We kind of got sucked into this. We have been working with Cisco as a
muni provider and were offered the Mesh training, which was good. A City
IT manager found out about the mesh and wanted it-before it was even
available-which wasn't so good. We could either install it and make some
money or walk away and not make money. Based on the data sheets, I had
high hopes, now that reality has set in, I am disappointed. I understand
why Ciscos pricing is higher-they bought Airespace and need to get their
investment back. That doesn't justify the fact the their gear is 3-4 x
what the competitors is. We are dealing with cities, and most of them
have a Catalyst 6500 in the back room. They tend to standardize on Cisco
and are willing to pay the price.
Dos airmatrix have a dual radio mesh box? I just looked and the mesh
boxes seem to be single radio 2.4 only.
John
Jeffrey Thomas wrote:
Yay branding.
Actually my commpany is certified on cisco mesh. Which doesn't mean I would
sell it or recommend it. I actually tell most customers to consider lower
Cost options because there are so few real differentiators in mesh products.
1. Its far too overpriced ( retail of 4k per unit makes a 50 unit mesh a
240k project when compared to say, airmatrix which would run the operator
Close to 50k. So is one product is 4x greater cost than the other, then
There is something really screwy going on.
-jb
On 4/25/06 7:10 AM, "John J. Thomas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Cities don't want home brew, they generally want something that says Cisco on
the side. Every city that we ahve recently talked to either has a Cisco
Catalyst 6500 at teh core or has written a RFP to buy a switch that directly
indicates a Catalyst 6500. Note, I am talking about cities with populationd of
25,000 and larger, I can't speak for the smaller towns.
John
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Why not just buy the cards, boards, antennas and make a few yourself?
c
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Then there are companies like airmatrix that charge less than 1k per
node.
The key with mesh is density, and many mesh startup's fail because they
Underbuild their networks.
-
Jeff
On 4/24/06 7:53 AM, "John J. Thomas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I don't know what equipment they are using, but Cisco AP1500's (mesh)
are
abnout $3700 each and Cisco recommends 18-20 per square mile. Thats
$74,000
for the boxes plus antennas, mounts, POE and install.
John
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$173K per mile build out cost? Somebody just bought a new boat......
c
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Behalf Of George
Sent: Monday, April 24, 2006 10:08 AM
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060424/ap_on_hi_te/muni_wi_fi_hiccups
I am not a fan of muni wireless.
George
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