The Cambium PMP450 SMs with FPGAs that still sell for around $230 are a bit different - economies of scale when selling 1000 to 100 000 to a customers, and 100mbit Ethernet only.
For the AF5X(HD), having the faster FPGA or proprietary chipset, Gigabit performance etc, I don't think that Ubiquiti is making a big profit selling the AF5XHD for under $400 USD. As such I can't imagine that they could sell a smaller-market radio with higher performance / using hardware for a more rare frequency, with an FPGA/proprietary chipset, for only $300. On Fri, Aug 30, 2019, 9:40 AM Adam Moffett <dmmoff...@gmail.com> wrote: > Remember Motorola used to sell Canopy with an FPGA and custom silicon > for $220 in bulk packs. $300 isn't crazy.....but you're right to keep > an eye on it. > > -Adam > > > On 8/30/2019 10:21 AM, Colin Stanners wrote: > > > > -The Ubiquiti Early Access store lists it for $300. At that low price > > I'd be quite surprised if it was based on FPGA or Ubnt's proprietay > > silicon - it's likely Wi-Fi chipset based. This would be the first > > member of the AirFiber family that is Wi-Fi chipset based, in which > > case I'd have questions about its performance, especially in number of > > PPS, and software stability. (Currently the AirFiber line is what I > > consider Ubiquiti's best products - kind of expected since the > > ex-Cambium team was involved). > > > > -I'm surprised of the manufacturers (Ubnt and MT) that use a grid dish > > at 60Ghz; at that wavelengthand considering their experience in using > > solid dishes, I would think it would be easier and cheaper to use a > > solid dish. > > > -- > AF mailing list > AF@af.afmug.com > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >
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