On the same level as Mikrotik... maybe just slightly below (because of the lack of a proprietary protocol with polling like Nstreme), but above Linksys, etc.
Travis Chuck McCown - 3 wrote: > Where do you rate Ubiquity Nanostations or the Bullet? > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Travis Johnson > To: WISPA General List > Sent: Monday, November 24, 2008 9:32 PM > Subject: [WISPA] WiMax delays? > > > 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: > > At the bottom = Linksys > Next = Mikrotik > Next = Trango, Canopy, etc > <gap> > Top = licensed Alvarion, Redline, etc. > > This is the market that is not being served. There are plenty of backhaul > solutions, router solutions, etc. but the very last mile AP/CPE for the > "higher end" is what is missing. I'm not interested in paying $50,000 per > base station (Alvarion WiMax), but I don't want to pay $10,000 for a solution > that uses an entire band (Canopy 5700 for example) and only delivers 84Mbps > of total capacity (when even lower end products can deliver 2x or 3x that in > the same spectrum). > > 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? > > Travis > Microserv > > Butch Evans wrote: > On Mon, 24 Nov 2008, Mike Hammett wrote: > > Where has the innovation in the last few years gone?</rant> > > How many in this industry bitch and moan over the cost of gear? How > many would purchase an AP at under $200 and STILL think that's too > high? How many in this industry are willing to purchase something > JUST BECAUSE IT IS CHEAPER? Look at how many people in this > industry are using DSL as a transport to the Internet. > > Answer THOSE questions and you'll begin the see the answer to YOUR > question. The problem isn't just "us". The "big boys" have been > busy trying to drive pricing levels down in an attempt to "buy the > market". And too many of "us" have decided that we have to compete > on price alone, so we found ways to cut cost by buying cheaper gear > (there are 2 WISPs within a 30 minute drive of my house that are > selling service using Linksys gear for APs). There is at least 3 > WISPs whose service would cover my house that have DSL for their > internet connection. I'm not condemming the practice as much as I > am attempting to illustrate WHY the innovation is leaving the > industry. It is NOT gone. It just doesn't exist in the price range > that MOST people are willing to pay (WISPs, that is). > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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/
