We have for years, though I am not personally involved in those processes. Our 3-digit grantee code is LKT and all equipment authorizations for all brands) are easily and comprehensively searchable even if you do not know the grantee code via https://gullfoss2.fcc.gov/prod/oet/cf/eas/reports/GenericSearch.cfm. Our first grant goes back to September 1994. We currently have 54 grants. Filing fees alone for a Part 15 device was $985 in 2000 http://www.fcc.gov/fees/2000oetguide.pdf.
Actual lab costs per device might average about $3,000, less employee time on our end doing the filing, working with the labs, etc. I estimate that we have over $1 million invested easily in the certifications alone and this does not include the millions in R&D spent designing and building to meet that compliance in the first place across the many regulatory domains we sell in to. Of course, none of this includes ISO certification, UL (Underwriter's Labs) listings, environmental certifications, corrosion testing, and 3rd party MTBF testing. These costs are incurred by legitimate vendors like us, Trango, Motorola, and some others. We all gut it up and do what's required of us as cost of doing business. (And Alvarion was a "little guy" when I started, yet we still did what was required and even today we are viewed as a small guy by the big guys.) 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 Jack Unger Sent: Thursday, February 08, 2007 4:10 PM To: WISPA General List Subject: [WISPA] Part 15 Certification Lab Questions Who's already used a Part 15 certification lab? What was good or bad about your experience? How much did the certification cost? Would you use that lab again? Do you want to find a certification lab? Here's the link that I got right off of WISPA's homepage: https://gullfoss2.fcc.gov/prod/oet/cf/eas/reports/TestFirmSearch.cfm -- Jack Unger ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) - President, Ask-Wi.Com, Inc. Serving the License-Free Wireless Industry Since 1993 Author of the WISP Handbook - "Deploying License-Free Wireless WANs" True Vendor-Neutral WISP Consulting-Training-Troubleshooting Newsletters Downloadable from http://ask-wi.com/newsletters.html Phone (VoIP Over Broadband Wireless) 818-227-4220 www.ask-wi.com -- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ ************************************************************************ ************ This footnote confirms that this email message has been scanned by PineApp Mail-SeCure for the presence of malicious code, vandals & computer viruses(190). ************************************************************************ ************ ************************************************************************ ************ This footnote confirms that this email message has been scanned by PineApp Mail-SeCure for the presence of malicious code, vandals & computer viruses(42). ************************************************************************ ************ ************************************************************************************ This footnote confirms that this email message has been scanned by PineApp Mail-SeCure for the presence of malicious code, vandals & computer viruses. ************************************************************************************ -- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
