On Wed, May 14, 2008 at 5:14 PM, Matthew W. Ross <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > But, why is the HP and Cisco gear so expensive for POE switches? Sigh.
I'm guessing some combination of (1) lower manufacturing volume means less economy-of-scale and thus higher per-unit costs, and (2) because PoE is new and popular, so they can get away with charging more for it. The other thing one can look for are patch panels which inject power. You use a regular switch. They're expensive, but if local market conditions makes PoE switches especially expensive, maybe that would be cheaper. -- Ben ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~
