>Our network has an average ratio of CPEs per AP of about 7. CPE cost has >little effect on ROI in that condition.
Not so sure I understand this statement. If I currently pay $175/ CPE and a Wimax CPE is $500 That greatly affects my ROI. If your saying from an earlier thread that once a CPE is down to $200 that the ROI is only affected from the AP side I agree with that. It is that $5-10K Tower cost that will keep me out of that standard. The idea of WISPs all standardizing is great and would give us some interesting buying power. But I agree with an earlier post that the affordability of 802.11 did not come because a few of us got together and though it would be a good standard. It came more from the public acceptance of the standard and chipsets. Steve Barnes Executive Manager RCWiFi Wireless Internet Service -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tom DeReggi Sent: Thursday, July 03, 2008 1:45 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] Update from the FCC on 3.65Ghz and CBP > Low CPE cost Excellent Point. However, its also important to be realistic about how many subs will occur on a sector. Our network has an average ratio of CPEs per AP of about 7. CPE cost has little effect on ROI in that condition. But yes agreed, if you can get the sub count up per sector high enough, AP cost starts to disappear. A lot of this also starts to depend on the geography and whether the "super cell" star design, is appropriate. Tom DeReggi RapidDSL & Wireless, Inc IntAirNet- Fixed Wireless Broadband ----- Original Message ----- From: "chris cooper" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'WISPA General List'" <wireless@wispa.org> Sent: Thursday, July 03, 2008 11:00 AM Subject: Re: [WISPA] Update from the FCC on 3.65Ghz and CBP > > > I think it's very important to remember the cost of the CPE in this > equation. The CPE will be the primary driver in your ROI. If you can > spread the fixed cost of the AP over a large number of subs, obviously > the cost to add a user declines each time you add another sub. However, > if the CPE cost is overly burdensome, costs to add subs can greatly > inhibit your growth from a cash management perspective. > chris > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- > WISPA Wants You! Join today! > http://signup.wispa.org/ > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- > > WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
