RE: [MLUG - DISCUSSION] AT&T tiered pricing...

["Ross, Matt" <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

I didn't mean a drastic drop in cost, a 25% price drop is about what I
expected.
I figure about 30% of the parts can be used in either level of LAN, such as
resistors, some of the smaller chips, wires, etc.  

> Sub components? Are we talking the lasers and chips? They are 
> different than what you would find any where else. Some of 
> the stuff you find in an enterprise level LAN is used in a 
> smaller LAN, but not all of it. Cisco 6500 series switches 
> have been around for about 5 years now, and I think there is 
> less than a 25% difference in components and chassis price 
> since then. Wierd, eh?
> 
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ross, Matt [mailto:EMAIL:PROTECTED]
> Sent: Friday, August 02, 2002 10:23 AM
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> Subject: RE: [MLUG - DISCUSSION] AT&T tiered pricing...
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> What about the cost of the subcomponents? I would think that would be
> dropping as many of the subcomponents you find in an 
> enterprise level LAN is
> used in smaller LAN's.  Also, there is the simple demand 
> curve.  If you drop
> the price, companies will buy more to be able to sell more 
> bandwidth, thus
> increasing their profits, and their ability to buy even more 
> equipment.  
> 
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