > > Maybe I should reconsider and have another person/company to the managed > router thing for me. > > > > I definitely don’t sell routers! > > One of my contractors starting selling crappy routers to customers and I > think I’ve had to go back and replace all of those. > > > > *From:* Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] *On Behalf Of *Josh Reynolds > *Sent:* Wednesday, June 1, 2016 9:27 PM > *To:* af@afmug.com > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Pricing for Managed Customer Routers? > > > > I contacted mine as well for him. WTF? > > On Jun 1, 2016 10:00 PM, "Craig Schmaderer" <cr...@skywaveconnect.com> > wrote: > > We started doing it on our fiber network with 844E and we have over a 90% > take rate at $7. The only mistake I made was starting at $7 :) Calix > can be a bit of a pain to buy from. And maybe if you are just wanting to > buy routers even more of a pain, I am not sure. But once you are setup > with them, they are awesome. Gino I saw again that you are still waiting, > did they ever call you? My sales rep keeps telling me he is hitting up > your sales rep? Maybe yours spends to much time on the beach drinking mai > tai’s Ill send another email out for you… > > > > *From: *Af <af-boun...@afmug.com> on behalf of Eric Kuhnke < > eric.kuh...@gmail.com> > *Reply-To: *"af@afmug.com" <af@afmug.com> > *Date: *Wednesday, June 1, 2016 at 8:38 PM > *To: *"af@afmug.com" <af@afmug.com> > *Subject: *Re: [AFMUG] Pricing for Managed Customer Routers? > > > > I'm going to assume it involves sacrificing a goat during the full moon > over a pentagram while chanting "ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh > wgah'nagl fhtagn", because after signing an NDA and describing what I'm > looking for pricing on, I didn't get much useful info back... > > > > On Wed, Jun 1, 2016 at 6:35 PM, Jon Langeler <jon-ispli...@michwave.net> > wrote: > > How do you place orders with Calix? I sent them all my paperwork and > listened to their marketing blurbs. > > Jon Langeler > > Michwave Technologies, Inc. > > > On Jun 1, 2016, at 6:41 PM, Sean Heskett <af...@zirkel.us> wrote: > > "managed wifi" means they can call us at anytime for help with anything > they need their router to do. wifi password, parental controls, port > forwarding etc. > > > > we receive exactly zero calls per month from our clients that have our > calix gigacenter 844E :-) > > > > -Sean > > > > > > On Wed, Jun 1, 2016 at 1:29 PM, That One Guy /sarcasm < > thatoneguyst...@gmail.com> wrote: > > what does managed wifi consist of? > > > > We opted not to do anything with the free wireless we give out beyond > shutting it off if they have problems. Too many customers who want the > equipment installed in their basement and coverage to their detached > garage, inside their refrigerator, up in the attic, through 7 walls and a > TV.... no thank you > > > > On Wed, Jun 1, 2016 at 2:26 PM, Sean Heskett <af...@zirkel.us> wrote: > > we charge a $99 "setup fee" for our "managed wifi service" which costs > $12/mo. > > > > the router remains our property and we replace it if need be. > > > > At that price i expected the take rate to be lower than what it is (we > priced it high so that we could run specials ;-) but we've been very > pleased with the take rate. > > > > On Wed, Jun 1, 2016 at 10:56 AM, Christopher Gray < > cg...@graytechsoftware.com> wrote: > > All this looking cnPilot and GigaCenter has me thinking about pricing > models for managed customer routers... > > What pricing models are others using for the R200/R201/844E managed home > routers? Do you sell the customer the router, lease it, just give it, > charge for management, sell it without management, etc? > > [During a promotional time, I have been using the R200 and sell it to new > customers for $50 (at a loss to help adoption). Then, I don't charge for > remote management. I've been pretty pleased, but I'm debating whether to > sell the router (since it requires convincing the customer) or just > including it. Also, I want to start charging for management, but I'm not > sure what a reasonable rate is. I recognize it will vary by area, but I'm > looking for some ballpark numbers.] > > Thank you, > > Chris > > > > > > > > -- > > If you only see yourself as part of the team but you don't see your team > as part of yourself you have already failed as part of the team. > > > > > >
