Posts Tagged ‘unlicensed broadband wireless’

Base Station Trade-In Promotion

Thursday, October 9th, 2008

SkyGateway base stationJust a few days ago, we launched the SkyConnector Mini and SkyConnector Pro and, due to the 50% price reduction we were able to achieve, we posted a side-by-side feature and pricing comparison with the Motorola Canopy CPE. The response that we have received has been exceptional and we have had many wireless ISPs who have been using competitive broadband wireless products request assistance with upgrading to SkyPilot.

As a result of these requests, we have announced a promotion where WISPs can trade-in a base station from another vendor, such as Alvarion, Motorla, Proxim, or Redline, and get a savings of USD$2,000 towards a new SkyGateway. The promotion is designed to help lower the costs to upgrade to SkyPilot and take advantage of the new SkyConnector Mini and SkyConnector Pro broadband wireless CPE.

The program is online at http://www.skypilot.com/promotion/basestationtradein.html. If you are interested and have questions, please contact us through e-mail at sales@skypilot.com.

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The SkyConnector Pro

Tuesday, September 30th, 2008

Photo of SkyConnector ProIn a previous blog post, I mentioned the relationship between low cost, long range, and high capacity. As always, it costs extra to get extended coverage and better capacity since higher-gain antennas and higher-power radios cost more.

With the SkyConnector Mini, we’ve been able to essentially replicate the SkyConnector Classic but at a lower cost. Today, SkyPilot is also announcing the SkyConnector Pro, which has the same the same price as the SkyConnector Classic but with substantially better wireless performance.

The Mini and Pro are designed to be complements. The Mini is focused principally on price-sensitive residential subscribers and the Pro is focused on the service-focused business subscribers. The Pro has a high-gain antenna (22 dBi) and a high-power radio (26 dBm) to provide the link budget required to ensure wireless connectivity and resiliency even in demanding conditions.

Both the Mini and Pro work with all other SkyPilot equipment, so there is no hardware changes required to current deployments.

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The SkyConnector Mini

Tuesday, September 30th, 2008

Photo of SkyConnector MiniWith our announcement today of the SkyConnector Mini, SkyPilot solves one of the biggest concerns for any wireless ISP – per-subscriber cost.

The most consistent feedback we get from our WISP customers relates to the cost of customer premise equipment (CPE). This is not too surprising, since every ISP – from DSL to cable to wireless – needs to keep per-subscriber costs low in order for their business model to work. Some simple math shows that decreasing per-subscriber costs reduces the time to profitability, which substantially improves the overall financial model.

Over the past few years, we’ve engineered the SkyConnector – our broadband wireless CPE – to keep costs down while still maintaining a focus on providing broadband speeds even over long-range wireless links. Today, we announced the SkyConnector Mini to substantially lower per-subscriber costs while still maintaining the commitment to long-range and high-capacity wireless.

The SkyConnector Mini essentially cuts the cost of our “classic” SkyConnector by 50%; however, it still provides the same fundamental features and capabilities. It has a 14 dBi antenna and still provide high-power transmissions at 24 dBm. We’ve provided a side-by-side comparison of the SkyConnector Mini with the SkyConnector Classic to show how similar the two products from a feature perspective, but the Mini will be able to get under US$200 in our volume packs. To our current WISP customers – and hopefully to a bunch of WISP who are not yet customers – this price point represents a milestone.

There is a lot of information relating to the Mini on our website. Please browse through this information and let us know if there is any additional information you’d like.

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