Oooh... I gotta look into this. Do you have a product example I can look up on the internet?
--Matt Ross ----- Original Message ----- From: Ben Scott [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To: NT System Admin Issues [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thu, 15 May 2008 06:23:25 -0700 Subject: Re: Gigabit Ethernet Switches with PoE > 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> ~ > ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~
