OpenBTS is Ftee Software and costs you nothing. A suitable radio with stable clock etc. should cost about 2000 USD.
I don't understand what kind of point tou are trying to make. "Barnaby Astles" <bjast...@gmail.com> wrote: >OpenBTS is still 3500 USD so not much different than a commercial >product >and far more temperamental ... > >OpenBTS and octasic are basically the same thing a SDR the only thing >that >is missing in the octasic product is the radio front end. > >Barnaby J Astles > >On Sun, Nov 28, 2010 at 01:46, Harald Welte <lafo...@gnumonks.org> >wrote: > >> the octasic products seem indeed very interesting, thanks dor >pointing it >> out. however, without aiming for larger quantities, I doubt it is >worth the >> r&d effort. >> >> for now the easiest way to build a real bts would be to take a SDR, >OpenBTS >> and add an Abis/IP interface to OpenBTS. >> >> Regards, >> >> -- >> Sent from a mobile device, excuse my short response >> -- Sent from a mobile device, excuse my short response