The ILEC I manage.
From: Josh Luthman
Sent: Thursday, June 02, 2016 8:28 AM
To: af@afmug.com
Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Pricing for Managed Customer Routers?
Who is "we"???
Josh Luthman
Office: 937-552-2340
Direct: 937-552-2343
1100 Wayne St
Suite 1337
Troy, OH 45373
On Thu, Jun 2, 2016 at 10:27 AM, Chuck McCown <ch...@wbmfg.com> wrote:
We are doing $8
From: Craig Schmaderer
Sent: Wednesday, June 01, 2016 9:00 PM
To: af@afmug.com
Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Pricing for Managed Customer Routers?
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.
