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Post 89 made on Friday December 30, 2016 at 10:04
Impaqt
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On December 30, 2016 at 08:19, goldenzrule said...
Thats the great part. It does work. Believe it or not, some stuff in this world that we do not sell works. Again, depends on the application. To suggest that a consumer router cannot support a handful of devices or less is either silly or plain stupid.

I liken this scenario to a couple going to a car dealership to buy a commuter car. This car will only be used for commuting, will never be used on a track or for fun. Instead of selling them a Nissan Versa, they get sold a GTR because when you need to go fast, it can do it. Its a bunch of bologna.

Anyone selling a network to people that literally have 5 or less basic devices on the network are doing so only to put more money in their pocket, not for their clients best interest. There is nothing wrong with that if that is your business model, but to suggest that nothing will work or work reliably unless you out your gear in is just wrong. You endager looking like the car dealer mentioned above when doing so

There's no such thing as a home with 5 or fewer network devices nowadays.

If your clients are using 39 dollar routers and everything works "great", but after you put in a 2k network things DONT work great, you are doing something wrong.

Fact is, shit does indeed go wrong all the time with the $39 routers, but they dont know who to call. so they deal with it best they can. they start unplugging things. They move to a different room. they do something else. and guess what, it works later.

your scenario is silly. a GTR is completely impractical for the scenario you describe. Anyone who buys a GTR, I guarantee you WANTED that car.

a basic routers is more akin to a 10 year old high mileage but "Well maintained" used vehicle. If all you need is a commuter, wouldn't that do it for ya? why spend the extra money on a new car at all? Sure, you might have to pull to the side of the road and call a tow truck every now and then, but you'll get there right?

Our 2k networks ARE the Versa... (Actually, can we be the Altima at least? its not really THAT much more)

I guess attitude plays a big part in things like this as well.
I LOVE it when clients call me. Even if its something mundane. It gives me a chance to show them why they spent a little extra money and opens up opportunities to provide more services and equipment.

Just yesterday, I got a call from a long time Client. His iPhone stopped communicating with his Savant system. everything thing else seemed to be working just fine. His remote worked, His ipad worked. he could browse the web just fine on his phone and the wifi signal was lit up.....

Turned out his phone had jumped onto a backup wifi signal he had installed (his backup AT&T dsl router that WE didnt install! OMG!). 2 minutes of trouble shooting and he was back in business and I was the hero.... again...

I've been in this business for 25 years and I still love helping my clients.

So yeah, gonna sell the better network every time I can.


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