The issue of certification is a simple one.
Certs are only good for the assembler or complete system manufacturer.
If you assemble your own, you need to get your own certs.
MT and Star do not sell assembled products, yet. hence you can't buy
their certified system, you have to make your own.
We do have a cert list at wispa, contact Jack Unger if your a paid wispa
member.
George
D. Ryan Spott wrote:
I will pay $500 over the price of an unlicensed Microtik if I can get one
with the cute little FCC sticker on it.
Did you hear that kids? $500 over the MSRP! I have 8 APs (only one is a
Microtik at this time) that I would like to replace.
I think I paid $185 for the RB500 with the software pre-installed, $8 for
the pigtail and $45 for the small electrical box it is sealed in.
So around $250 for the whole thing including shipping and tax.
I am offering to pay $750 (300% markup based on MSRP!) for this item with
the cute little FCC sticker on the box.
I will buy 8 from whomever can present this to me. And I am a SMALL
operator!
Who wants to sell this to me? My credit card is standing by.
ryan <- The troll trying to kill this thread. :P
-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
Behalf Of Travis Johnson
Sent: Sunday, June 10, 2007 4:38 PM
To: WISPA General List
Subject: Re: [WISPA] MT Babble
Ryan,
Currently a "typical" MT AP with wireless card, outdoor case, pigtails,
etc. with an RB532 board is going to be about $350ish without antenna.
Can you give an example of what this PREMIUM price is that you are
willing to pay for the same system certified?
Travis
Microserv
D. Ryan Spott wrote:
I don't really care for the whole discussion of whether certified gear
should be used or not. Every piece of gear has advantages and
disadvantages as well as pricing considerations. Regardless of whether
someone is willing to use uncertified gear, I am sure that given the
choice between uncertified and certified everyone would choose certified
every time. Therefore, uncertified gear is at a disadvantage to other
gear, so it must make up for this disadvantage some other way or no one
would choose it.
What is MT's advantage?
In a word, horsepower. I am considering taking a collection for the fee
required to have the a Microtik based system certified.
I wish one of the bigger players out there would just DO this. I would pay
a
PREMIUM for an AP with the horsepower and features that the Microtik
offers.
ryan
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