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Probably a small outpost deployment + RF gear, so (guessing) $500K up front and $10-20k/mo. I don't know if it's possible to get RDOF grants for individual com

by jcims 5y ago

Probably a small outpost deployment + RF gear, so (guessing) $500K up front and $10-20k/mo. I don't know if it's possible to get RDOF grants for individual communities but that might cover some of it.

pid-1 5y ago
Aren't small cells significantly cheaper?
throwthere 5y ago
In addition to the gear, would you have to license the spectrum from someone? I think the fcc already auctioned it all off? Or does that not apply here? Any idea what that would cost?
- jcims 5y ago
  I don’t know the details there. Presumably there would be at least be cost for someone to maintain the paperwork and equipment certification. There’s a couple comments in here about this being on CBRS, possibly more info there.
  - saltminer 5y ago
    Per https://aws.amazon.com/private5g/faqs/ https://aws.amazon.com/private5g/faqs/ it is, indeed, CBRS. And it seems like if you have other frequencies in your possession, you can use those, too.
lunfard000 5y ago
best thing is that you dont own the antenna, so Amz will prob rent out the remaining capacity.
femto113 5y ago
That's not the way AWS typically prices things--my guess is the hardware and setup costs will be baked into the monthly service charges.
- jcims 5y ago
  Generally yes but outpost is a little different: https://aws.amazon.com/outposts/rack/pricing/ https://aws.amazon.com/outposts/rack/pricing/ Either way this is just a guess :)
  - femto113 5y ago
    Even with Outposts you're not "buying" the rack (Amazon still owns it and takes it away at the end of the term), you're just committing to keeping it long enough for them to make money on it. The choice of paying upfront or paying monthly is roughly the same money management strategy available with any AWS service (e.g. EC2 Reserved Instances), and likely is more about lining up with capex/opex decisions than actual cost savings.
    - jcims 5y ago
      Totally agree 100%. Text communication sucks sometimes, if we were talking over beers it would have taken 3-5 seconds to clear up.
ahaseeb 5y ago
I think it'll be cheaper. We're looking to get the home unit cost to $499 & zero fees

by jcims 5y ago

pid-1 5y ago

Aren't small cells significantly cheaper?

throwthere 5y ago

In addition to the gear, would you have to license the spectrum from someone? I think the fcc already auctioned it all off? Or does that not apply here? Any idea what that would cost?

jcims 5y ago
I don’t know the details there. Presumably there would be at least be cost for someone to maintain the paperwork and equipment certification. There’s a couple comments in here about this being on CBRS, possibly more info there.
- saltminer 5y ago
  Per https://aws.amazon.com/private5g/faqs/ https://aws.amazon.com/private5g/faqs/ it is, indeed, CBRS. And it seems like if you have other frequencies in your possession, you can use those, too.

lunfard000 5y ago

best thing is that you dont own the antenna, so Amz will prob rent out the remaining capacity.

femto113 5y ago

That's not the way AWS typically prices things--my guess is the hardware and setup costs will be baked into the monthly service charges.

jcims 5y ago
Generally yes but outpost is a little different: https://aws.amazon.com/outposts/rack/pricing/ https://aws.amazon.com/outposts/rack/pricing/ Either way this is just a guess :)
- femto113 5y ago
  Even with Outposts you're not "buying" the rack (Amazon still owns it and takes it away at the end of the term), you're just committing to keeping it long enough for them to make money on it. The choice of paying upfront or paying monthly is roughly the same money management strategy available with any AWS service (e.g. EC2 Reserved Instances), and likely is more about lining up with capex/opex decisions than actual cost savings.
  - jcims 5y ago
    Totally agree 100%. Text communication sucks sometimes, if we were talking over beers it would have taken 3-5 seconds to clear up.

ahaseeb 5y ago

I think it'll be cheaper. We're looking to get the home unit cost to $499 & zero fees