With the decline of price, the application field of wireless networking technology is gradually expanding, and it is no longer limited to specific applications in hospitals, warehouses, factories, etc. It is estimated that the U.S. wireless LAN market is expected to triple from 210 million dollars in 1997 to 800 million dollars in 2000. The global LAN market was about 496 million US dollars in 1997 and will exceed 2 billion US dollars by 2001. The establishment of wireless standards is an important incentive for market growth. At present, the products developed and sold by wireless network manufacturers have followed this specification. With the emergence of standards, wireless networking will become a very convenient way for people to access the Internet. Just because we saw the market demand for wireless integration technology, we saw the progress of this technology and the establishment of standards.
Excite is a famous Internet search and online service company headquartered in Redwood, California. Excite's environment requires a wireless LAN. Its warehouse style office area is 88000 square feet, and its design reflects the openness, creativity and rapid growth of the company. The office area is separated from each other for office and meeting purposes. In addition, there are many free space areas. Excite's Web Website Design Every day, about 30 million pages of content are provided to Internet surfers, and communications have doubled since 1998. In order to maintain communication with Yangtong, the company has used five T3 lines and cooperated with five ISPs to provide 50 servers. About 250 employees use 200 computers and 50 workstations. Although Excite's office adopts wired network, the president still requires some employees to have network access to their laptops no matter where they are in the office building. The company headquarters requires a wireless LAN. It enables the company director to access the Internet at any time no matter where he goes, whether in a meeting, in the office, or even in the parking lot.
After comparing various manufacturers and integrators, they selected Broadlink. This is a communication company established in 19% of the year. It provides wireless networking solutions in and between buildings, with a distance of several miles. The company has also established relationships with various network service providers, using wireless networking devices to provide Internet connectivity. In recent years, the number of employees has increased from 4 to 11, and plans to further expand. The sales volume of the company in 1998 will reach several million dollars. There are too many areas that need wireless network, and they can't even get busy. Broadlink specializes in wireless connection between LANs and provides direct connection to the Internet. The line speed can reach T1 level. The manager of its network operation department pointed out that these solutions can save customers' money. He said that a few years ago, wireless networking was not a real networking solution. The market was small and could only be used in specific fields. Today ushered in a new era of wireless networking technology and applications, and the traditional wired networking has since had competitors. The market is full of business opportunities. Some office buildings do not lay network cables, some are ancient buildings, and some floor structures are severely restricted. In these cases, wireless networking technology is very useful and more cost-effective than traditional cables. It is estimated that the cable installation cost for a new office is about $1000, while it only costs $500 to connect a PC with wireless network. For inter building connection, wireless network has become a practical option, which can replace leased lines for Internet connection. For example, the monthly rent of a T1 line is more than $1000, while the wireless Internet network technology costs only $250 per month. Broadlink, which provides the same Ti speed, usually rents wireless Internet connected network equipment to customers. In addition to charging customers a one-time installation fee of $1800, it charges customers a monthly service fee ranging from $100 to $250.
Wireless network companies have their own unique business. Broadlink not only installs and supports wireless networks, but also provides Internet access services through vendors in various regions. Providing Internet services to customers has become the company's main business. Motorola, AT&T and other companies have built wireless transmission towers all over the United States. Broadlink has signed agreements with these companies to use these towers as transmission stations to connect customers' LANs to the Internet. Broadlink provides transmission speeds ranging from 56Kbps to 1.54Mbps. The customer will be charged accordingly. 56Kbps costs $100 per month, and T1 connection costs $250 per month. Both prices include Internet access services. In contrast, frame relay lines from traditional suppliers generally cost $400 per month, and a TI line costs more than 1000 yuan per month. Internet access service fees have not been included. Broadlink only rents networking equipment to customers, but it charges installation fees, which is about $1800-2500, depending on the situation. Broadlink has also developed its own firewall solution to provide secure access to the Internet.
