I think its a brilliant business model. If they sold the old PMP100 series AP's as LITE back when they first came out rather than 10 years later they would have got more operators running on that platform that would have affected their bottom line years later by selling more SM's over the next decade.
On Wed, Oct 30, 2019 at 3:56 AM Matt Hoppes < mattli...@rivervalleyinternet.net> wrote: > I mean. I guess? To me that just shouts of going back to license keys. > > If I can buy it for X, but I can upgrade it to Y with a license key - that > model just never made sense to me. I literally have all he hardware. > There’s no additional cost. You’re just artificially crippling the unit. > > If the hardware can be sold for the price of the LITE and still make a > profit, why is the key needed to unlock features? > > On Oct 29, 2019, at 11:00 PM, Kurt Fankhauser <lists.wavel...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > Don't know how I missed this at Wispalooza, just seen on streakwave's > website there is a new 450i AP out with a 20sm limit called LITE and can be > upgraded to full capacity with a key upgrade. > > Cambium C050045AL02B > 5 GHz PMP 450i Connectorized AP FCC LITE > > PMP 450i Connectorized Access Point LITE > > The LITE version will function exactly as the existing PMP 450i AP but it > will be restricted to having 20 subscribers connected. A key can be > purchased to remove this restriction. > > https://streakwave.com/itemdesc.asp?ic=C050045AL02B&eq=&Tp=&o1=0 > > I can see myself using alot of these! Glad it has a 20 SM limit instead of > 10. And there is an integrated 90 degree sector version too. > > AWESOME > > > -- > AF mailing list > AF@af.afmug.com > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > > -- > AF mailing list > AF@af.afmug.com > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >
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