Brad, This is not something for which "opinion" has a place. There are facts here and you are asserting things about us that simply false. I personally conceived, wrote and pitched every word, idea, concept, and crossed t of the AlvarionCOMNET program. Its origination has nothing to do with your thinking. I detest conspiracy theories. I detest them even when they are about my competition. I am as transparent and direct as you will EVER hear or see from a vendor. Period.
The "dramatic drop in price" has everything to do with architecting a program with mechanisms that significantly reduce internal overhead (we are typically not the easiest company to buy from) as well as taking a calculated risk in anticipation of improving market conditions for us among a set of customers for which I have a great deal of personal connection, respect, and interest -- WISPs. Patrick Leary AVP WISP Markets Alvarion, Inc. o: 650.314.2628 c: 760.580.0080 Vonage: 650.641.1243 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Brad Belton Sent: Friday, December 22, 2006 11:11 AM To: 'WISPA General List' Subject: RE: [WISPA] Alvarion Comnet Radios have arrived Hello Marlon, VL won't be a good choice as a committed rate business grade product as it will modulate down in a noisy environment. Without any RX threshold mechanism the VL radio begins to slow and drop packets under heavy business class loads in unfriendly RF environments. Even the references given to me by Alvarion while overall have been happy with the product are not using VL for committed rate business class service. IMO, Alvarion is now pushing the VL product as a residential "best effort" solution...hence the dramatic drop in price. In Patrick's words: "A $285 all inclusive CPE with nothing extra to buy, piece together, etc. should fall within the residential business model of even small WISPs." We've been there and almost lost a valuable client trying to use VL for a committed rate business class customer. The VL gear is a high quality product with a number of valuable features, but it is missing a few key items that keep it form performing well (or at all) as a committed rate business class solution. Only reason for my post was because of your intended use of the VL product. Best and Merry Christmas! Brad -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181 Sent: Friday, December 22, 2006 11:05 AM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] Alvarion Comnet Radios have arrived Right on! Can't wait till I build another business grade system out here. That's what I plan on using. Marlon (509) 982-2181 Equipment sales (408) 907-6910 (Vonage) Consulting services 42846865 (icq) And I run my own wisp! [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.odessaoffice.com/wireless www.odessaoffice.com/marlon/cam ----- Original Message ----- From: "Marty Dougherty" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'WISPA General List'" <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, December 22, 2006 6:47 AM Subject: [WISPA] Alvarion Comnet Radios have arrived > Well we got our 1st 100 pack of VL Su's under the Comnet program > yesterday- Just wanted you all to know they are the EXACT same radios as > before the big price drop- Same high quality metal radio and still > INCLUDES the mounting hardware AND the pre-made cat5 outdoor cable (60ft > long)- the cable is worth more then you can imagine- the RJ45 plug is > already factory terminated and properly shielded so your installers > don't have to do that up on the roof and you don't have to worry about a > bad connector later. > > We have deployed a LOT of these radios already and I can tell you this > is a great price. I'm looking forward to Alvarion extending this program > to other products. 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