My pleasure Jack.

Patrick Leary
AVP WISP Markets
Alvarion, Inc.
o: 650.314.2628
c: 760.580.0080
Vonage: 650.641.1243
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-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
Behalf Of Jack Unger
Sent: Friday, February 09, 2007 10:41 AM
To: WISPA General List
Subject: Re: [WISPA] Part 15 Certification Lab Questions

Patrick,

Thanks so much for sharing this information.

I hope others will share as well.

jack


Patrick Leary wrote:

> Jack,
> 
> I checked this morning as promised. We use Compliance Certification
> Services out of Morgan Hill, CA (far south Bay area). Apparently we
have
> used them for years and our guys say they are responsive and good.
> 
> 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 Patrick Leary
> Sent: Thursday, February 08, 2007 9:41 PM
> To: WISPA General List
> Subject: RE: [WISPA] Part 15 Certification Lab Questions
> 
> I don't know, but I'll check and report back Jack. I know we have used
> several. The standards and rules are tight for them, so I think our
> decision may be based on locality. Stay tuned please.
> 
> 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 8:32 PM
> To: WISPA General List
> Subject: Re: [WISPA] Part 15 Certification Lab Questions
> 
> Patrick,
> 
> What lab does Alvarion currently use?
> 
> Do you have any specific labs that you would recommend to WISPs who
may 
> want to get their own equipment combinations certified?
> 
> Thanks,
>          jack
> 
> 
> Patrick Leary wrote:
> 
> 
>>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
>>
>>
> 
> 

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