I must be using a different product line then everyone else here - the Trango Access 5800 has left quite a bit to be desired - short range and at most 7mbps throughput. Mikrotik (costing less new then Trango used) easily outperforms in wireless distance, throughput and (my favorite) capability.
I have no experience with Canopy but I can imagine from all the great buffs it gets around here and their well known history in wireless I don't doubt it is a good product. Redline is to radios as Sony is to LCDs. Can't be beat in quality... Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 Those who don't understand UNIX are condemned to reinvent it, poorly. --- Henry Spencer On Mon, Nov 24, 2008 at 11:45 PM, Butch Evans <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, 24 Nov 2008, Travis Johnson wrote: > > >I don't think this is entirely true. For us, it becomes a "value" > >decision. If there was an AP that would deliver 100Mbps and could > >support 1000 subscribers, I would be willing to pay $10,000+ for it > >today. There is a real "gap" in the products that are available on > >the market: > > I don't disagree with your assessment of the current product matrix. > I don't even assume that ALL WISPs are "cheap". I am not sure I > would say that even MOST of them are cheap. But enough of them are > that the middle of the road products you want are missing in action. > > >Next = Mikrotik > >Next = Trango, Canopy, etc > > Since they have fixed their wireless, I'd put MT in the same class > as Trango and Canopy. > > >So, again, why hasn't there been an evolution of products the last > >2-3 years? Did everyone stop normal R&D to focus on WiMax? > > I have an opinion (which I stated in rant form) about what happened > to the R&D. The Canopy line (which is a very nice radio) is a good > example. Motorola has delivered a product that just works. It is > expensive compared to other products sold to the same "marketplace", > but it is NOT expensive for what it delivers. Better, yet, they are > working to make a new product line that will improve upon what is > available today. But their primary market isn't the "normal" WISP. > They service companies that are better funded, which typically means > larger WISPs, cable companies and telcos. > > I really hope I didn't offend anyone with my rant. It wasn't > intended to do that. I really just wish our industry as a whole > would get out of the hole that we have dug with the "cheaper is > better" mindframe. > > -- > ******************************************************************** > * Butch Evans * Professional Network Consultation* > * http://www.butchevans.com/ * Network Engineering * > * http://www.wispa.org/ * WISPA Board Member * > * http://blog.butchevans.com/ * Wired or Wireless Networks * > ******************************************************************** > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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/
