The US used to be comparable, but these days approval there may not even be necessary. It depends how you read the rules. Approving the hardware certainly makes life easier, though. Getting UL and FCC approval for the hardware seems to be all that is needed. The protocols don't seem to need any approvals.
The figures the original poster quoted seem much cheaper than any real approval I have seen go through. It sounds like he hasn't been through the approvals minefield before. It can be a slow and costly place to navigate for the beginner.
Regards, Steve
Klaus-Peter Junghanns wrote:
Hi d hintion,
hmmm...getting approvals for europe isnt that easy. because you get the approval for a combination of hardware and driver software, so when you change the driver you loose the approval.
oh yes, sure you can produce the cards and sell them cheaper, but that doesnt take the development time of the zaptel drivers into account. opening up a competition against digium based on their software and GPLed hardware design doesnt sound good to me ..... rather sounds like M$ style to me.
regards
kapejod
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