Hi NS, considering that they will be priced in quantity at 1/10th to 1/20th of what the Thunderbolt costs new I would say very well. In fact our module supports WAAS/EGNOS/MSAS and QZSS, and up to 65 GPS channels which the Thunderbolt does not support at all, so how do you compare that? Also how much warranty does your Thunderbolt have remaining on it? Thought so. bye, Said In a message dated 10/17/2014 13:20:40 Pacific Daylight Time, [email protected] writes:
How do you feel your module compares to that old Thunderbolt, Said? NS On Fri, Oct 17, 2014 at 1:13 PM, S. Jackson via time-nuts <[email protected]_ (mailto:[email protected]) > wrote: Pete, that is not inflation, that is supply and demand. The Trimble Mini-T was priced at $945 on Trimble's standard price list for 1 to 9 pieces, and the Thunderbolt was likely twice that much when sold new, so you have to compare that to the LTE-Lite pricing. The Thunderbolt units offered by Tom via TAPR to Time Nuts at that time were old rejects that had done their duty already, were fully paid-off and would have been scrapped and recycled by the Telecom otherwise, and Tom invested a huge amount of his time testing them and packaging/shipping them at no charge, so that pricing was completely random and lucky for us to be at the right time at the right moment. In fact the complete used Thunderbolt package now lists for up to $498 on Ebay.. No problem on offering these kits factory-new with warranty at what we hope is a fair price, Bye, Said In a message dated 10/17/2014 12:49:32 Pacific Daylight Time, [email protected]_ (mailto:[email protected]) writes: First three cheers to LTE for making these available. It reminds me when Motorola made a developers kit for the then new 68HC11 MCU available for $68.11. I know of one design win they got that more then made of their marketing costs. Another that hit me is with inflation the LTE Lite is not much more then what many of us paid for our Thunderbolts. For those new to the list ... https://www.febo.com/pipermail/time-nuts/2008-May/031100.html http://www.leapsecond.com/pages/tapr-tbolt/ In 2008, $124, the LTE Lite in 2014 $195. With 'real' inflation (not the 11% you get online) the $71 difference is not much more. My two backup Thunderbolts cost me $145 each, just before they hit $200 then became history. Again thanks to Said and JLT !!!! -pete _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected]_ (mailto:[email protected]) To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there. _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
