My worry is if I deploy it that 5-6 years down the road we will be in the same boat now of trying to find another solution to get the bandwidth to the customers because by then they will be all wanting faster than what the 900mhz can do just like the same problem we have now.
On Thu, Nov 30, 2017 at 12:24 PM, Steve Jones <[email protected]> wrote: > if you are in the US, the "smart grid" is coming to help you by answering > your questions for you > > > > On Thu, Nov 30, 2017 at 11:17 AM, Kurt Fankhauser < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> So I have 2% of my customer base that is running 900mhz PMP100 using 11 >> different access points. I am trying to cost justify weather it is feasible >> to upgrade them to PMP450i-900mhz. I am using a lot of Omni's with the >> PMP100 so most likely I will need twice as many AP's as I currently have >> because they won't all be on the same side of the towers. So looking at >> costs I see the following: >> >> PMP450i AP's x 20 = $46,000 >> 900mhz sectors x 20 = $6,320 >> PMP450 SM x 20 = $4,784 >> SM antenna x 20 = $1,424 >> >> equipment cost total = $58,528 >> plus my time of putting it all up >> >> I am currently grossing $934.00/month from the 2% of customers running on >> the PMP100-900mhz now. >> >> At this rate it would take 5 years to break even on deploying the >> 450i-900mhz and I really can't offer any better speeds with it than what I >> was able to offer with the old FSK 2.4/5ghz stuff. >> >> Is it just me or does this not make sense worth deploying? >> > >
