License keys sound like a good idea, but my experience is buy them up front, or you will end up kicking yourself over “today I could buy a whole new radio for the cost of the upgrade key”. If it’s too expensive with full keys, it’s probably too expensive period.
From: Daniel White Sent: Thursday, January 15, 2015 7:33 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Licensed backhaul pricing - still ridiculous Your issue is really then with promo’s and capacity keys – which is marketing and different ways to make revenue on a product. Just like the PtMP space, not all PtP vendors do capacity keys and play those games either. Daniel White (303) 746-3590 From: Af [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Erich Kaiser Sent: Wednesday, January 14, 2015 9:47 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Licensed backhaul pricing - still ridiculous >From my experience the price has not changed very much. Someone needs to take >the reigns on the market. Even with certain companies throwing you a promo >price, if you really look at it fully loaded, the price is still high for what >you get. On Wed, Jan 14, 2015 at 10:35 PM, Jason McKemie <[email protected]> wrote: I think we're already seeing it. They're not wifi chipset based radio kind of prices, but they can be found for less than half of what you could get them for just a few years ago. On Wed, Jan 14, 2015 at 10:30 PM, Erich Kaiser <[email protected]> wrote: After several years, when will we see Licensed radios come down in price? There is so much margin in these things. Its ridiculous....
