[UPDATE01]The End of the Meraki Mini $49 Mesh Router.

Since posting several concerns with the future of Meraki's pricing structure I've heard that Meraki is planning discontinue their Meraki Mini $49 mesh router on August 12, 2008. If true (I've now heard it from a few different sources), this means that Meraki users have only a few more days to buy hardware before the minimal price goes up by 300%.

[UPDATE01]From Meraki on the evening of the 12th:

Standard Edition Transition

We are also announcing the end of life of our Standard Edition (ad-supported) products, which will no longer be available to new customers after January 31, 2009. Over the past year we've seen rapidly increasing demand for the features and functionality of the Pro Edition line of products and have decided to simplify our offerings and focus our development efforts.

As an existing Standard Edition customer, your networks will continue to operate normally and Meraki will continue providing hosted services for the lifetime of the product. In addition, as part of our streamlined product offering, your networks will have certain features enabled in Dashboard which were previously only available in Pro Edition, including custom images on splash pages and unlimited device whitelisting. You may optionally upgrade to the complete Pro Edition for $100 per node by contacting sales@meraki.com.

Network operators planning to expand Standard Edition networks can continue purchasing the Meraki Mini for $49 and Meraki Outdoor for $99 through January 31, 2009 through the "Standard Edition Store" link under the "Support" tab in your Meraki Dashboard. The Meraki Indoor is available in the Pro Edition, but can be added to existing Standard networks.