Man if I only had a $75 CPE, I could... Be dreaming? Sorry, Tom, I had to do that.
It's great to see a decent product hit the $150 level. It's not going to "lure" me away from my staros yet. It may, however, end up being deployed if the AP turns out to be affordable for those smaller cells. If I can put up a 2-4 mile across cell (using omni, not sector) and sell 5Mbit connections to 10 to 20 people per cell... It might be less costly than my star-os system. I am not yet prepared to give up on routing at the cpe end for normal installs. North East Oregon Fastnet, LLC 509-593-4061 personal correspondence to: mark at neofast dot net sales inquiries to: purchasing at neofast dot net Fast Internet, NO WIRES! ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tom DeReggi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "WISPA General List" <wireless@wispa.org> Sent: Wednesday, January 18, 2006 7:35 PM Subject: [WISPA] TRANGO- changes history > I'm not sure if everyone really truly realizes what has just happened. > It took an hour or two for it to really sink in, I think I must have been in > shock. > > Last year when Betas were send out, they asked, how many we wanted to buy, > before they shipped. > This year, they just sent them, and I wasn't told the price. > Was it sorta like a restaurant with no prices on the menu? > Send us the gear to see how nice it is, and then tell us the big price tag > after we realized the advantages? > Think about it, Like a Fox, but will be able to do up to 30 mbps, cross > platform supported! > They jsut released a Fox-D2 for the low price point model. The M5580 was > likely going to have a bigger price tag, if I guessed. > What was it going to be, $300, $400, $500? When I heard $150 today, I able > shxt myself. I was blown away. I never expected it. > > I remember three years ago, when everyone was talking about the 2 year ROI > on equipment, wishing that if they only had a $500 CPE! And one came, thanks > Trango. And then some people started getting greety and pushing the limits, > and said "If we only had a $300 CPE". And sure enough it came. Thanks > Trango. (Also a few others like Tranzeo releasing 2.4Ghz for under $150). > Some jerks actually had the nerve to then say, "if I only had a $150 CPE!". > It just plain got rediculously funny at that point. Then Like Emeral would > say "BAM!" Trango did it agin, "$150!!!!". This is truly a defining moment > in history. No NOT for a commodity WIFI product, not for a 2.4Ghz product. > But for a Commercial Robust WISP product! Equivellent to what we easilly > paid $500 for, less than a year ago. > > I was lucky to share an experience this past October at a Trango meeting. > After the reception, some of us stuck around to hang out. We were all > dreaming about what we needed, to be more successful and sell more radios. > Then out of nowhere "Z" gets all serious and asks "What If...we had a $200 > CPE?" We respond, "how much quantity would that take? 5000, 10,000?" > Instantly, Travis is like, "at that price I'd commit to 5000, 1000 at a > time." Then I was like, "I'd take 500". Etc, etc. Then we all realized we > were dreaming and drinking way to much wine, and called it a night. CPEs > were still $400 at that time, ya know. God what a poker face! I thought Z > was kidding! And the irony in it all, quantity 10,000 is not required! Just > qty 30! And its only $150, not $200! I just don't know what to say. > > I don't know about you guys, but I'm not going to be in the tech room > tommorrow. I'm going to be in the marketing room, making new materials, and > crunching numbers. Our business plan may have just changed overnight, with > this recent Press release. Think about the potential! The residential > market is going to be broken wide open, with this pricing. If I didn't have > a box of M5580s sitting on my desk, I'd ask somebody to pinch me, to make > sure I wasn't dreaming. > > Trango... Thanks! > > PS. PLEASE, NOBODY SAY, " If I only had a CPE for $75", I don't think my > heart could take the results. > > Tom DeReggi > RapidDSL & Wireless, Inc > IntAirNet- Fixed Wireless Broadband > > -- > WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ -- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
