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The ClearMesh solution enables service providers to roll out business-class services at 5-100 Mbps to small and medium business (SMB) markets. For the first time, service providers can leapfrog legacy copper and economically roll-out a fiber-grade wireless infrastructure without trenching fiber. For wireless Internet service providers, the ClearMesh Metro Grid™ provides the ability to economically serve the dense metro SMB market with high-bandwidth business-grade services beyond those offered by Wi-Fi or WiMAX solutions.
Wireless Service Providers
The ClearMesh Metro Grid provides wireless Internet service providers (WISPs) with a substantial incremental revenue opportunity because it expands their service portfolio into high-margin business services.
The Metro Grid is a secure, interference-free and license-free complement to existing RF networks. As a high-capacity wireless bandwidth distribution mesh, it enables WISPs to offer business-grade Ethernet services at speeds ranging from 5 to 100 Mbps.
With the Metro Grid solution, a small up-front investment of $5,000 can turn the roof-top of a fiber-lit building into a wireless point-of-presence (POP), , from which fiber-quality business services can be distributed to surrounding buildings or business parks in a metropolitan area. With provisioning time of just a few days, the ClearMesh Metro Grid is a "pay-as-you-grow" solution – enabling service providers to purchase and install equipment as subscribers sign up.
For traditional ISPs, the wireless Metro Grid represents an opportunity to improve margins. According to a recent study by Jeffries & Company, service providers who own their own networks typically enjoy gross margin revenues of 50%; as compared with 30% for smart-build switch carriers, 21% for switch-based resellers, and only 9% for switchless resellers. The Metro Grid enables ISPs to enjoy higher margins without making the investment in a large infrastructure build-out.
Fiber Service Providers
For providers deploying services over fiber access facilities, ClearMesh Networks provides a cost effective wireless alternative to lateral fiber extensions. The ClearMesh Metro Grid is a secure, high-capacity wireless distribution mesh that enables service providers to offer business-grade Ethernet services without the need to build out additional fiber infrastructure.
Bringing fiber facilities into buildings can cost up to $40,000 with an additional $100 per linear foot for lateral reach. With the Metro Grid solution, a small up-front investment of $5,000 can turn a fiber-lit building into a point-of-presence (POP) that can distribute fiber-quality business services into surrounding buildings or business parks in a metropolitan area.
Service providers can immediately begin to market profitable business Ethernet and Internet access services within the target area and extend the physical reach of the wireless Metro Grid as more and more customers sign up. Provisioning times are typically just a few days – much shorter than fiber deployment times.
The ClearMesh Metro Grid is a "pay-as-you-grow" solution, providing an entirely new business paradigm for facility-based service providers.
