Comments on: Meraki muni wireless starter pack only $10,000, satisfaction guaranteed or your money back http://www.muniwireless.com/2008/11/05/meraki-muni-wireless-starter-pack/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=meraki-muni-wireless-starter-pack Citywide WiFi, smart grid, enterprise wireless, public safety, mobile apps Sun, 12 Feb 2012 01:38:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Meraki Seeks Money Making Outlet for Free Wi-Fi - GigaOM http://www.muniwireless.com/2008/11/05/meraki-muni-wireless-starter-pack/#comment-36313 Meraki Seeks Money Making Outlet for Free Wi-Fi - GigaOM Wed, 19 Nov 2008 17:45:50 +0000 http://www.muniwireless.com/?p=8779#comment-36313 [...] more important, Meraki’s capitalizing on its cheaper gear with new packages that offer to unwire a city street for $10,000, or today’s launch of a residential package designed for apartments and hotels that costs less [...] [...] more important, Meraki’s capitalizing on its cheaper gear with new packages that offer to unwire a city street for $10,000, or today’s launch of a residential package designed for apartments and hotels that costs less [...]

]]> By: David http://www.muniwireless.com/2008/11/05/meraki-muni-wireless-starter-pack/#comment-36033 David Mon, 10 Nov 2008 06:41:15 +0000 http://www.muniwireless.com/?p=8779#comment-36033 I found it interesting to read this post next to two ads for Tropos... :) Very true that one size does not fit all. I'd also say that one vendor rarely fits all. Especially when that vendor locks you into a closed proprietary network, back-end, and service contract. My question regarding the $10k per mile price tag is for how long? Is that a one-time cost of $10k? I read somewhere that Meraki expects customers to upgrade nodes (buy new ones) every couple of years... So, is it $10k per mile per 3 years? How much will the replacement nodes be then, I wonder. I found it interesting to read this post next to two ads for Tropos… :)

Very true that one size does not fit all. I’d also say that one vendor rarely fits all. Especially when that vendor locks you into a closed proprietary network, back-end, and service contract. My question regarding the $10k per mile price tag is for how long? Is that a one-time cost of $10k? I read somewhere that Meraki expects customers to upgrade nodes (buy new ones) every couple of years… So, is it $10k per mile per 3 years? How much will the replacement nodes be then, I wonder.

]]> By: SkyNet WiFi http://www.muniwireless.com/2008/11/05/meraki-muni-wireless-starter-pack/#comment-36011 SkyNet WiFi Sat, 08 Nov 2008 05:02:22 +0000 http://www.muniwireless.com/?p=8779#comment-36011 I have modded Meraki's that will out perform any of the over priced high dollar solutions..Image a Meraki at 1000mw..With 10db boost on receive..These units will talk to each other 3 or 4 thousand feet apart no problem ,and will hear a laptop up to around 600 feet..Meraki is a powerful solution..I have had very good success with these units.. I have modded Meraki’s that will out perform any of the over priced high dollar solutions..Image a Meraki at 1000mw..With 10db boost on receive..These units will talk to each other 3 or 4 thousand feet apart no problem ,and will hear a laptop up to around 600 feet..Meraki is a powerful solution..I have had very good success with these units..

]]> By: Chief Surfsalot http://www.muniwireless.com/2008/11/05/meraki-muni-wireless-starter-pack/#comment-36002 Chief Surfsalot Thu, 06 Nov 2008 16:41:52 +0000 http://www.muniwireless.com/?p=8779#comment-36002 What a great price for a solution that wont work for municipal needs. Ex: San Francisco is now stuck with no 2.4 spectrum for municipal applications that they are trying to implement today. No VLANS, reliant upon others to provide Internet, hopeful that locations don't move (or managing many more "moveable" objects). It's a wonderful technology and "gap filler" solution once a network is built, but make no mistake this does not compare to a Tropos-like system where radios have 100x the output power. What a great price for a solution that wont work for municipal needs. Ex: San Francisco is now stuck with no 2.4 spectrum for municipal applications that they are trying to implement today.

No VLANS, reliant upon others to provide Internet, hopeful that locations don’t move (or managing many more “moveable” objects).

It’s a wonderful technology and “gap filler” solution once a network is built, but make no mistake this does not compare to a Tropos-like system where radios have 100x the output power.

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