My pleasure Jack. 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: 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 >> >> > > -- Jack Unger ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) - President, Ask-Wi.Com, Inc. 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