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> The total cost of each end of the router, including antennas and cabling, is less than 1300 US dollars, which is a considerable cost savings over the dedicate
by PragmaticPulp 4y ago
> The total cost of each end of the router, including antennas and cabling, is less than 1300 US dollars, which is a considerable cost savings over the dedicated bridge units (typically about 3100 US each) available from the same manufacturer.
Adjusted for inflation, $1300 in 1998 dollars is equivalent to nearly $2400 in today's dollars. The $3100 manufacturer price would be equivalent to $5700 today.
Really puts into perspective how accessible computing and hardware have become.
- dtaht 4y agoI appreciate the loan from greg´s banker (his mom) all the more now. Without that... well, I still expect we would have had wifi, but perhaps only a for-pay-by-the-minute version from boingo. We (greg and I) later fought hard to get free wifi into the coffeeshops around the santa cruz and los-gatos area, trading free admin for free coffee as part of a group called thirdbreak. I am sad that our mailing list from that era has been lost to the copyright clowns...