I just wish the new units worked with the 5800 AP's... On 1/18/06, Tom DeReggi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm not sure if everyone really truly realizes what has just happened. > It took an hour or two for it to really sink in, I think I must have been in > shock. > > Last year when Betas were send out, they asked, how many we wanted to buy, > before they shipped. > This year, they just sent them, and I wasn't told the price. > Was it sorta like a restaurant with no prices on the menu? > Send us the gear to see how nice it is, and then tell us the big price tag > after we realized the advantages? > Think about it, Like a Fox, but will be able to do up to 30 mbps, cross > platform supported! > They jsut released a Fox-D2 for the low price point model. The M5580 was > likely going to have a bigger price tag, if I guessed. > What was it going to be, $300, $400, $500? When I heard $150 today, I able > shxt myself. I was blown away. I never expected it. > > I remember three years ago, when everyone was talking about the 2 year ROI > on equipment, wishing that if they only had a $500 CPE! And one came, thanks > Trango. And then some people started getting greety and pushing the limits, > and said "If we only had a $300 CPE". And sure enough it came. Thanks > Trango. (Also a few others like Tranzeo releasing 2.4Ghz for under $150). > Some jerks actually had the nerve to then say, "if I only had a $150 CPE!". > It just plain got rediculously funny at that point. Then Like Emeral would > say "BAM!" Trango did it agin, "$150!!!!". This is truly a defining moment > in history. No NOT for a commodity WIFI product, not for a 2.4Ghz product. > But for a Commercial Robust WISP product! Equivellent to what we easilly > paid $500 for, less than a year ago. > > I was lucky to share an experience this past October at a Trango meeting. > After the reception, some of us stuck around to hang out. We were all > dreaming about what we needed, to be more successful and sell more radios. > Then out of nowhere "Z" gets all serious and asks "What If...we had a $200 > CPE?" We respond, "how much quantity would that take? 5000, 10,000?" > Instantly, Travis is like, "at that price I'd commit to 5000, 1000 at a > time." Then I was like, "I'd take 500". Etc, etc. Then we all realized we > were dreaming and drinking way to much wine, and called it a night. CPEs > were still $400 at that time, ya know. God what a poker face! I thought Z > was kidding! And the irony in it all, quantity 10,000 is not required! Just > qty 30! And its only $150, not $200! I just don't know what to say. > > I don't know about you guys, but I'm not going to be in the tech room > tommorrow. I'm going to be in the marketing room, making new materials, and > crunching numbers. Our business plan may have just changed overnight, with > this recent Press release. Think about the potential! The residential > market is going to be broken wide open, with this pricing. If I didn't have > a box of M5580s sitting on my desk, I'd ask somebody to pinch me, to make > sure I wasn't dreaming. > > Trango... Thanks! > > PS. PLEASE, NOBODY SAY, " If I only had a CPE for $75", I don't think my > heart could take the results. > > Tom DeReggi > RapidDSL & Wireless, Inc > IntAirNet- Fixed Wireless Broadband > > -- > WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ >
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