Who says were not looking at WET11? :)
Doug
> -----Original Message-----
> From: karlnet-admin@WISPNotes.com [mailto:karlnet-admin@WISPNotes.com]On
> Behalf Of Bob Hrbek
> Sent: Thursday, October 31, 2002 1:50 PM
> To: Orinoco@part-15.org; karlnet@WISPNotes.com
> Subject: [Karlnet] Re: [Orinoco] KN CPE cost...
>
>
> I'm with ya Norm. The WET11 is just lurking in the back of my mind and
> killing me. I think Karlnet could really clean-up if they had a better
> solution of everything in one and at a decent (**hack**
> affordable) price.
>
>
> I've even been looking at the trango stuff. They just lowered
> their prices.
> $495 for the 3-mile SU from trango and it's 8MB!!! with polling
> and cir/mir
> settings...all kinds of goodies with the standard PoE and all.
> only 3 miles
> though :( The 10-mile su is a big bigger and I think it was 595.
>
> -Bob
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Norm Young" <npyoung@applegator.org>
> To: <Orinoco@part-15.org>
> Sent: Thursday, October 31, 2002 12:06 PM
> Subject: [Orinoco] KN CPE cost...
>
>
> > I'm charging $400 for a KN CPE installation, and while I had an initial
> > burst of signups (the hard core enthusiasts), that has now
> faded away. I
> > am, however, gettting calls from people that say they'd love to have our
> > service, they just can't swallow that $400 install. Of that $400, the
> > biggest elements are; 1- $135 for the RG-1100, 2-$70 for the
> 24dB antenna
> > (all our shots are over 5 mi.), and $65 for KN SOHO (SR-4000).
> Recently,
> > by getting pigtails from Allcom, and some reductions in cost on
> some other
> > elements, I've been able to get my cost for equipment for a typical
> install
> > down in the $350 region. I'd like to see it go further. My goal is to
> be
> > able to offer a $299 install. On another mailist, a member has been
> saying
> > that he's designing a board to replace the RG-1100 for around $80
> > (Bluewire).
> >
> > It would be nice if KN would reduce their price on the
> SR-4000, realizing
> > that at least in my case, I'm using it to go after resi/SOHO
> clients that
> > are quite price sensitative. Since the product is software that is
> > electronically delivered, say, a halving of the price would, in my
> opinion,
> > lead to more than a doubling in demand, and since there is no
> incremental
> > cost to doing this, the result would be more profit for KN.
> Consider the
> > alternatives. More and more WISPs are looking at complete
> solutions like
> > Motorola's Canopy system with a CPE cost of $515 in one-off prices. On
> the
> > low-end, there seem to be a number of WISPs using Starlink or other AP
> > software, and the Linksys WET11 ($105) in a plain-jane 802.11b network.
> > (total 802.11b CPE cost for us: $260)
> >
> > My choice is to sit here, wait for Verizon to come in with DSL
> (and a free
> > CPE) while waiting for KN CPE prices to decline, or take action, and go
> with
> > 802.11b right now, and get the customers while the getting is good.
> >
> >
>
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