>That statement, really depends on the price that is relased, and the volume the buyer is considering, as well as their time frame. >If someone is planning on dropping 1/4-1/2 million on Licensed gear in a year, and the price is really good, allowing the provider to get 30% more links >up for the same dollar, its not much of a risk being the first, considering the future potential reward.
I would argue that there is ALWAYS MASSIVE risk of being first...and spending 1/4 -> 1/2 only MAGNIFIES that risk There are people who spent $$$ millions on Cisco OFDM Wireless stuff back in the mid-late 90s...that never worked There are people who spent $$$ millions on Adaptive Broadband stuff back in the late 90s...it didn't work for 5 years, and they finally only got it working b/c there was so much bankrupt inventory at $0 cost that writing software was almost a moot point >If the WISP's timeline is also spread out over the year, they have plenty of time to wait for bug fixes, before the bulk of the deployments. I personally would rather spend $12k on a link that WORKS TODAY vs. spending $10k on a link that MIGHT WORK SOMEDAY That said, the TrangoLINK Giga is about the same price as Horizon, and doesn't have anywhere near the throughput upgrade path that Horizon has (see my earlier email about channel size) So, the better question to ask, would be, given a choice between 2 providers (who are both incidentally about the same size), would I rather 1. Spend $10k on a backhaul THAT WILL DEFINITELY WORK with a small company that has 5 years of building licensed backhauls and is 100% committed to building licensed backhauls today and tomorrow Or 2. Spend $10 on a backhaul THAT MIGHT WORK IN 6-12 MONTHS with a small company that has just released its first backhaul line but also still needs to support a point-to-multipoint line, a wireless video surveillance line, a mesh line, etc -Charles ------------------------------------------- WiNOG Wireless Roadshows Coming to a City Near You http://www.winog.com -- WISPA Wireless List: [email protected] Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
